Every time I save my files, it creates a new .blend1 file. I only want one backup. I have the same versions set to 1, but it saves a file every single time for some reason. Thanks for the help.
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2Well you're renaming the file every time, so it doesn't find a match when it renames the file and a new .blend1 is created rather than the matching file being deleted beforehand. – Allen Simpson Jun 23 '23 at 18:18
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If you have some form of version control running, the automated backup is completely redundant. – Allen Simpson Jun 23 '23 at 18:19
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If you want to turn off the backups altogether, Set Save Versions to 0 under Preferences > Save & Load then Save Preferences.
...and having researched further there is a built-in Blender addon with a pie menu for automatic incremental backups! Search pie in addons and enable Interface: 3D Viewport Pie Menus.
Open the Settings section and scroll down to and check the Save Open Pie: Hotkey 'Ctrl >S' entry. (All the others can be unchecked if you wish.)
When you use ⎈ Ctrl S to save you will now get a pie menu which will look like this if you've not saved the file before:
The Incremental Save >(unsaved) entry (1) is disabled and using Save (2) will bring up the normal file dialog. Save as (e.g:) test.blend.
If you now ⎈ Ctrl S again, you can click on Incremental backup and your file will be saved automatically with the filename incremented as 'test_00x.blend' and each time you save the name is incremented by 1.
Using that method there's no need for a .blend1 file.
John Eason
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