While working with Word on the Mac, sometimes the system collapses or errors from Word cannot be repaired, causing the content to draft is lost. So how to recover Word documents not saved on Mac? There is a way for users to easily restore unused Word documents on the Mac, according to the instructions below.
1. Restore unused Word file on Mac with Autorecovery
Whether you save Word documents, Microsoft Office automatically saves data to Autorecovery folder every 10 minutes.
Step 1:
First you need Find the username Mac mine. Open Terminal application Already Enter WHOAMI Go to the Terminal window and press Enter to find.
Step 2:
Afterward Replace username The pathwayi by user name that you have found. Now, copy the path below paste it into the finder On Mac and select Go -> Go to folder.
/Users/username/Library/Containers/com.microsoft.Word/Data/Library/Preferences/AutoRecovery/
Step 3:
Autorecovery folder Show soon after. Double click The file starts with autorecovery and Select Microsoft Word to open that file.
So you have a Word file that has not been saved on the Mac.
Restore unused Word documents on Mac from temporaryitems
If the above option is not effective, try finding unused Word documents in the temporaryitems folder.
Step 1:
You open Terminal application and OPEN – Open $ Tmpdir.
Step 2:
This operation will open the next. Open the temporaryitems folder.
Step 3:
Now, in this folder you find Word documents. The file name must start with $ and End of .docx. You can double click on it to restore the Word file.
