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
    2016-03-24T15:49:38+00:00

    Hi BA,

    You have a Library folder, Apple in their infant wisdom hides it.

    Open Finder and from the Menu Bar choose Go. Then hold down the Options key and you will see the Library folder display. Click to open.

    Once it is open you can drag it to Finder's Favorites Bar so it will always be readily available to you.

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-03-26T04:14:15+00:00

    open finder and follow this 

    /Users/username/Library/Containers/com.microsoft.Word/Data/Library/Preferences/AutoRecovery

    100% you are going to find your file 

    I have spent more than 10 hours. I used all of the previous commands. unfortunately, they have been useless.

     Thanks

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