My intent with the document I've created in Adobe Illustrator was to save one as an original and one as a copy with a few different characteristics. Accidentally, I saved both with the changed characteristics. How can I revert one back to the original?
asked Jul 14, 2014 at 19:10
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1this would be a good moment to start using version controll. I recommend mercurial.– joojaaCommented Jul 14, 2014 at 20:41
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@joojaa What is version control? And what is mercurial?– Ali BrunmeierCommented Jul 16, 2014 at 14:03
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Version control is a piece of software that tracks your files, its used to get annotated history of your work so that you can concentrate on making files without ever loosing them, or any previous versions, this isnt backup its something even better, it keeps tracks on why it changed so yoy get the billable hour reasons form here for example. Read hginit.com dont be fooled by the programming stuff it works for ANY file. You should never do anything without version control ever, if it takes more than 10 minutes to do put it in version control.– joojaaCommented Jul 16, 2014 at 14:45
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The Revert function in Illustrator takes you back to your last Save.
If you saved over your working copy AND your back-up copy, then the only option is to find an older file that existed before you made the changes.
If you do regular back-ups or use backup software, you'll have to go back to that.
On the Mac if you have Time Machine running, you can go back and restore a previous version of the file.
If that's not an option, then you'll have to re-do the work.
If you've closed the file then you can't. Otherwise you can try to Undo (Ctrl+Z ) until it is at the point you want, then Save it how you originally intended to. There is no History as there is in Photoshop, but the Undo is vastly more powerful than a single step-back.
You could also Revert to get to your last save, again if you didn't close the file.
In either case you have to either work back to get to your Original, or Revert to the original and redo the changes you had wanted to save in the Copy.
Right click the file. Click properties. Look for previous versions and click restore :)
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1Where? What OS? Is that built-in functionality or using some software, plugin, something else?– CaiCommented Mar 31, 2017 at 10:59
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@azi: This is indeed a function built into Windows. Could you elaborate on how it works, where one can find it, how it's enabled, etc. Thanks! Keep contributing, your time and effort help make this site great!– PieBie ♦Commented Mar 31, 2017 at 11:52