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September 19, 2021
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Autosave in Photoshop is really broken

  • September 19, 2021
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I'm not sure if this is a window problem, but my Autosave is always on and the Autosave files is always empty. Some people say Photoshop deletes the file when you save it or the file is deleted after you close Photoshop. No! There is absolutely no file to recover at all. I checked all the files possibly to have a recover file and there is nothing, It turns out the function is simply dead after a certain version( at least for window ) and we would never know when it would possibly work. Welcome to the Dark Soul of painting!

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Stephen Marsh
Community Expert
Community Expert
September 20, 2021

Some users understanding of the auto recovery feature is really broken. 😐

 

I wrote a script to open the required folder:

 

/* Open Photoshop Auto Recovery Folder - Universal */

#target photoshop

app.bringToFront();

openAutoRecoverDir();

function openAutoRecoverDir() {
    var os = $.os.toLowerCase().indexOf('mac') >= 0 ? "mac" : "windows";
    if (os === 'mac') {
        // alert("It's a Mac!");

        autoRecoverMac();

        function autoRecoverMac() {
            var appPath = app.path.fsName.replace(/^\/.+\//, '');
            var autoRecoverDirMac = '~/Library/Application Support/Adobe/' + appPath + '/AutoRecover';
            var autoRecoverDirMacOpen = Folder(autoRecoverDirMac);
            autoRecoverDirMacOpen.execute();
        }

    } else {
        // alert("It's Windows!");

        autoRecoverWin();

        function autoRecoverWin() {
            var appPath = app.path.fsName.replace(/^.+\\/, '');
            var autoRecoverDirWin = '~/appData/Roaming/Adobe/' + appPath + '/AutoRecover';
            var autoRecoverDirWinOpen = Folder(autoRecoverDirWin);
            autoRecoverDirWinOpen.execute();
        }

    }
}

 

https://prepression.blogspot.com/2017/11/downloading-and-installing-adobe-scripts.html

 

D Fosse
Community Expert
Community Expert
September 19, 2021

I haven't seen Photoshop crash in many years, so I can't actually test this. But I can confirm that the PSAutoRecover folder is in fact empty in 22.5.1, and with a file open it shouldn't be.

 

I normally have this function disabled (I do incremental saving as I work). I turned it on now just to check, and relaunched Photoshop.

 

Anyone else?

Ged_Traynor
Community Expert
Community Expert
September 19, 2021

I can confirm it's empty for me to, but like you I never had the need to use it, I do Ctrl + S frequently and also incremental saves

c.pfaffenbichler
Community Expert
Community Expert
September 19, 2021

Mac-user myself, so I cannot solve this anyway, but at which exact loactions are you looking for the files? 

 

Edit: For me, but as mentioned I work on Mac, the location is not the »AutoRecover«-Folder in the Application Support-Folder, but »PSAutoRecover« on the primary Scratch Disk. 

Rick5C95Author
Participant
September 19, 2021

Oh some files did pop out. Is there anyway I can stop it from deleting the files? How can I recover it if it constantly deleting the file or make a stopwatch so the file can at least survive a couple minutes?