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May 30, 2023
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accessing older that recent files on photoshop

  • May 30, 2023
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how do I access older than recent files that i am working on please? it displays a number of recent files on the photoshop board and i cannot find the file that i worked on, nothing happens when i type in the name, and it is not coming up in my laptop folders either, but i know that it is saved as i named it and saved it! i need to submit the work and i cannot find it - anybody can help??

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Nancy OShea
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 31, 2023

Use your operating system's file manager (Win File Explorer or Mac Finder) and sort by date modified. 

 

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
Conrad_C
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 30, 2023

In Photoshop for iPad OS, if the files you are working on are all Photoshop Cloud Documents, then all of your Cloud Documents (not just the Recent ones) should be listed under the Your Files section.

 

 

In addition, if the file is a Photoshop Cloud Document, it won’t show up in searches on an iPad or computer desktop, because it exists only on the Adobe Creative Cloud server, not locally.

 

If you did save or export it to your local device, then it should show up in an OS search.

jane-e
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 30, 2023

@Indre30170310729e 

 

Most Photoshop for iPad files are saved to the Cloud, but you can export them to Files or Photos. You say that you saved it, but psdc files on the iPad don't need to be saved, as saving is automatic by simply closing the file. What process do you think you might have used for "saving"?

 

 

Have you looked in Files? Click on each tab, starting at the top with "Recents"

 

 

Jane

 

 

Kevin Stohlmeyer
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 30, 2023

Hi @Indre30170310729e it is up to the user to manage your files. If you can't recall where you saved them and they are not showing on a HD search, there isn't much else we can do software-wise. Did you run a full search of all locations?