Hey folks,
I trimmed a movie, and then foolishly hit "Share File" before I saved it. A dropdown appeared, saying "Cannot create file," and then Quicktime froze. Not only was it frozen – couldn't cancel the share, save anything, or even quit – but the original file had disappeared from Finder. I forced quit, and now it's gone. It's not in the trash. Any ideas on where my movie might have gone? Any thoughts appreciated!
Jonah
MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9)
After reading around, I've used Terminal to look all the places it might be (e.g., http://www.macstories.net/news/recovering-a-lost-quicktime-recording/), and no dice.
Did you manage to find your lost file? I did have a look to and still no joy 😟
This is exactly what happened to me today. Did you ever find a solution?
Just had this happen, had it a few years ago but had forgotten about it
Shocking that this is still an issue on 10.10.2
This is happening to me as well. Just "upgraded" to Yosemite. Now Quicktime deletes files when trimming or sharing to Vimeo.
Any answers to this?
Just talked to Apple support. Seems that what worked before as one step in Quicktime now has to be two or more. Before updating to Yosemite, we were able to load a clip into Quicktime, trim it, and then share it to Vimeo without saving the trimmed file. Now, Apple is saying to save the trimmed file to the desktop, close Quicktime and reopen the trimmed file from the desktop to share it. Much longer process, but seems to work.
For what it's worth, I saved the file to the drive and folder where it needed to be. Not sure there is any "magic" in saving it to the desktop instead.
If anyone figures out why this no longer works like it used to, let me know.
Yup, this just happened to me. Can't save. Original file gone. Freezing and not being able to share/save is one thing. Disappearing original file is inexcusable. Latest version of Yosemite.
Share file deletes movie
