Saving your work: what the save messages mean

Tailored Folio saves as you go, so there's no save button to remember on most pages. Beside what you're editing you'll usually see Saving…, then Saved. This page explains the other messages you might see.

"Couldn't save yet — retrying in a few seconds"

A lot of saves arrived in a short time, so we held this one back for a moment. The full message says Your text is kept here, and it is: nothing you typed is lost, and you don't need to do anything.

• The save goes again by itself after a few seconds, with whatever you've typed by then.

• You can keep typing while you wait.

• Wait for Saved before you close the page. If you try to leave while something on a story hasn't saved, the page asks first.

"You're doing that very quickly"

You'll see this if you press a button or repeat an action many times in a short time. Nothing happened on that press. Wait a few seconds and press it again.

The same limit applies to the Contact form and Send feedback. Duplicating a Folio has its own version: You're making copies very quickly, which tells you how many seconds to wait.

These limits keep the service steady for everyone, and normal work shouldn't reach them. If you see this often, let us know.

"Couldn't save"

This one needs you. The message says why the save failed, for example that the connection dropped. Your text stays on the page. Check your connection and choose Retry. If it keeps failing, copy what you wrote somewhere safe before you leave the page.

"This story was changed somewhere else"

You edited the same part of a story somewhere else, such as in another tab or on another device, so this edit wasn't saved over the newer words. Copy anything you want to keep, then reload the page to see the latest version. Written pieces in Files show the same kind of message: copy your text, then reopen the piece.