Is there anyway to retrieve an unsaved Illustrator file? I closed the wrong one and have lost a days work!!

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September 12, 2018
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Hi,

I stupidly closed the wrong tab. Am on a Mac and have no external hard drive. Autosave is set up for every 2 minutes but where do the files go?!

Any help would be appreciated.

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Correct answer Mario Arizmendi

hmmm

you are rigth, nothing there to recover, looks like this works only when there is a crash and reopen the app.

There is a plugin for autosave from Astute graphics

https://astutegraphics.com/software/autosaviourfree/

Good point to ask adobe for a feature request

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Mario Arizmendi

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See the preferences window

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yvonnek22Author

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Thanks, This is how mine is set up and I have found the folder & checked but there is nothing in there. It looks like I have learnt the hard way! In the future I will just make sure to check before I close a tab & will save everything! It's going to be a late night!

Adobe, please add a better autosave feature for muppets like me!