![]() ![]() orecover-feature-into-an-autosave-feature-to-avoid-losing-work/ You can change the AutoRecovery folder location, and you SHOULD change it to a Dropbox (or iCloud) folder location as described here: all have Auto-Recover (by default set to every 10 minutes), and save the Auto-Recover files to a folder that is a bit hard to find, because it's hidden way at Users > usernamehomefolder > Library > Application Support > Microsoft > Office > Office 2011 AutoRecovery. Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac programs, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, etc. Yes, YES, YES you can!! IF you use Apple's Time Machine Software, which absolutely all Mac users should be using! There are various ways to get to hidden directories, but this is all moot unless Time Machine did a backup while this text entry was going on. The /private/var and so forth area is hidden and won't show up in Spotlight searches but will show up with EasyFind, an alternate search tool. That Word Work File is what you want, it may have the contents of what you were editting. Tmp-/TemporaryItems/-Word Work File plus many odd characters Except one possibility, could a Time Machine run happened while you were editing the file you never named nor saved? If so, Word creates temporary files during that time you were entering text, and if you can find the temporary "work files" they may have some or all of the text that you entered.I just opened a blank Word file and started entering text and I see it created a "work file" which is insideĪnd then inside another folder within the /IU folder which has a long complicated string of characters, There is nowhere to find it and nothing to find. Actually, I think it is unlikely you will be able to get it back because you never named it nor saved it. ![]()
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