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When a new beta version is first installed and opened it gives a warning to back up work due to potential data loss but then the message does not reoccur after that. But after awile it dawned on me I get complacent about this fact and eventually when I use betas for an extended period of time I will go into an older set and unwittingly save it into the beta without saving a backup copy which means I am then unable to use that set in older Live versions if I need to revert back due to some instability issue. Well it just occured to me, wouldn't it make good sense to attach that warning message every time a set is saved in a beta version which says that saving the set in that version of live will then make it unusable in older versions? Or is this a bit too much on the redundant side of things?

Maybe my short term memory is just not up to par due to certain habbits I have? But no, I'm not going to claim to be convinced of the validity of that sort of propaganda.

Good idea.

Cubase does this, it pops up and says this song was made using an earlier version, overwriting it will cause it not to work in the old version anymore, then gives you options to save as a copy, or overwrite.

longjohnmike wrote:Well it just occured to me, wouldn't it make good sense to attach that warning message every time a set is saved in a beta version which says that saving the set in that version of live will then make it unusable in older versions?

Perhaps. But after 8.1.3 is out, saving a set in future betas will keep compatibility with older versions (at least back to 8.1.3), so the warning won't be useful for long.