# Save Files / Save Selected Files

The File menu's Save function will save modifications in all open files. Only files which have been modified will be written. Note that once you save your changes you can no longer revert to the previous values. The new saved copy becomes your revert point. This menu item can also be used to save an Action Editor window's content.

The Save function on the main window's context menu will only save changes to selected files which are modified.

When linked files are saved, Yate will automatically tell iTunes to refresh its metadata. You can manually tell iTunes to refresh its data for all selected files via the Action>Refresh iTunes menu item and via the Refresh iTunes action.

The Save Selected Files menu has four items:

> Save if Modified
>   Save the selected files if they have been modified. Note that this is equivalent to Save when invoked from the main window's context menu.
> Save Always
>   All selected files will be saved whether they are modified or not. This is useful when changing audio settings and you want to force a save.
> Save Freeing Space if Modified
>   Selected and modified files will be saved. Free space will be reclaimed to the Padding value on the Preferences-Audio panel. Note that this does not require that the Remove free space option be set.
> Save Always Freeing Space if Modified
>   All selected files will be saved whether they are modified or not. Free space will be reclaimed as described above.

It is possible to have an action run automatically when you save files. See Automatically Running an Action When Saving Files for more information.