Lost Word doc.

My laptop started freezing yesterday, shortly I had completed an assignment on Word doc and saved it to my desktop. My laptop shut down and started updating about 30 mins after it froze. I lost all the work that I was in the middle of. I found out this morning that the saved document from earlier during the was gone. I tried looking but was not able to find it. What can I do next? I need to find that document!

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on May 31, 2020 1:43 PM

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TheLittles

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May 31, 2020 2:24 PM in response to qevsere

qevsere Said:

"Lost Word doc.: [...]I found out this morning that the saved document from earlier during the was gone. I tried looking but was not able to find it. What can I do next? I need to find that document!"

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Two Thoughts:

A. View: "Open Recent":

Open: MS Word
Select: File Menu
Select: Open Recent >
See if it Pops Up

B. Use Spotlight Spotlight:

Open Spotlight Search: [Hold Command key + Press Spacebar key]
Type: the name of the file
As you type the name of the file, it will popup

May 31, 2020 1:59 PM in response to qevsere

Look in your backup.

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