AE Project file has disappeared along with all auto-saves.

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Hello

I've been working on an AE project for the last few months. I haven't worked on it for about two weeks, I was going to work on it today but I can't find it anywhere and none of the auto-saves exist either. I was working off an external hard drive on an iMac (Catalina) and ocassionally a Macbook Pro (High Sierra). I've heard of this problem with Premiere but not with AE. I haven't updated my OS or my AE recently. It's completely baffling. All instances of this project file seemed to have been wiped. The Macbook Pro has got to a stage in its life where it switches off if it has 30% battery left, or if you turn it on without a power cable in, but not sure how this could systematically wipe out all instances of this file. Has anyone heard of this before or have any ideas how it could have happened?

Thank you

Jack

Rick Gerard · Answer

I've never seen After Effects delete folders. The files are probably there somewhere. That is why it is incredibly important to set up a file naming and file structure system that will work for you and that you always follow. All of my project folders include at least a Project ID and a date. All of the subfolders always follow the same naming conventions.

Footage is always saved and archived by Client + Project ID so I can find anything I want by referring to my agreements and my bookkeeping records because they all follow the same naming conventions.

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