Automatic creation of save file when creating a new score
I just ran into the same exact problem as this user: https://www.reddit.com/r/Musescore/comments/zube8h/how_to_find_musescor…
Like him, I did about an hour of work, thinking it would be auto-saved the whole time, and then the program crashed. Since I'd never saved it even once, I lost everything. I'm a novice user, so I had incorrect assumptions about how it worked.
Marc Sabatella's comment was true-- it's easy enough to develop a habit of hitting CTRL-S every time you enter a new score. But everyone is human, and mistakes will be made. My request is to make the initial save an automatic part of the initial score setup; by finishing the setup process, the score is automatically saved for the first time with a generic name like "SCORE001" which gets automatically renamed the first time the User ever initiates an intentional Save.
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The 3 rules when using computers
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Ans Spallcheck
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AFAICS, a file is created when you have a new score that was never saved.
in linux: ~/.local/share/MuseScore4/new_project.mscz
Creating an explicit file on the users system would, I think, be counter to most UI guidelines. So I doubt most designers or users would consider that an acceptable thing to do. But, it would be useful if the autosave for such never-saved files was unique for sessions. Feel free to open an issue on GitHub requesting that.