Mac still randomly deleting my files!

Hi,

I posted a while ago that I'd lost one of my Word documents with several days of work in it. It's happened again, this time while I was paying close attention. I worked a bit on a file, saved it with cmd + S, pressed the red X to close it down (which it did with no "Don't you want to save?" warning), and then went to email the file. It didn't show up - only the older version. The file is not in "All my files", nor in Library or the recycle bin.

Seriously, this is a pretty massive problem. Last time I posted, a lot of people complained of the same issue, and/or said "Wellll, that's Microsoft for you" (though surely it's a Mac OS issue) or "It'll be faster to write it the second time". Any idea why this happens, and whether it's a known issue? Is it just Word for Mac, or do you similarly lose other types of files? Is there anything I can do, other than manually saving every file multiple times to a load of locations just in case?

Cheers

Tootall, I sure did! It's long gone - if you Google this topic you'll see it's happened to a few other people, who all have complex suggestions for how to get your files back from deep inside the Mac. Now joy in my case though.

I might give another word processor a try, but Keynote is out of the question for most people as you often need to give presentations on some else's PC running Powerpoint. Sure you can save as pdf for portability, but as far as I know that means no animations. And yes, I use animations tastefully! Thankfully I am now good enough with R to not have to bother with Excel. Still tied to Word though! It's fine when it works, not slow on my Mac at least.

Cheers