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                            Do You Use It? Versions

   Adam Engst

   In macOS 14.4.1 Sonoma, Apple fixed [1]a bug introduced in 14.4 that
   caused iCloud Drive files evicted from the local drive to lose their
   version data (see '[2]macOS 14.4.1 Sonoma and macOS 13.6.6 Ventura Fix
   Bugs and Vulnerabilities,' 25 March 2024). The bug was problematic in
   that it caused data loss, but I had trouble believing that many people
   were affected, given that you had to:
     * Run macOS 14.4
     * Use apps that support Apple's versioning system
     * Store those files in iCloud Drive
     * Enable Optimize Mac Storage
     * Have files with versions evicted, either automatically or manually
     * Care that version data was lost

   For that last requirement to be true, you would have to know that
   versioning exists and use it frequently enough to notice the loss of
   the version data. I turn to it a few times per year to recover from an
   undesirable edit in [3]Preview because File > Revert To is easier than
   retaking a screenshot. But am I representative of TidBITS readers?

   That triggers the question for this week's Do You Use It? poll: [4]How
   often do you use macOS's versioning feature? Did you even know that
   macOS had built-in versioning? And if you use it frequently, tell us
   more in the comments.

   [5]Read original article

References

   1. https://eclecticlight.co/2024/03/18/serious-bug-in-sonoma-14-4-will-destroy-saved-versions-in-icloud-drive/
   2. https://tidbits.com/2024/03/25/macos-14-4-1-sonoma-and-macos-13-6-6-ventura-fix-bugs-and-vulnerabilities/
   3. https://support.apple.com/guide/preview/revert-changes-to-pdfs-and-images-prvwf4697c5a/11.0/mac/14.0
   4. https://talk.tidbits.com/t/do-you-use-it-versions/27321?u=ace
   5. https://talk.tidbits.com/t/do-you-use-it-versions/27321?u=ace

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