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Understanding File Saving Preferences

You can control a number of options related to saving files in the File Handling pane of the Preferences dialog box.

Image Previews . You can use this menu to always or never Save As to Original Folder . When this option is checked,
include image thumbnails in the saved file. If you choose Ask choosing File>Save As automatically defaults to the location
When Saving in this menu, the Save As dialog box includes an where the original file is located.
option to include the preview/thumbnail.
Save in Background . The Save process occurs by default
On Macintosh, you have an additional option to include a in the background. In other words, you can continue working
thumbnail in the saved file. If checked, the image thumbnail even while a file is being saved. Especially when you work
appears in dialog boxes instead of the Photoshop file icon. with large files, this can be a significant time saver because
you don’t have to sit and wait the several minutes it might
take to save a very large file. The only thing you can’t do
while a file is being saved is use the Save As command; if
you try, you will see a warning advising you to wait until the
background save is complete.
Macintosh When a file is being saved in the
background, the completed percent-
age appears in the document tab.

Windows Automatically Save Recovery Information Every . . .
When checked, this option means that your work is saved in
Append File Extension . On Macintosh, you can use this a temporary file, every 10 minutes, by default. If something
menu to always or never include the file extension in the happens — such as a power outage — you will be able to
saved file. If the Ask When Saving option is selected in this restore your work back to the last autosaved version. In other
menu, the Save As dialog box includes options to append the words, the most you will lose is 10 minutes of work!
file extension (in lowercase or not).

On Windows, file extensions are always added to saved files.
This preference menu has only two options: Use Upper Case
and Use Lower Case.

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