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-Saving a **Snapshot** in Ardour is similar to saving your Session to a
+A _snapshot_ is a representation of the current state of a session at some point
-new file, however using a Snapshot avoids overwriting the original
+in time. In a nutshell, it's like versioning your project by giving every
-Session file. A Snapshot contains the current state of your work, while
+version a meaningful name.
-sharing all the audio and data files of the Session.
+
+Let's say you recorded a song in your home studio and you are trying different
+arrangements to see which one works best. Instead of creating multiple sessions
+and copying files between them, you can make snapshots every time you think you
+have something worth preserving. At any point in time, you can save the current
+state of the session and switch to an earlier snapshot to compare your
+arrangements.
 
 ## Saving a Snapshot
 
-You can save a Snapshot via the menu: *Session > Snapshot* (shortcut "*Control*" + "*Shift*" + "*S*").
+Ardour provides two commands in the _Session_ menu to create a snapshot:
 
-![snapshots](en/Ardour4_Snapshot_Menu.png)
+**Snapshot (& keep working on current version)**
+: You will create a new snapshot and continue working on the original version.
+Mental model: "I think this is good enough, I might want returning to that
+later, so I'll save a snapshot, undo, then carry on with my original idea
+regardless".
 
-By default the program will name the new Snapshot according to the
+**Snapshot (& switch to new version)**
-current date and timestamp of your system. If you wish, you can change
+: You will create a new snapshot and switch to working on that version. Mental
-the name to one that more meaningfully corresponds to the Session you
+model: "This is actually quite interesting, let's explore this idea further and
-are working on. From the menu, you can also choose whether to save
+get back to the previous one if this turns out to be a dead end."
-a snapshot and keep working on the present version, or save a snapshot
-and switch immediately to that snapshot.
 
-![snapshots](en/Ardour4_Snapshots_Name.png)
+![snapshots](en/ardour7-snapshot-menu.png)
+
+By default the program will name the new snapshot according to the current date
+and timestamp of your system. If you wish, you can change the name to one that
+more meaningfully corresponds to the session you are working on. From the menu,
+you can also choose whether to save a snapshot and keep working on the present
+version, or save a snapshot and switch immediately to that snapshot.
+
+![snapshots](en/ardour7-snapshot-name.png)
 
 ## Recalling Snapshots
 
-You can recall a saved Snapshot via the '*Snapshots*' tab in the area on
+You can recall a saved snapshot via the _Snapshots_ tab in the area on the
-the right:
+right:
 
-![snapshot2](en/Ardour4_Snapshot_List.png)
+![snapshot2](en/ardour7-snapshot-list.png)
 
-There you see a few Snapshots that we created, and the '*my_session*' entry
+There you see a few snapshots that we created, and the _my\_session_ entry
 represents the original state of our session.
 
-Click on any Snapshot from the list to reload it.
+Click on any snapshot from the list to reload it.
 
 ## Continuing
 
-Sometimes it is helpful to have a default starting point for new
+Sometimes it is helpful to have a default starting point for new sessions, for
-Sessions, for example for a set-up that you use all the time when starting a new project. To learn how
+example, for a setup that you use all the time when starting a new project. To
-to do this, please continue to the next session called **Saving a Template**. 
+learn how to do this, please continue to the next section called _Saving a
+Template_. 
 
 Next: [SAVING A TEMPLATE](../saving-a-template)