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Project Handling
Saving Project Files
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Saving Project Files
You can save the active project as a project file. To keep your projects as
manageable as possible, make sure that you save project files and all related files
in the respective project folders.
• To save the project and specify a file name and location, open the File menu
and select Save As.
• To save the project with its current name and location, open the File menu and
select Save.
NOTE
Make sure that the Use File Extension in File Dialog option (File > Preferences
> General) is activated. This automatically adds the file name extension when you
save a file and keeps your projects compatible with both Windows and Mac OS X
systems.
About the Auto Save Option
Cubase can automatically save backup copies of all open project files with unsaved
changes.
NOTE
Only the project files are backed up. If you want to include the files from the Pool
and save your project in a different location, you must use the Back up Project
function.
If you activate the Auto Save option (File > Preferences > General), Cubase
automatically saves backup copies of all open projects with unsaved changes.
These backup copies are named “<project name>-xx.bak” where xx is an
incremental number. Unsaved projects are backed up in a similar way as
“UntitledX-xx.bak”, with X being the incremental number for unsaved projects. All
backup files are saved in the project folder.
• To specify the time intervals in which a backup copy is created, use the Auto
Save Interval setting.
• To specify how many backup files are created with the Auto Save function,
use the Maximum Backup Files option. When the maximum number of
backup files is reached, the existing files are overwritten, starting with the
oldest file.