Autosaves

Your Safety Net

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ILYS automatically saves snapshots of your writing sessions. If something goes wrong—browser crash, accidental deletion, cosmic ray—you can recover your work from Autosaves.

How It Works

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While you write, ILYS periodically saves snapshots of your session. These snapshots are stored separately from your main story, creating a recovery path if you need it.

Autosaves are kept for up to one month, then automatically deleted to save space.

Accessing Autosaves

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1. From your Dashboard, click Autosaves in the header
2. Browse your saved snapshots

What You’ll See

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Each autosave shows:

• Section title — What you were working on
• Story name — Which story it belongs to
• Date/time — When the snapshot was taken
• Preview — First few words of the content

Click any autosave to see its full content.

Recovering from an Autosave

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Found what you need? Here’s how to restore it:

1. Click the autosave to view its content
2. Click Restore
3. Choose where to put the recovered content:
   • New story — Creates a fresh story with this content
   • Existing story — Adds as a new section to a story you pick

When Autosaves Help

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• Accidental deletion — Deleted a section you didn’t mean to
• Browser crash — Lost your session before saving
• Changed your mind — Want an earlier version of your writing
• Cancelled a session — Hit Cancel instead of Resume by mistake

Limitations

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• One month retention — Autosaves older than 30 days are deleted
• Not every keystroke — Snapshots are periodic, not continuous
• Doesn’t replace backups — Still export your work regularly

Tips

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• Check Autosaves first when something goes wrong
• Don’t rely solely on Autosaves — Export important work
• Act quickly — The sooner you check, the more likely you’ll find what you need
• Browse by date — If you remember when you wrote something, look around that time

Accidents happen. Autosaves helps you recover.