where are the auto saved files for office 2016 for mac?

Anonymous
2015-03-10T02:57:37+00:00

I had autorecoveron (by default) and the app crashed (ironically when i tried to do a normal save). is there a chance i can get my file back and if so where?

this was a powerpoint presentation.

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Anonymous
2015-03-10T09:20:15+00:00

thanks for your reply.

I actually found my file - for reference it was at 

HD > Users > [my user name] > Library > Containers > com.microsoft.Powerpoint > Data > Library > Preferences > AutoRecovery > Presentation1_autorecover

but powerpoint wouldn't detect it upon restart, it wouldn't show up in spotlight etc. (I found it with a program called "find my file")

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Anonymous
2015-09-23T20:41:09+00:00

I had to rename the autosave file with a '.pptm' extension before PowerPoint would open it.

It appears the autosave has a content type of "application/vnd.ms-powerpoint.presentation.macroEnabled.main+xml" instead of "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation.main+xml" which is typical for a pptx file.

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Anonymous
2015-03-13T22:04:01+00:00

I guess there's confusion over what type of file you were working on. If it was a Word document then everything in the path is the same except replace the word "PowerPoint" for "Word" and see if anything is in that folder.

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-03-10T08:56:53+00:00

    No, there is no chance.  If the Autorecovery file was useable, PowerPoint would have offered it to you when it restarted.

    The AutoRecovery files should be in Macintosh HD ▸ Users ▸ <your name> ▸ Library ▸ Containers ▸ com.microsoft.Word ▸ Data ▸ Library > Autosave Information.

    The applications will clean that out when they shut down normally, if they can't use the files that are there.

    Hope this helps

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  2. Bob Jones AKA CyberTaz MVP 437.7K Reputation points
    2015-03-10T13:52:31+00:00

    Thanks for the update!

    I'm guessing that the AutoRecovery file wasn't presented because of the Beta status of the software.

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