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<blockquote data-quote="hughvane" data-source="post: 1058605" data-attributes="member: 56231"><p>Autosave creates a temporary file. With Word for example, that .tmp or .temp may appear on the desktop. As far as I know, it is not user-accessible. Each time an autosave is completed, the temp file is deleted, only to be created again during the next xx minute interval.</p><p></p><p>TextEdit has in its Prefs several choices about autosaving, and what happens with temp files, but I don't see in this (Tiger) version where the temp files are placed.</p><p></p><p>Have you used Finder (rather then Spotlight) to look for the missing file? Cmd-F from desktop does a more thorough job, and lists its findings in a more helpful way. Have a look too in Home > Documents > temp.</p><p></p><p>In looking for long-forgotten files, I've gone as far as to use a single word that I recall from a file, using Finder, and/or an application called FileBuddy. It's remarkable how they dig out what the mind has forgotten.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hughvane, post: 1058605, member: 56231"] Autosave creates a temporary file. With Word for example, that .tmp or .temp may appear on the desktop. As far as I know, it is not user-accessible. Each time an autosave is completed, the temp file is deleted, only to be created again during the next xx minute interval. TextEdit has in its Prefs several choices about autosaving, and what happens with temp files, but I don't see in this (Tiger) version where the temp files are placed. Have you used Finder (rather then Spotlight) to look for the missing file? Cmd-F from desktop does a more thorough job, and lists its findings in a more helpful way. Have a look too in Home > Documents > temp. In looking for long-forgotten files, I've gone as far as to use a single word that I recall from a file, using Finder, and/or an application called FileBuddy. It's remarkable how they dig out what the mind has forgotten. [/QUOTE]
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