Save new file - put's the file always in the same old destination.
I am typing multiple files in muse score, and want to have all those in a particular place on the file system.
Yet, every time I save a new file, it gets to do that in the default directory. From where I need to navigate into my directory structure.
Is this behaviour changeable, or is this a lack of feature? In many programs, on same behaviour, wherever one saves a file, the next time one does the same - the default safe directory is where the last file was saved.
Here my system:
OS: Fedora Linux 40 (Workstation Edition), Arch.: x86_64, MuseScore Studio version (64-bit): 4.4.3-242971445, revision: eb6b367
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Try File>Save as. This opens a dialogue that allows you to chose a destination directory and/or a new file name.
File>Save (without the as) does not give you that option.
This works the same as many (all?) other applications. Certainly Word, Excel, Adobe Reader, all work that way.
In reply to Try File>Save as. This… by SteveBlower
I just that this:
Same result - it keeps wanting to save it into the default destination/dir.
Again, my problem is that MuseScore keeps asking to save new files into the old/original default destination, and I always have to navigato to whee my project is. Other SW, remember that place of the last-saved-file and next new file, can be directly saved in this directory.
my default dir is: /home/$USER/Documents/MuseScore4/Scores
my project dir is sth like: /home/$USER/myProjects/MuseScore/Current_Proejct/
It never remembers I work in the second path, and wish it could save me the time to switch around directories every time I save new files.
In reply to I just that this: finished… by traditions
Why not enter " /home/$USER/myProjects/MuseScore/Current_Proejct/" in Preferences -> General?
Then this is the preferred directory ...
In reply to Why not enter " /home/$USER… by HildeK
Under Edit>Preferenes>General the option is called "Start with score: " (see attachment)
meaning to open always some default score. Weird but fine :)
I now set my default score folder to the project dir through: Edit>Preferenes>Folders
Which seems to work.
Kind of work around, but actually does the magic to save me time when working on one project.
Thank you!
In reply to Under Edit>Preferenes… by traditions
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But this is not a workaround. It is intended precisely for this use.
In reply to Sorry, I remember this from… by HildeK
I see - No worries!
yes, apparently they changed the menu in MS 4.
In reply to I see - No worries! yes,… by traditions
This is where you set the default save folder - under the Folders submenu in Preferenes
In reply to This is where you set the… by SteveBlower
Thanks - that I got w the time. See my posts above.
My initial question was, if there was a feature, which than remmembers the new save destination (after a save). Many programs do that nowadays.
And if not, can we have this on the MS road map? For when working with multiple projects, it's takes much time to switch between sub-trees.
In reply to Thanks - that I got w the… by traditions
No, the save targets are not saved.
Some programs do this, others do not, especially when they are reopened.
I'm sure this is possible, but the question is: do the developers want this?
I don't know if Linux works the same way Windows does. But in MU4...
"finished a new file and saved it into my project directory.
Crtl+N for a new file. Wrote sth in it.
Ctrl+Shift+S / also I tried with File>Safe as.."
It seems as though you are expecting a new file to be saved in the same directory that you last saved something to. I don't think Windows, in MU4 at least, does that.
"Save" will return a file in progress to the directory it came from. Or a new file to the default location. This is regardless of where you last saved something to.
"Save As" should give you the opportunity to go to the directory of your choice.