jonah

trying to figure out how to set up autosaving with versioning.

i'm thinking use the shell external to run a script that sends cmd+s to max then opens the file in textedit, saves, then closes it. then i'd bang the shell to set up the frequency of my autosaving.

never really messed with shell scripting before...just kinda checking out that this is a reasonable thing to attempt. afaik you can send keyboard short cuts and open things with textedit.

osx's textedit seems to work well versioning max patches as long as you take the time to open it after you've saved in max.

i guess i could just setup a script to run on a timed interval w/o using the shell external, but i think by using it with a bang i can integrate the versioning/autosaving into the patching, making more relevant copies rather than arbitrary.

i'm trying to get out of the habit of jamming with max until it crashes without ending up with a million different files / breaking immersion to deal with the save as dialog + being able to go back to what i stumbled upon, all without actually changing the way i work. :)

trying to figure out how to set up autosaving with versioning. 

i'm trying to get out of the habit of jamming with max until it crashes without ending up with a million different files / breaking immersion to deal with the save as dialog + being able to go back to what i stumbled upon, all without actually changing the way i work. :) 

setting up autosave / versioning ? using osx's textedit?