Microsoft Powerpoint Autosave Location Mac

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Jan 19,2020 • Filed to: Recover & Repair Files • Proven solutions

  1. Autosave Epics
  2. Powerpoint Autosave

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  1. How to Recover Unsaved PowerPoint on Mac (2011/2016/2018) Method 1: Use PowerPoint AutoSave on Mac if Enabled. What is PowerPoint AutoSave? Microsoft Office has a fantastic feature called AutoSave, which is built in to automatically save a temporary PowerPoint copy on a periodic basis.
  2. But in the face of the file crash caused by Mac system crash or Microsoft PowerPoint crash, you need to retrieve the PPT file that you have worked on before. Of course, you have a good chance of recovering unsaved PowerPoint Mac. This has a PowerPoint autosave location on Mac, and you can reclaim lost PPT files by searching in this folder.
  3. Geetesh Bajaj is a Microsoft PowerPoint MVP. His business is creating professional presentations and templates, and he manages the PowerPoint sites indezine.com and ppted.com. James Gordon is a Microsoft MVP for Macintosh, creator of the InsertPicture add-in for Mac PowerPoint, and an Office trainer.
  4. Question: I accidentally messed up the Office documents (Word/PowerPoint/Excel) I was working on, and I didn't save it before, so I wanted to get the auto-saved version from the AutoRecovery-folder as I've done in the old days of Office 2008 and 2004.

Autosave Epics

Question: How Do I Recover Unsaved PowerPoint Presentation?

Figure 3: AutoRecovery options within the PowerPoint Options dialog box After making appropriate choices, click the OK button (refer to Figure 2, shown earlier on this page) to save these settings. See Also: AutoRecover and AutoSave Options in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows AutoRecover and AutoSave Options in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows. I seem to have lost a powerpoint I have worked on for ages this morning. I opened an attachment to my gmail account, worked on it, saved it and closed it. Yet it doesn’t show up on “recent” in Powerpoint, doesn’t show up on “Recover Unsaved presentations” and isn’t sitting in the C:AppDataMicrosoftPowerpointdirectory. 2018-1-28  The AutoRecover and AutoSave feature in Word 2013, Excel 2013, and PowerPoint 2013 helps you to avoid losing your work if a crash, power loss, or you close a file without saving happens by automatically saving versions of your file while you're working on it. This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off AutoRecover and AutoSave feature in Office Word 2013, Excel 2013, and PowerPoint 2013.

'When I am working on an important PowerPoint presentation file, but it suddenly closed. I did not save the work which I did. How do I recover a PowerPoint that was not saved?'

There is no doubt that many people often use Windows Office tools like PowerPoint, Word, Excel, and Notepad in daily work. But more of a sudden there are certain chances that you might accidentally delete your important files after your work is done. Also, some forget to save their PowerPoint files after they are done with them. Panic may be the first action if you encounter such situation. But now you don’t need to worry about that as this article will provide you with 3 comprehensive PowerPoint recovery solutions to help you recover unsaved PowerPoint presentation, the ultimate way to recover PowerPoint files is get Recoverit Data Recovery software to get started.

Solution 1. With 'Recover Unsaved Presentations'

If you forget to save the PowerPoint file you are working on and then it just lost due to some reasons, please keep calm and try the below-given simple steps to get it back quickly.

Step 1. Open the PowerPoint on your PC

Step 2. Click on the File tab in the upper left corner > Choose Open > In the 'Recent' section, click Recover Unsaved Presentations in the bottom right corner.

Step 3. The Saved Drafts folder will open. Find your file and double click on it to open. Then save the file.

Tip: The files in the Unsaved folder are temporary files. It is highly recommended to recover and save the data you need as they might be lost soon.

Solution 2. Using the AutoRecover function

Besides, there is another way can help recover unsaved PowerPoint files – AntoRecover function. First, you need to check if it has been enabled. Follow the simple steps below.

Option 1:

Step 1.Open a PowerPoint presentation > choose the File tab > Select Options > Go to Save

Step 2. Make sure that you have check the box saying 'Save auto-recover info every x minutes', and the box saying 'Keep the last Auto recovered version if I close without saving'

Option 2:

Powerpoint Autosave

If you have AutoRecover enabled beforehand, you can go to find your unsaved PowerPoint file by following the 2 simple steps.

Step 1. Copy the file destination path from 'AutoRecover file location'.

Step 2. Open Windows Explorer, paste the path on the address bar, and hit 'Enter' to search the lost unsaved PowerPoint file.

Tip: It is advised to save the document while you are working on it. There is a shortcut key to save the file while working, which is Ctrl + S, which automatically saves your document.

Type 'Regedit' and hit Enter to launch the Registry Edit window.Step 3. Find microsoft office database mac finder. From the left side panel, click on 'HKEYLOCALMACHINE' followed by 'Software'.Step 4.

Video Tutorial on How to Recover Unsaved/Deleted PowerPoint Files？


Solution 3. Recover Deleted PowerPoint Files with Recoverit Data Recovery

If the above mentioned solutions can't help you out the PowerPoint lost problems, you can check the following steps to recover unsaved/deleted PowerPoint file with Recoverit Data Recovery for Windows. It can easily undelete your lost or delete PowerPoint presentations with 3 steps, also it can recover Word document and other lost files. Download and install Recoverit on your computer and retrieve your PowerPoint back.

Step 1. Select a location where stored PowerPoint

Launch Recoverit Data Recovery on your PC, select a disk where the PowerPoint files stored before and next.

Step 2. Scanning lost PowerPoint from disk

And then the software will start scanning the disk to searching your lost or delete PowerPoint files, it will take for a while to complete the scan.

Step 3. Preview and recover PowerPoint files

After scanning, all recovered data files will display on the result. You can preview some files like photo, video, music, office files, select your PowerPoint and click 'Recover' button to get it back.

Follow these 3 steps to rescue your lost PowerPoint files, also you can check the follow video tutorial on how to use Recoverit Data Recovery software to restore your PowerPoint presentations.

Video Tutorial on How to Recover Unsaved PowerPoint

Hope that 3 ways can help you recover accidentally closed PowerPoint without saving, otherwaise, if you working on Mac, you should download Recoverit Data Recovery for Mac and follow the same steps to restore lost PowerPoint files.

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