Where did "ask to keep changes" go?

I have a sinking feeling "discard changes" is gone...


For the last decade or so since Versions came along, I've been able to prevent macOS from auto-saving by enabling the "Ask to keep changes when closing documents" option in System Preferences --> General. I can no longer find this option in Ventura.


I've already lost work to this and am dreading the fact that it's unavoidable. For example, if I open a photo in Preview, resize, crop it and export it to a different file format, when I close the window macOS overwrites the file on disk with my temporary changes. I want the "dirty" indicator to appear, and to be given the option to discard my changes.

Posted on Nov 11, 2022 06:35 AM

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Posted on Nov 11, 2022 06:46 AM

That's one of the ones you can find easily using search. You have to search for "close."

It's under Desktop & Dock, Windows & Apps.

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Where did "ask to keep changes" go?

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