I tried toggling hidden files, but this does not work. I recently transferred these files from my old computer, and have tried fixing permissions. Maybe Word is running as an unprivileged user?
MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 12.1
Are you using any illegal characters in the file names? For instance, something like:
foo/bee.docx
or:
/foobee.docx
Unix sees the / as a path separator, not just the colon : . So the OS ends up looking for a file named bee.docx in a folder named foo, which doesn't exist. The second tells the OS a file named foobee.docx is at the root folder of the drive, even though that's not where it is.
Finder see saved files; that's one of it design purposes. The question is where are you saving the files and are you looking in that location?
You can do a search to find files by name or by extension. Extension may work better ... .docx, .doc, .dot and etc.
How did you "transfer"? If by Migration Assistant they went into your Documents folder if that's where they were in the other computer. If you kept them in a custom folder I'm not sure where they would have gone.
Check to see where the issue may be.
Open the System Preferences and create a new user account. Doesn't matter if you make it Admin or Standard. Then logout of your main account and into the new one.
Do the files list under the new account?
If yes, then the problem lies somewhere within your normal account. If not, then it's a system wide issue and you should reinstall the OS.
Is the folder you are saving to an online storage folder, Drop Box, Goolag Drive? There have been reports of problems with Goolag drive. Not sure if they are related to this.
Well, I’m not a complete noob. I am able to search, and Finder tells me it is in the folder, but cannot show it in the list of files. Word remembers where it put it, but says it cannot load it. I manually transfered to a new folder, which is where I am looking. I can open the file in Word, but it says it cannot save without giving access, which I do, but it does not retain access, and this does not help it to be able to open the file in the recent file list. A related problem is the once I search and find the file, it cannot be be uploaded. I have changed permissions on the files many times, and it does not help. This definitely related to the system or maybe Word. Is anyone else having this issue? Thanks!
Thanks, but no. I put my documents folder on a physical back drive,, and renamed it documents1, then put it on my new laptop under the documents folder. I had to reinstall Word 365, which is running as system. I changed the permissions for the documents1 folder and all subfolders to allow read and write for me and all administrators. Happy holidays, everyone.
I ran disk utility and repaired the disk, and the files still do not show up in the Finder, but I can search and find them and can open and save them, so seems like the problem is short of solved. Weird that they do not show up in the Finder, though. Thanks to everyone who replied.
Thanks for the reply! I created a new user account but the files are still not visible. I guess I will have to reinstall the system. Thanks!
If I save file in Word, it does not show up in Finder
