altium ate my f**king schematic?

[SArepairman]

So I have a schematic file which opens to a blank document. The file is big, last time I saved and turned off the computer... now I open a 2400kB file and its just a blank schematic....

[SArepairman]

ok i solved the problem but now my hand really hurts and the monitor is broken

oh well

please include "revision history" saving into all programs you design to prevent someone from brutally killing you, this is all.

[David_AVD]

Altium does backups by default and also has the history folder which probably had a recent version.

[Psi]

+1 for history folder under your project folder

It should be full of zip file backups of your older versions.

[SolarSunrise]

Well this happened with a board layout I had routed like a week ago. Thankfully my macbook is still intact (hey it's the altium's fault, not my innocent laptop). Is this some kind of a bug on Altium's side?

Also, thanks for the history directory tip! Now all I have to do is remove all of these backups to get back my computer space.

[free_electron]

Every time you save altium makes a backup zip file.
There is also an option in the system settings menu where you can set a timed interval and how many it should keep there. I got mine set to 15 minutes. This creates a snapshot every 15 minutes.

So don't complain. The program can do all that stuff.

[dfnr2]

In the "system" menu at the right bottom of the screen, you can select the Storage Manager, which will let you browse prior versions of the document, and load or compare them.

[markus.dnd]

Also, Who has their work documents on only one hard drive ? Seems nuts to me.

I built my work pc so, that I have daily backup on external hard drive (only project related documents) Also timed backups, using release system and of course the backup per save system.

I did once lose my 2 weeks work with eagle. No way I am gonna trust a single hard drive or program to keep my work intact.