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DESCRIPTION

ForeverSave is the first application featuring a revolutionary method to save all your documents you are working on. An advanced backup management offers the opportunity to browse through all of your saved versions.

You know the scenario: You’re working on documents for hours and without any notice your documents get lost because of an application crash or unintentional overwriting -- until now. With ForeverSave, losing documents becomes history. Only a few clicks and your personal lifesaver is ready for protecting you from any tragedies. All your documents are being saved and backed up automatically. You don't need to care about hitting save shortcuts anymore.

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WHAT'S NEW
Version 1.1.2
  • Fixed bug which prevents 'Register' button to activate after entering license information
  • Bug causing the 'Plus' button in Control Center to be hidden by an attached help window fixed
  • Fixed bug which causes the versions when restricted to a defined number to be deleted in database while still remaining as a file on disk
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.5 or later

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SCREENSHOT

Developer:Tool Force Software
Downloads:968
  - Version d/l:144
Utilities:Backup
License:Shareware
Date:20 Nov 2009
Platform:PPC/Intel
Price:$14.95
RATING
*****
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ForeverSave User Reviews (4 posts)Write A Review
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Nov 20 2009

MRCHIPS  MacZOT has ForeverSave on sale for $8.97 until 10 PM PST tonight. I checked it out and bought it. It appears to be very professionally done, but I'll reserve rating it until I've played with it some more...  
(Version 1.1.2)

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Nov 10 2009

RUBAIYAT  This appears to be EverSave gone commercial.

Pity it used to be free.  
(Version 1.1)

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Nov 10 2009

TOOL FORCE SOFTWARE  EverSave which has been renamed to ForeverSave Lite is still freeware without any limitations or ads. I've added lots of new features including the missing revolutionary 'Backup' feature to ForeverSave and I'd guess we've spent approx. at least 9 months on the development of it.

By the way, ForeverSave Lite will be updated as wellÂ…

Thanks and best regards,

Tobias Jordan, Tool Force Software.  
(Version 1.1)

praisebury
+5
Nov 10 2009

RUBAIYAT  Yes I found that, thanks.

I agree you should be paid for your efforts, and you have done the right thing with your users by generously offering the free lite alternative.  
(Version 1.1)

praisebury
+4
Nov 10 2009

RUBAIYAT  I will correct the links from my forum I have pointing back to here and recommend both versions. :)  
(Version 1.1)

praisebury
+4

Oct 2 2009
*****

CURLYPAWS  A really neat utility, ForeverSave lets you save documents as you work on them.

For each program you select, you can set options on how many versions of documents you would like to retain (and since you can be saving every few minutes, it offers a more granular save option than Time Machine). You can control how often saves are performed and whether ForeverSave prompts you for an initial filename if you haven't saved the document at all.

All of this makes it indispensable when you are working on that important document only for the program to crash just before you saved things. If you are running ForeverSave then you'll only have lost a few minutes work - rather than something much worse.

The program offers a very nice interface for setting up the configuration (and editing it) for each program - as well as a visual indication of the versions available for each program. You can exclude certain folders from saving if you need to do so. You have the option of saving and taking a backup version, just saving or just backing up. If you opt for backups you can then browse the versions of the various documents to find the one that you need. The only downside if you select a program like Interface Builder is that a lot of files may share the same name - so you might want to give things sensible names as unfortunately the full path isn't visible. You can always open a copy or the original document or use Quick Look to see what it is.

There is an overall switch to close ForeverSave if you need to (I haven't found any reason to). The icon indicates whether the program is on or off. ForeverSave also comes with a very complete manual. I find it to be ideal for those situations where something happens and I've not saved the document for a long time. It also comes in handy if you save a version of the document and then decide you preferred an earlier version of it. You can go back and retrieve the old version. I'm very impressed with it.  
(Version 1.0)

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Sep 16 2009

PROGRAMHAPPY  Sounds interesting, but how is it different from Time Machine?  
(Version 1.0)

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Sep 16 2009

TOOL FORCE SOFTWARE  Hello guys,

in opposition to Time Machine, ForeverSave is a document-based backup tool, let me explain that in detail:

- Autosave

- Backup

- Restore

Autosave: ForeverSave makes sure all of your documents are in sync with the hard disk so open documents are always safe. This feature prevents all kinds of crashes and unintentional closing of documents without saving.

Backup: After doing an autosave, ForeverSave creates a backup and archives it as a version of the document in its database.

Restore: This is I'd say the most interesting part of ForeverSave's work. Whenever you've got a crash, power outage, unintentional overwriting or non-saving you'll want to bring the backup panel to the front. This is done by a self-defined hotkey. The backup panel comes to the front without leaving Pages and displays all of its saved backups of the application.

Quick Look let's you browse amazingly fast through all of your versions. It won't take a long time to find the lost document. Now drag the file to the Desktop or use the 'Replace' feature which puts the document to the original place to restore the document. It's dead easy!

Best regards,

Tool Force Software.  
(Version 1.0)

praisebury
+4