Why doesn't the session always back up at the specified intervals?

[DJ Hellfire]

I have my backup settings set to backup every 1 minute. Pro Tools almost never honors this setting and when I have a crash, 50% of the time I lose several minutes worth of changes. I understand the software choosing to not create a backup file if no changes are made but if I am actively making adjustments for several consecutive minutes, the software should be backing up every single minute and it is not! Why is that?

[cwsand]

I don't know but the same thing happens to me. I have it set to 1 minute as well and at most it's every 2 minutes.

[midnightrambler]

I don’t think a backup is made any time the transport is in playback.

[amagras]

I am not sure that time runs the same way when we are in Pro Tools

[albee1952]

FWIW, I just looked at the last batch on a song I was just working on and they are all 2 minutes apart(which is my setting).

[cwsand]

Originally Posted by midnightrambler

I don’t think a backup is made any time the transport is in playback.

I wondered about that - plus it probably doesn't backup when processing audio with AudioSuite, consolidating clips, commit/freeze, etc. I don't know if it waits until the process is done, or until the next increment to backup comes. With it backing up for me every 2-3 minutes I don't usually lose too much. Plus I tend to hit Command+S a lot while I'm working and of course, I have the session backed up on a separate drive.

[WKG]

I've had more crashes than I can remember after working for several hours where pro tools didn't save anything. I keep autosave set for every 5 minutes.

I have learned to do a manual save often, pro tools can't be trusted IMO.

[WorldStudios]

My take on this is that I think that Auto Save is to blame for some of the crashes I get. Therefore I have it set to 5 minutes and I try to do manual saves before performing dangerous tasks that have crashed Pro Tools before. To be honest, there are fewer crashes now than say half a year ago - but still too many. Probably related to some of my 1.000.000 plugins...

[midnightrambler]

Originally Posted by WorldStudios

My take on this is that I think that Auto Save is to blame for some of the crashes I get

I’ve definitely had this in the past, but I’ve not noticed it of late.

[YYR123]

Originally Posted by amagras

I am not sure that time runs the same way when we are in Pro Tools

Over the years and different variations of PT yes I’ve noticed the same thing - it’s usually very random intervals


I also believe Auto Save to be somewhat of a bugger in the machine also, that and Undo levels