Defining Backup Preferences for Altium Designer
Created: March 22, 2016 | Updated: October 30, 2018
| Applies to versions: 16.1, 17.0 and 17.1
Now reading version 16.1. For the latest, read: Defining Backup Preferences for Altium Designer for version 21
The Data Management - Backup page of the Preferences dialog
Summary
The Data Management – Backup page of the Preferences dialog allows the user to set up data backup location and frequency.
Access
This page is accessed by clicking Backup under the Data Management folder in the main Preferences dialog (DXP » Preferences).
Options/Controls
- Auto Save
- Auto save every - check this option to enable the auto save function. Use the Minutes region to enter or scroll to the desired minutes.
- Number of versions to keep - enter or scroll to the number of versions to keep during auto save.
- Path - click
to open the Browse For Folder dialog to search for the desired location in which to save the files.