RPC Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Is there any way to recover a .autosave file where the linked parent is gone? I had a hard drive failure and l lost the original file, but there is an .autosave file that looks like it's exactly the size of what I lost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Try copy *.autosave file to *.afdesign (in your working directory), and open it. Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 2 hours ago, Pšenda said: Try copy *.autosave file to *.afdesign (in your working directory), and open it. When I try that, it does not work: As a side note, since hard drives can & do fail without warning, it is important to have a good backup strategy, one that stores all files you can't afford to lose saved to at least two different locations. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPC Posted March 19, 2019 Author Share Posted March 19, 2019 Indeed, first thing I tried was changing the file name. I have a faintly good backup system well my computer is unattended things automatically sync between three different physical locations. I had just gotten into a creative zone and worked 10hrs straight without letting the system go to idle long enough to sync. So the only thing that was lost was this one project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 11 hours ago, R C-R said: When I try that, it does not work: autosave file is not unfortunately a backup/full copy of the whole unsaved afphoto file, but only record new and unsaved modifications. So he needs the original file, to which the unsaved edits will be added. So it really serves only to rescue unsaved changes, not to rescue the lost file. Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redminttt Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 I mistakenly deleted a file without saving hoe do i recover it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 45 minutes ago, Redminttt said: I mistakenly deleted a file without saving hoe do i recover it Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums. If you mean that You closed a file, and Affinity prompted you to save, and you said No, then it's probably (almost certainly) gone. or You started Affinity, and it said you had an unsaved file and offered to recover it, and you said No, then it's gone. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 2 hours ago, Redminttt said: I mistakenly deleted a file without saving hoe do i recover it Try Undelete application. Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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