I am a new user to AI and as I progress along the learning curve it is becoming apparent that there is a real need to keep backups of each project as well as each build of each project. For example, when I create a new version of my project AI then shows the <projectName> - <version> in the recent files list but does it actually save that version? It doesn't appear to but frankly I would have thought that the whole previous version including output etc is zipped up somewhere.
Is it left up to us individuals to work out some method to meet our needs or is there some automated system available to do this?
Any suggestions for us new-comers so we can avert future problems we may come across will be appreciated.