Hi, I recently saved (to Desktop) and closed an Excel file on my MacBook Pro. Now I cant find it anywhere. Ive tried Spotlight, Finder, Terminal/TemporaryItems, TimeMachine, and its not showing up anywhere. Seems to have completely disappeared. Any ideas???
MacBook Pro 15", macOS 10.13
Maybe you inadvertently turned on iCloud. Doing so would move all your documents to the iCloud drive. But there may be other reasons the file is gone including inadvertent deletion. Is the file in your trash?
Check your iCloud drive.
Even though you stated that you saved this Excel workbook to your Mac's Desktop, might it be possible that you accidentally saved it to your Microsoft OneDrive online storage?
Open Recent Files
Perhaps this is viewable as a recently-opened file? To fnid out, Go Here: File > Open Recent
I just tested creating a new Excel workbook, deleting it, then using Recents. The even deleted file showed up in Recents in the Trash.
I would suspect that if you didn't find it in Recents, you never saved the file.
I don't know why Microsoft doesn't use Apple's autosave/Versions system. I pretty much never save a document unless I need a file to send to someone.
Just wondering... what if it's being saved on a different drive?
Just wondering... what if it's being saved on a different drive?
The Recent items would still have a pointer to that drive. If it was saved anywhere, Excel would show it in Recents, even if deleted.
Hi thanks for your reply. I didn't;t have iCloud set up so don't think so. Not in trash either. Unfortunately seems I may've inadvertedly deleted the file, although I cannot see how I would've done that. Also there's another excel file that's completely dissappeared in the last coupe of weeks... :/
Hi, thanks for your reply. I don't use iCloud for my MacBook... perhaps I should start! =/
Hi, thanks for your reply. Unfortunately it's not present within 'All' Recent Workbooks.
Maybe you are exiting/closing Excel without first saving your work.
Thanks. :)
Excel file completely disappeared...
