Hi kilrv, - - - - - - - - - - The file path is UserName:Library:Preferenc es:Microso ft:Microso ft:PowerPo int Temp The file might be hidden. PowerPoint looks for this file when it opens, and if it finds it then it will open the file with the name 'Recovered File.' I know this is an old subject but I had the same problem with powerpoint 2004 and finally managed to find where the 'powerpoint temp' was. It was there: ls -al /.Trashes/ You need to be superuser (root) to have access to this (as administrator type 'sudo -s' in your terminal, insert admin password and you become superuser), the '-al' is useful to list hidden files. If you find the 'powerpoint temp' there then you can write cp /.Trashes/(the exact name of the file: use tab after having just put the first letter to let terminal finish for you) Desktop Other places where the missing autosave can be are (look inside the different folders): ls -al /private/tmp/ ls -al /var/tmp/ - - - - - - - - - - - Quote from Good luck.
Hi kilrv, - - - - - - - - - - The file path is UserName:Library:Preferenc es:Microso ft:Microso ft:PowerPo int Temp The file might be hidden. PowerPoint looks for this file when it opens, and if it finds it then it will open the file with the name 'Recovered File.' I know this is an old subject but I had the same problem with powerpoint 2004 and finally managed to find where the 'powerpoint temp' was. It was there: ls -al /.Trashes/ You need to be superuser (root) to have access to this (as administrator type 'sudo -s' in your terminal, insert admin password and you become superuser), the '-al' is useful to list hidden files. If you find the 'powerpoint temp' there then you can write cp /.Trashes/(the exact name of the file: use tab after having just put the first letter to let terminal finish for you) Desktop Other places where the missing autosave can be are (look inside the different folders): ls -al /private/tmp/ ls -al /var/tmp/ - - - - - - - - - - - Quote from Good luck.
But just to be on the safe side I wanted to copy the AutoRecover files to a safe location before actually killing the application. But unlike Word or Excel where the location of these files is set in the options, PowerPoint does not have such an option. How to recover lost PowerPoint 2016 files after a crash. Note: this blog post discusses PowerPoint 2016 for Mac. PowerPoint 2016 is great, but it still crashes.