Same thing just happened to me, years later. Not only had I just saved prior to the power outage (a few minutes prior so the save process was completed), it wrote over that save file with compressed static just like the OP. It also removed all "previous versions" in the file manager.  I don't rely on "restored" files to save me after an outage, but I do want my own manual saves to.. you know.. be saved. ... View more

Thanks! It looks like his file is experiencing the bloated metadata problem and it's carrying over into any visuals I use from his PSD. Unfortunately, I'm not a programmer and I'm a bit too close to the finish line on this gig to run the metadata removal script without knowing exactly how it would affect my own work/files. Looks like I'll have to look into it once I'm wrapped. ... View more

This just started with me yesterday! The only thing I can think of is I'm collaborating with another artist on a gig - he's working on a Mac and sent me a PSD he was working on so I could wrap up (unknown version of photoshop on his end but I'm running at the latest version). Now, any asset originating from his PSD saves as a 118.8MB JPEG (regardless of changes in DPI or composition dimensions). The JPEG file size/quality slider results in only a single MB difference between 0 and 10 on the slider. This applies to even to any flattened images that originated from content in his PSD. ... View more