WHERE THE HECK IS MY LOST PSD FILE?

[dmeloche]

Hi I'm REALLY ticked off and trying to figure out how to fix a Photoshop crash.

I had a .psd file open that was saved to my desktop. When closing the document, I did not save the minor changes I made. An error message popped up and my .psd file had been deleted from my desktop and was not in my trash.

I assumed the file could be recovered in my auto-recovery folder which was empty. I then tried the terminal code to view hidden files, which did nothing.

I did the same thing in my temporary files folder within my Library.

Then I saw something about checking my Scratch disks, but when I check my Photoshop preferences, no Scratch disks are listed.

I hate everything and I hate technology and I'M DESPERATE FOR HELP!!!!

[gener7]

Anything from entering Time Machine? It sounds like MacOS from the terms you use.

Gene

[dmeloche]

I'll have to test it out later on, but I'm not sure if the file had been backed up recently (my fault - I know). Can you think of any other the place the file could have been secretly stored if the psd. file had been saved on my desktop and mysteriously disappeared?

[gener7]

There's many reasons because it is a common problem.

Here's a Google search string: "file vanishes from Mac Desktop"  Many articles giving you an idea where to look and commands to try.

[AndrewPersonal]

I had the same issue, and used this Easy Find app to recover it. It was buried in the trash (and I had looked there before).

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/easyfind/id411673888