The UI locks up while the Save happens, so saving every minute might be... annoying.. Even on a fast SSD.
I would recommend you don't go below 5. -derek On Fri, December 30, 2022 1:50 pm, Simon Roberts wrote: > New user (refugee from Intuit, finally) question on this topic: > > Given that these days we tend to have vast disks, and they're often very > fast SSDs, I'm inclined to enable auto-save and set a relatively short > interval (perhaps as little as a minute?) > > Are there issues with doing this that I've not thought of? If my file gets > to several years worth, will it get large enough that this actually takes > a > non-trivial amount of time? Will it be unmanageable for other reasons? > > Thanks for your wisdom, > Simon > > > On Fri, Dec 30, 2022 at 11:16 AM Michael or Penny Novack < > stepbystepf...@comcast.net> wrote: > >> On 12/30/2022 1:02 PM, Derek Atkins wrote: >> > I suppose there could have been a bug.. >> > >> > GnuCash is supposed to prevent you from exiting if there is unsaved >> data. >> >> > However, I suppose there COULD be a way for you to shut down / close >> > GnuCash in a way that prevents it from popping up that dialog box. >> > >> > -derek >> >> Of course there is. Simply shut down the computer over riding an "there >> are apps still open" warnings. >> >> >> Michael D Novack >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> gnucash-user mailing list >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org >> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >> ----- >> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >> > > > -- > Simon Roberts > (303) 249 3613 > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > -- Derek Atkins 617-623-3745 de...@ihtfp.com www.ihtfp.com Computer and Internet Security Consultant _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.