# Auto Save please
**URL:** https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/auto-save-please/24517
**Category:** Scaler 3 Feature Requests
**Created:** [March 16, 2026, 8:18pm UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/auto-save-please/24517 "2026-03-16T20:18:09Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@Gerry](https://forum.scalermusic.com/u/Gerry)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2026, 8:18pm UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/auto-save-please/24517/1 "2026-03-16T20:18:09Z")
Many would expect it in a professional application….
I did.
Losing work is frustrating and time is money.
Many thanks
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### Author:  [@davide](https://forum.scalermusic.com/u/davide)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2026, 8:20pm UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/auto-save-please/24517/2 "2026-03-16T20:20:21Z")
Hi @Gerry Welcome to the forum.
I personally would not want an autosave on any of my music apps as I am regularly experimenting and don’t want anything saved unless I choose to. Do you mean autosave as you work or if and when software crashes? That latter is a good suggestion but ideally S3 doesn’t crash although using third party apps that’s almost impossible!
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### Author:  [@Gerry](https://forum.scalermusic.com/u/Gerry)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2026, 10:02am UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/auto-save-please/24517/3 "2026-03-18T10:02:08Z")
Hi Davide
Many thanks ….love the software..
I mean autosave as you work.
I have just lost my mornings work again.
I was working in the app not in my DAW as hitting the space bar was setting off the Daw and not Scaler 3.
I picked up a verse and chorus in the arrange page (a fairly complex sequence) and accidentally dropped it where I shouldn’t…Spinning beach ball forever.
I find when you are in the flow you forget to save…. A couple of lines of code could save many hours of lost work…
I appreciate it may not be the way you want to work but it could be a option in settings?
I’ll just have set a timer on my watch for now and hope….
Cheers
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### Author:  [@davide](https://forum.scalermusic.com/u/davide)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2026, 9:49pm UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/auto-save-please/24517/4 "2026-03-18T21:49:07Z")
Hi @Gerry I think the priority here is no spinning beach ball and we want to control everything we can so if you ever do get any kind of a crash or any kind of weird behaviour please let us know and we can address those. I find it super stable and I’ve gotta be honest - It never crashes for me. That’s the most important thing. I think an auto save for when it crashes is a good idea and it’s on our list now thank you.
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### Author:  [@KingMidas](https://forum.scalermusic.com/u/KingMidas)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2026, 1:37pm UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/auto-save-please/24517/5 "2026-05-14T13:37:09Z")
I would also like an auto save option. Logic Pro does this when exiting a project or close down so you never lose where you are. There could be an option where you can revert to a manual save for more control for those that don’t want to overwrite happy accidents. Also a toggle in settings for auto-save so those dont want it need’nt bother.
At any rate, saving needs love in Scaler 3. Unless I’m missing something I have to retype my saved preset whenever I want to save an edit which is SUPER clumsy and frustrating on iPad. I frequently lose work because of this and bare minimum, I should be able to just tap the save icon to save a previously saved preset.
I think this should be high priority as losing work for any reason is expensive for professionals.
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### Author:  [@ClaudioPorcellana](https://forum.scalermusic.com/u/ClaudioPorcellana)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2026, 1:55pm UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/auto-save-please/24517/6 "2026-05-14T13:55:28Z")
> [@KingMidas](#):
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> is expensive for professionals
and a big nuisance for amateurs also 😬
Software of mine with autosave:
All MS Office tools
memoQ
Bitwig Studio
Artrage
why not Scaler is a mystery to me
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### Author:  [@davide](https://forum.scalermusic.com/u/davide)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2026, 8:17pm UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/auto-save-please/24517/7 "2026-05-14T20:17:22Z")
There’s an update for iPad we are testing at the moment! If we are happy we will release it or send to beta!
> We have added iPad preset interoperability so user presets can be imported from Files/iCloud, exported back out as .s3p files, and optionally saved directly to the iOS Files folder.
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> The iPad build now exposes a Files-visible Scaler folder for public presets, shows those under a “Public Folder” category, and supports export/delete actions for user/public presets from the preset popup.
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> User chord-set XML imports can also be dropped into the Files-visible ChordSets/Imported folder and picked up by Scaler.
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### Author:  [@KingMidas](https://forum.scalermusic.com/u/KingMidas)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2026, 9:06pm UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/auto-save-please/24517/8 "2026-05-14T21:06:52Z")
I really just want to be able to tap and **save** the project/preset I’m currently working on without having to rename it each time I make changes which is _ **save as** _ behavior.
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### Author:  [@davide](https://forum.scalermusic.com/u/davide)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2026, 9:13pm UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/auto-save-please/24517/9 "2026-05-14T21:13:58Z")
Yep on our list for 3.3 desktop and iPad too!