HELP! Lost file in outlook temp!

Easy Find Worked!!!!! I could not find the file ANYWHERE using the Mac Finder. Nor would it come up via Word. The only way I could see it was by opening the original email file and pressing "Save As." Therefore, I knew it was there in Outlook Temp. The problem was trying to find it and access it.

Easy Find did the trick! It downloaded really fast and it found the document in less than a minute. Make sure to click the box that says "Invisible Files and Folders."

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!! I could not find an important and time-sensitive document that I knew I had saved but it was not coming up in Recent Documents, in searches - nowhere. I was sure that I had lost my document and was starting to try to recreate it - a task that would have taken several hours. But, fortunately, I found this page and downloaded Easy Find and within seconds, it turned up my document in a temporary Outlook folder.

I cannot thank you enough!!!

Not notmally are tmp files recoverable.

Find Any File...

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/30079/find-any-file

I'd get EasyFind...

http://www.devon-technologies.com/download/

Near the bottom of the page.

Then Search for something unique that would only be in that User's folder.

easyfind worked! hooray! thank you!

With Find Any File you can search for a date, so you could look for all files from yesterday and look if any is the one you're looking for. And search the entire volume, not just the folder you believe it should be inside.

Good luck.

If you really did save it, you can open Word and from the File menu select "Open recent ..." and it should show the last files you were working on. If you did save it, the saved file will show up and you will be able to open it from that menu. Another place to try is under the Apple Menu, "Recent Items," which will show programs and documents recently opened. You can open those things right from that menu, even if you don't know where they are on your Mac, then you can save them to a location you want.

One place to look for tmp files is in your Documents Folder, inside the Microsoft User Data folder. Look for tmp files there or inside any of the folders within that one, especially folders with names like "recovery" or "autorecovery." Also, look in your Trash, especially if there is a folder there called "Recovered files/items" where sometimes tmp files end up when a computer is restarted. Some tmp files, however, cannot be opened or used, but sometimes they can be opened.

I had the same problem. Even when I went into "open recent files" in Word my file wouldn't show up. I went and looked in the cache in my library and nothing was there. When I searched for it in finder nothing showed up. So I downloaded that Easy Find program and it popped up in 5 seconds. So thanks BDaqua. Saved me some serious stress.

Thanks so much for this post! You saved me so much time and frustration. I'm not sure how I saved a file to the Outlook Temp folder, but there is was - with my hours of work already saved and ready. I was searching folders for hours and EasyFinder picked it out and served it up in under 15 seconds. Amazing!

Keep recommendations like those coming!

Thank you so much!!!! I have been searching for my file for an hour and finally searched online for help. I downloaded Find Any File and it found my document!! I was so thankful I didnt have to retype the whole paper!!!!! Thank you!!!!!!

I lost an important grant proposal hours before it was due for submission after 12 hours of editing in a file opened through an e-mail attachment. It was a catastrophe. I tried every Microsoft technique and Help recommendation found on the internet. Then I followed BDAqua's recommendation and voila!!! It was RIGHT THERE. Like magic. Best advice EVER.

I have tried EVERTHING!

Last night I created a folder in Outlook Temp not realising I wasn't in "Documents"when I saved it. I was saving an Outlook Word attachment which I had changed.

Unfortunately I had the same folder (name) in Documents. When I search for that folder in Finder the only one which comes up is the one in Documents. I have tried all the options above and more. So I have downloaded Easy Find and Find Any File but they can't locate the folder and its files in Outlook Temp.

As a test I created and saved 2 more Word documents - one in each folder of the same name. The one which is saved within the Outlook Temp folder is missing. It is also missing from Word's "Recently opened documents" as are my other files which are saved and located in Outlook Temp.

I'm completely frustrated and exhausted. any ideas anyone?

Many Thanks.

No neeed to download Easy Find.

To retrieve files in Outlook temporary go to Mac FINDER, click GO from drop down menu, press Option key, LIbrary will appear in drop down menu, click on Cache> Temporary Items>Outlook Temporary, and you can access the files.

Emilio Sacerdoti

Wow! Thanks for the tip. Not sure why Apple makes this so hard to find, but if you know where and how to look it works.

One other question - it would appear that the temp files are truly that - temp, they have a limited shelf life. Does anyone know how long they do last or if there is a way to extend their life for a little while?

I want to echo the praise for EasyFind

I tried looking all over the place including in Library & in Caches but could not find the Outlook Temp files.

I run OS X 10.8.5

Easy Find downloaded quickly, even on a fairly low bandwidth connection & I was able to find my document immediately.

I really felt like it rescued me!

Does any know how to change the Word preferences to not default to Outlook Temp?

Absolutely brilliant! Thank you; I was working on that document for 4 hours, and it vanished in Outlook Temp! It is a mystery why it did not show up in Recent files in Word. I have had this problem several times by starting work on an e-mail attachment, and Apple really should fix this. Thank you again!