UNcompressed zips in automatic backup + minimum backup: 1 (not 3)

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Based on the OP they were complaining about the 10 second process time for Scrivener to do what it is documented as doing. Hence they are going to take the hit and live with it.

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Scrivener uses the Mac OS built-in compression tool. So it wouldn’t be difficult if Apple’s tool kit supports it.

A better short term solution for you would be to make unzipped backups.

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Yes, agreed. I was responding to your reply that mentioned “10 minutes”, which would be an entirely different level of friction and worth much discussion to find a workaround. 10 seconds, not so much.

Best,
Jim

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I’m curious (on a technical level) if that’s “just” using the included command line ZIP tool or if that code is somewhere “baked in”. Because the command line tool definitely offers a parameter -0 (Zero) = “store only”. :thinking:

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FWIW, I open projects as I need them, but then generally leave them open indefinitely. Every so often, I’ll either close Scrivener altogether, or step away from my computer for long enough that auto-close does it for me. So backups rarely disrupt what I’m doing.

OTOH, I open a lot of support-related projects, which are more or less disposable. So my usage probably isn’t typical.

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It’s not using the command line interface – that is, it doesn’t launch a Terminal window – but beyond that you’d have to ask Keith.

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