Autosave - Where are my files?

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September 6, 2024
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When I have several files open in PS I have the bad habit of closing the wrong file and wasting hours of work. I have autosave on every 10 minutes and back up "to computer" but where are these autosaved files. For instance today I opened a file at 9:50 and then wrongly closed it at 11:40 but I can't file any autosaved files after 9:50 so have wasted nearly 2 hours.

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Stephen Marsh

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@Nicholas385057067j2x

You should be able to use File > Open Recent or the Recents on the Home screen.

A script could automatically write the path and filename location of all opened docs to a text file log.

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Nicholas385057067j2xAuthor

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Just to explain better. I make this mistake when doing collages. I have 4 or 5 archived images open + the collage image that I am working on. I obviously want to save any changes made to the collage but don't want to save the changes to the archive images so I don't save any changes when I close the archived images and sometimes by mistake don't save the changes made in the collage (after a lot of work)! There is no autosaved image unfortuantely even in recent files.

D Fosse

Community Expert

I get the problem, and I agree that active and background documents could be better visually separated. It is easy to make that mistake, I've done it myself (so I always pay attention to this).

But as Ged explained, there is no auto-save. What there is, is auto-recovery after a crash. When you close the file, the auto recovery folder is emptied. There is nothing there, and there's no point in looking for that folder.

You just have to pay attention to which document you're closing. Save your master document frequently, so you don't need to go too far back.

Ged_Traynor

Community Expert

@Nicholas385057067j2x autosave doesn't work like that, it only works on a System/Photoshop crash

The default location is C:/Users/Username/AppData/Roaming/Adobe Photoshop 2024/AutoRecover, that's providing you have the scratch disk set to the C drive

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Nicholas385057067j2xAuthor

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Thanks for your reply, I thought so. Perhaps I am the only one who regularly closes the wrong file (at least 2 or 3 times a year!).

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