When turned on, this feature automatically saves copies of your file to the specified
backup directory. All backup files begin with "abak_#_" and are followed by
the name of the file that it is a backup of. The backup directory is relative to your
project directory. The max number of save files is based on the backup directory for
the current project. If you switch projects, it will maintain a new set of backup files.
Auto Backup works by checking the system time periodically. Everytime the user changes selection
(selects a different object, vertex, material, node, etc.) Auto Backup checks if
enough time has elapsed to save another backup file. If you are not doing anything
within Maya (and therefore are not selecting things) it will not save new files.
Also if nothing has changed since the last backup save, a new save will not be made.
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