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Jun 6, 2026 2:35 AM UTC
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Illustartor/Adobe. You owe me 4 -5 hours of my life!!!! Latest update (Cancel) (don't Save) dumbest change ever

How do I recover a file I started 4 hours ago and have not saved, but some how I pressed command/w and when asked If I want to Don’t Save) (Cancel) (Save) . the lates update SWITCHED “CANCEL” AND “DONT SAVE” AND MY WORKING FILE IS JUST GONE!!! GONE 4 HOURS GONE! seriously, does Adobe developers even use their own product??? these programs are becoming unusable with all of this weekly /daily updates. This is not the only problem Ive had lately this just tops it as cant even recover my work.
And I don’t want to hear You Should Have saved or have auto saved. THAT IS NOT THE POINT. I pay way too much money for this company to screw with my paying job

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    Dave Creamer of IDEAS
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    Jun 6, 2026 6:46 PM UTC

    I would never go 4 hours in any program without saving. I like to save as soon as I start a file, then just tap Cmd/Cntl-s periodically. (Note: I did not say YOU should have saved, I said I would have saved.)

    Also, if you use keyboard shortcuts, you won’t have a problem in the future: the return (Mac) or keyboard enter key (Win) will save; C or Escape will Cancel; D (Mac) or N (Win) will close without saving. 

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    David Creamer: Community Expert (ACI and ACE 1995-2023)
    Ton Frederiks
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    Jun 6, 2026 7:23 AM UTC

    ​@Ale Betancourt Same here on Mac, no change in active button. 

     

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    CarlosCanto
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    Jun 6, 2026 3:10 AM UTC

    no, unfortunately if you closed the file without saving there’s no recovery data to try to bring it back.

     

    about the Button position, I don’t see any changes on Windows

     

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