Where is my back up folder? - Photoshop

[The Yardsman]

I Cant find my folder location that autosaves every ten minutes. I checked the roaming file.. Not there

Please help Thank you

[Trevor.Dennis · Accepted solution]

It doesn't save copies of the files you are working on, so much as enough information to get you back to where you were when Photoshop failed to close correctly.  I've never fully understood how it works, but it is more a case of reopen Photoshop after a crash, and 'hope' to be back to where you were at the time of thhe crash.  You can't go to the Autorecovery folder and hope to find .PSD files/

This is Windows.

C:\Users\[your user name]\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop 2021\AutoRecover

You can find all file locations here

Photoshop preference file functions, names, locations (adobe.com)

[Stephen_A_Marsh · Accepted solution]

/* 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();
        }

    }
}

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