Save, autosave and cloud designs

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Save, autosave and cloud designs

How designs are saved on your device and in your account, and how to find, tag, favorite and recover them.

The Designer saves for you. You do not press a save button for normal work.

How saving works

  • A change starts autosave after a short pause (about 0.9 seconds in the code). The status next to the design name reads Saving…, Saved or Not saved.
  • Designs are kept in your browser’s storage on this device (IndexedDB). If you are signed in, they are also copied to your account. A cloud icon in the top bar means “Saved to your account”; its tooltip changes to “Saving to your account…”, “Couldn’t reach your account — saved on this device” or “Storage full — saved on this device only”.
  • If your online storage is full, a window tells you your latest changes are only saved on this device, and offers to add storage.
  • Private browsing can block storage. The home screen then says “This browser is blocking storage, so designs can’t be saved (private mode?).”

Steps: find and manage designs

  1. On the home screen, My designs shows your most recent designs. Press See all (or the “See all N designs — search, tag & organize” button) to open the full page.
  2. Search by name or tag. Use the sort box: Recently edited, Newest first, Oldest first, Name A-Z.
  3. Under Show, pick All designs, Favorites, Not tagged yet, or Only in my account (shown when you are signed in and have account-only designs). Tap the star on a card to favorite a design.
  4. Tags: Yard designs, Bed designs, Paver designs, My Home designs, Front yard, Backyard and Ideas to try come ready-made. Press New tag for your own. Pick several tags to show only designs that have all of them.
  5. On a card menu choose Tags…, Rename, Duplicate or Delete. Press Select to tick several designs, then Tag, favorite or Delete them together. Delete asks “This can’t be undone.”

Versions

In the More menu, Design versions & notes lets you name and save versions on this device. When signed in you can also Save a version to my account. The newest 20 account versions are kept, plus every version you approve. Restore makes a new version and erases nothing.

Tips

  • Name designs by customer and area.
  • Opening an account-only design first shows “Downloading your design…”.
  • Press Duplicate before a big change. It makes a copy called “(copy)” (shown for designs stored on this device).
  • Storage sizes and limits are placeholders; no numbers are promised.

If something goes wrong

  • “Not saved”: the app says “Couldn’t save on this device. Storage may be full or blocked.” Free some space, then make another change.
  • A design is missing on a new device: sign in with the same account and check Only in my account.
  • Storage full: delete old designs or add storage from your account.

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