Time Machine & Snapshots

Time Machine

The Time Machine collects Snapshots of the history of your document. These Snapshots are generated through Auto-saves, document exports, and the manual creation of a Snapshot.

Snapshots

A Snapshot is a timestamp in your document's history. It acts as a flag so that you can return to that moment for later review, or to copy to a new document. Each Snapshot has a date and time stamp. Snapshots are read-only versions of your work.

View Snapshots

Select Revisions > Document Snapshots from the main menu
Hover over the desired Snapshot
Select View

Create a Snapshot

Select Revisions > Save Snapshot from the main menu
Name the Snapshot
Select Create snapshot

Enable Create A Snapshot on Save

Enabling this setting will allow you to create a new snapshot every time you complete a save (Cmd/Ctrl + S or select File > Save Project).

Select Customize > Editing
Check Create a snapshot of your document on save

Rename a Snapshot

Select Revisions > Document Snapshots from the main menu
Hover over the desired Snapshot
Select Rename

Open a Snapshot in Split Pane

This will allow you to see your current and previous work side-by-side.

Select Revisions > Document Snapshots from the main menu
Hover over the desired Snapshot
Select Open in Split Pane

Copy a Snapshot into an Editable Document

This will create a copy of the snapshot as a new document in the same project. You can then edit this document without affecting the original.

Select Revisions > Document Snapshots from the main menu
Hover over the desired Snapshot
Select Copy to New Document
1. The copy will include the same title as the original document with a date and time stamp. To change the name of the document, open the Project widget.
2. The copy will open in a new tab in the app.

Remove a Snapshot

This action cannot be undone.

Select Revisions > Document Snapshots from the main menu
Hover over the desired Snapshot
Select Remove