Power cut, retrieve lost work

Sara sammons · Nov 24, 2012, 02:03 PM

I was mid way through building an image in photoshop cs2 when the power went out, is there any hiddy hole that my mac may have hidden an auto save/ recovery type file in the way a microsoft PC would have or is it really lost for ever?

Concorde Rules · Nov 24, 2012, 03:04 PM

No.

Get into a habit to saving regularly

DanielCoffey · Nov 24, 2012, 03:50 PM

Does CS2 have a temp file folder?

Also, are you using 10.8 and it's Versions tool?

Finally, how old is the previous Time Machine backup of the file?

wonderspark · Nov 24, 2012, 03:58 PM

I have one of these that I picked up for $25 from an office going-out-of-business sale. (Eventually, it needed a new battery, which was about $100.) Combined with one of these for my two monitors, I can power my Mac Pro, RAID tower and all peripherals for 45 minutes during a power failure before I reach the last bars on the batteries. I think they would go 50 minutes before running out. I experience enough power fluctuations and failures that it's well worth it. I can think of at least a dozen times I've kept on working while the house lights flickered or went dark.

Of course, regular saving and backup is key for critical work, but I think a UPS is required for a desktop system, unless you work at NORAD or someplace where constant, clean power is assured.

blackmoses · Nov 24, 2012, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Sara sammons

I was mid way through building an image in photoshop cs2 when the power went out, is there any hiddy hole that my mac may have hidden an auto save/ recovery type file in the way a microsoft PC would have or is it really lost for ever?

Unfortunately, probably not. I know Photoshop saves active Smart Layers into the TemporaryItems folder (hidden pretty deep in your Library), but not whole documents.

Hence the designers' mantra: save and save often. I think all of us have lost a pretty big project to a crash or power failure; I've lost several. Just relax, relate, release © and start over with the build again. It's usually quicker the second time.

gpzjock · Nov 24, 2012, 06:01 PM

I have to agree with Wonderspark, have had an APC UPS for 3 years now and will never run a mission critical application without one again.
A lot of folks only learn to back up after their first HDD failure, many others only find out what a UPS is after their first power cut...

Time Machine backs up automatically but the intervals are long between each snapshot. You can change this with a command line instruction: http://osxdaily.com/2012/02/02/chang...ckup-schedule/

Sara sammons · Nov 25, 2012, 11:16 PM

Thanks guys, I normally am quite good at saving regularly but it is Sod's law the one time I get engrossed and forget the house is plummeted into darkness. I will look into a battery backup though

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wonderspark macrumors 68020 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Denver, CO	I have one of these that I picked up for $25 from an office going-out-of-business sale. (Eventually, it needed a new battery, which was about $100.) Combined with one of these for my two monitors, I can power my Mac Pro, RAID tower and all peripherals for 45 minutes during a power failure before I reach the last bars on the batteries. I think they would go 50 minutes before running out. I experience enough power fluctuations and failures that it's well worth it. I can think of at least a dozen times I've kept on working while the house lights flickered or went dark. Of course, regular saving and backup is key for critical work, but I think a UPS is required for a desktop system, unless you work at NORAD or someplace where constant, clean power is assured. __________________ Wait a second... So you're telling me anything that happens in the sky is legal, and there's a giant crime-blimp flying around this place? I don't know how I missed that.
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Nov 24, 2012, 06:01 PM	#6
gpzjock macrumors 6502a Join Date: May 2009	I have to agree with Wonderspark, have had an APC UPS for 3 years now and will never run a mission critical application without one again. A lot of folks only learn to back up after their first HDD failure, many others only find out what a UPS is after their first power cut... Time Machine backs up automatically but the intervals are long between each snapshot. You can change this with a command line instruction: http://osxdaily.com/2012/02/02/chang...ckup-schedule/
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Nov 25, 2012, 11:16 PM	#7
Sara sammons Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Nov 2012	Thanks guys, I normally am quite good at saving regularly but it is Sod's law the one time I get engrossed and forget the house is plummeted into darkness. I will look into a battery backup though
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