MindManager provides protection from abnormal shutdown (eg if the power goes out or your system crashes) by saving AutoRecover information at regular intervals. The AutoRecover feature saves the open maps and the current application state, including the MindManager options and custom Quick Access Toolbar settings.
You can adjust the AutoRecover interval in the MindManager Save options.
When you re-start MindManager after an abnormal shut-down, MindManager will attempt to recover any unsaved maps open at the time of the shut-down. If MindManager saved AutoRecover information for them you'll see a map AutoRecover dialog with a list of these maps. This list will only contain maps that you edited but did not have a chance to save (including new, unsaved maps).
On a map-by-map basis, you can choose whether or not to apply the AutoRecover info to restore the map. If you choose to restore the map, MindManager will apply the AutoRecover info that it has saved to the last saved version of the map, and display the recovered version. Recovered maps are given a temporary name (Recovered 1, Recovered 2, etc).
You have the following choices for each map:
AutoRecover Dialog Option |
Result |
Open recovered map |
Opens only the recovered map. Use this option if you know you want to begin where you left off. |
Open original map and recovered map |
Allows you to see both the last saved map and the recovered map so you can choose whether to keep your changes. Use the window command to see them side-by-side. |
Open original map and delete recovered map |
Select this option if you know you do not want to keep the changes you made to the map. |
Do nothing |
Does not open either the last saved map or the recovered map. |