The flattened. PSD: Questions, thoughts and Suggestions

It's the rare occasions, but as a dum-dum, I accidentally saved a flattened psd and in turn, will have to rebuild. It is not a huge disadvantage, but a drawback however. The situation provoked a discussion with a co-worker about the point (if any) to save the flattened psd files and eventually led me here. So, here are my questions:

  1. Someone has intentionally flattened .psd files? If so, what are the benefits?
  2. Should there be an option in the preferences to Photoshop, it is impossible to save the flattened psd files?

Thanks in advance for your comments / insight in the matter.

Photoshop has a protection device. When you go to file > save as and save it as a PSD, you can uncheck layers. In return, Photoshop adds "copy" in the name of the file, save as a separate flat file.

The only way you would cheat which is to flatten the layers in the layer before menu with save.

If you work with multilayer files, it's always good to have will backup versioned.  Multilayer files get corrupt from time to time.

Time machine if you have a Mac and the history of the files if you have Windows. Dropbox will also save versions and off-site storage is a good idea, especially if you travel frequently.

Gene

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