# Adding Snapshots instead of Backups

**URL:** <https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/adding-snapshots-instead-of-backups/4626>\
**Category:** Feature Request\
**Tags:** bug, feature-request, tool\
**Created:** [October 21, 2020, 3:46pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/adding-snapshots-instead-of-backups/4626 "2020-10-21T15:46:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![BonoBoos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b77776/32.png) [@BonoBoos](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/BonoBoos)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 3:46pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/adding-snapshots-instead-of-backups/4626/1 "2020-10-21T15:46:03Z")

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Hi there Pinegrow developers,

I would like to ask if the feature that is used internally for creating pg–backups could be used to create snapshots, much like Affinity Designer does;

> **[Affinity Photo Help](https://affinity.help/photo/en-US.lproj/index.html?page=pages%2FDesignAids%2Fsnapshot.html?title=Using%20snapshots)**

This is a great feature that sets states, rather than remembers every last state without a “timeline” that you can follow easily. It might be contradicting with Pinegrow Snapshots but I really would like to “swap between versions” on the fly in the editor to show some A/B-tests or improvements.

That’s the version of SnapShots I imagined, integrated with Pinegrow. A comment and review-tool in design and code, perfectly in sync in “presentation-mode”.

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**Author:** ![AllMediaLab](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.pinegrow.com/allmedialab/32/2079_2.png) [@AllMediaLab](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/AllMediaLab)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 5:51pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/adding-snapshots-instead-of-backups/4626/2 "2020-10-21T17:51:04Z")

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You are aware of:  
[https://pinegrow.com/snapshots](https://pinegrow.com/snapshots) ?  
What do you mean in Affinity Designer? The assets?

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**Author:** ![BonoBoos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b77776/32.png) [@BonoBoos](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/BonoBoos)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 7:54pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/adding-snapshots-instead-of-backups/4626/3 "2020-10-22T19:54:41Z")

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Yes, I’m aware of Snapshots it’s just that I believe how snapshots work in Affinity work really well. Basically it lets you create a restore-point which remembers the state of everything, just like Snapshots.

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**Author:** ![schpengle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.pinegrow.com/schpengle/32/238_2.png) [@schpengle](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/schpengle)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 11:42am UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/adding-snapshots-instead-of-backups/4626/4 "2021-02-22T11:42:33Z")

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Crikey!

I actually forgot all about this!  
…I forgot I have it! (still setting up the new/old(2009) imac)

Just installing it now and trying to find my licence! Cheers 🙂