Where do my auto-saves go?

[mangurian]

I turned on auto-save and set it for 5 minutes.  When I am working on an image, if I don't do a Save As or a Save, nothing gets saved (that I can find anyway).  How do I verify that autosave is working and where do I find the updated file? 

Thanks,

[kevin stohlmeyer · Accepted solution]

You are correct that if you do not do a first save, autosave will not initiate.

On windows you can find the folder here:

C:/Users/USERNAME/Appdata/Roaming/Adobe/Adobe Photoshop CC/AutoRecover

However, the files are tmp files and only way to read/recover is to let Photoshop initiate the restore after a crash.

This is not an auto backup feature where you can pull iterative versions from this folder.

[davescm · Accepted solution]

Auto save is for file recovery in the event of a crash. If Photoshop crashes the autosaved file will open automatically, if Photoshop closes correctly , the autosaved file is deleted.

If your scratch disk is on your primary disk auto save is to C:/Users/YourUsername/AppData/Roaming/AdobePhotoshop[version]/AutoRecover

If your scratch disk is another drive then auto save is to the root directory on that drive

Dave