Change auto-save location?

Change auto-save location?

by Greg Neumayer

on Mar 21, 2013 at 5:40:59 pm

I've fired up my new SSD to use for the cache, but I'd also like it to be used for my auto-saves. Waiting 12 seconds for that auto-save can be annoying. Does anyone know how to change it? My fear is that we can't. Here's the excerpt from the AE pref file:

["Auto Save"]
"Auto Save Interval" = "10"
"Auto Save Max Project Vers" = "5"
"Enable Auto Save2" = "1"

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http://www.antifreezedesign.com

Re: Change auto-save location?

by John Cuevas

on Mar 21, 2013 at 5:57:24 pm

Other than storing your project on the SSD, don't know of any other way.

Johnny Cuevas, Editor
Thinkck.com

"I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work."
---THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.

Re: Change auto-save location?

by Greg Neumayer

on Mar 21, 2013 at 6:09:23 pm

LOL. Thanks for the answer John, but I had already gotten that far! ;)

Hoping we're both wrong...

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http://www.antifreezedesign.com

Re: Change auto-save location?

by Todd Kopriva

on Mar 22, 2013 at 2:31:02 pm

No, there is no way to specify a custom location for your auto-saved projects. It's a good feature request, though:
http://www.adobe.com/go/wish

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Re: Change auto-save location?

by Todd Kopriva

on Sep 9, 2013 at 11:43:59 pm

The After Effects CC (12.1) update adds the ability to specify a custom Auto-save location.

See this page for details:
http://adobe.ly/AE_CC_12dot1_details

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After Effects quality engineering
After Effects team blog
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Re: Change auto-save location?

by Todd Kopriva

on Oct 31, 2013 at 9:00:02 pm

Check out the new feature to do this in the update that we just released.

For complete details, see this page.

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After Effects quality engineering
After Effects team blog
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