# Why everytime i have to perform save

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/why-everytime-i-have-to-perform-save/26380>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** segmentation, save\
**Created:** [November 22, 2022, 3:00pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/why-everytime-i-have-to-perform-save/26380 "2022-11-22T15:00:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![ssv](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/ssv/32/15085_2.png) [@ssv](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/ssv)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2022, 3:00pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/why-everytime-i-have-to-perform-save/26380/1 "2022-11-22T15:00:53Z")

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Hello All,

I am looking for autosave functionality in slicer because what happen if power cut and i did not save my work. Can we use autosave in parallel thread without interrupting the work ? if yes then how ?

Another thing is everytime i have to open the save dialog and click on save button . From my understanding is better to asks information of destination and filename once and afterwards we just have to simply press ctrl+s without opening any save dialog

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**Author:** ![lassoan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/lassoan/32/13_2.png) [@lassoan](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lassoan)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2022, 6:22am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/why-everytime-i-have-to-perform-save/26380/2 "2022-12-01T06:22:54Z")

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AutoSave module is available in Sandbox extension.

You can also save the scene by hitting Ctrl-S, Enter, A or by [specifying a keyboard shortcut](https://slicer.readthedocs.io/en/latest/developer_guide/script_repository.html#keyboard-shortcuts-and-mouse-gestures).