mettelus...I also happen not to rely on undo, so when a big change goes awry I simply close and reopen the project and know where it was.

Interesting, Mettelus - Do you work that because you don't trust undo?  Using Ctrl+S is so ingrained in me I'm barely conscious of using it, do an edit - pinky, ring finger, - -But I'm also a constant Ctrl+Z guy, relying on instantly jumping back to before an edit or two or however many I want, without having to open History - and I sure don't want to close and re-open.  Why don't you use Ctrl+Z?
 
Randy B.

I never want a program deciding when i should save. Just 'Keybind the letter 'S' and hit it often. 
 
Cj

Absolutely it's best practice to manually save frequently, but we all forget once in awhile or get carried away in a hot session ... so I also use Auto Save in addition to 'trying to remember' to save after every few edits.  Auto Save has saved me several times after crashes and file corruptions. I really can't do without it.  Which is why I agree with the OP, that Auto Save could use improvement.
 
I have it set for 15 changes. It only takes 1 or 2 seconds to save most projects.  But when Auto Save keeps kicking off all the time during heavy editing ... it does interrupt my workflow and often blows up the key strokes or mouse strokes that I was launching into. After an hour of it, just seems like Auto Save is kind of fighting me. But still, got to have it. Love it / Hate it.

Tom Deering said, "I still miss the "save" icon on the toolbar, just me."
 
- Me, too.
 

riojazz
Tom Deering said, "I still miss the "save" icon on the toolbar, just me."
 
- Me, too.
 

Just key-bind a single key on your QWERTY Keyboard. Like an 'S'

rbowser
Interesting, Mettelus - Do you work that because you don't trust undo?  Using Ctrl+S is so ingrained in me I'm barely conscious of using it, do an edit - pinky, ring finger, - -But I'm also a constant Ctrl+Z guy, relying on instantly jumping back to before an edit or two or however many I want, without having to open History - and I sure don't want to close and re-open.  Why don't you use Ctrl+Z?

My aversion to undo is not specific to Cakewalk in any way... I need to make sure that is clear. That function is application dependent, and I have run into software with terribly scripted undo functionality over the years. The ones which have burned me have also trained me to rarely use this feature in any program.
 
I did not mean to imply that it doesn't work... it is just a feature I never rely on. If I save something, close and reopen, that functionality is more universal to any application.