I am a newbie, and this is the first hour I’ve spent using Obsidian. Obsidian is an excellent app, but I won’t be able to use it if AutoSave cannot be turned off.
BTW, I don’t think “change frequency” is an acceptable solution.
Sorry to say, but I have always believed that AutoSave is evil. This is because I have no way of knowing if my files have been unintentionally changed. And this happens quite often.
The real problem isn’t that I can’t undo my mistakes; the real problem is that I might never even notice or realize that I made a mistake in the first place.
It’s similar to accidentally typing ls in the wrong window. Or an object was accidentally dropped on the keyboard and ended up typing some keys by accident. I believe that many people have done this at some point in their lives.
I normally use three monitors for work, and sometimes the focus ends up on a different monitor without me realizing it. This leads to situations where I accidentally add text or delete large blocks of selected text, which happens quite often. Without AutoSave, I could rely on visual cues like an asterisk (*) in the filename title to indicate that a file has been modified unintentionally.
I always press Ctrl+S to save manually, often every second after typing something. Some people might argue that this is no different from AutoSave, but it’s absolutely not the same. When I press Ctrl+S, it’s a deliberate action, signaling my intention to save the file. Mis-typing or accidental edits won’t trigger a save, which is why manual saving feels safer and more intentional to me.