How to Find Unsaved or Lost Word Documents on a Mac

In this video I show how to recover lost Word documents such as. Docx files on a mac. If you are working on your Word document and you forget where you have saved the document or have accidentally deleted the document or simply cannot find the document this video going to show you some of the common places where to locate lost Word files on a Macintosh computer. The procedure to find a lost Word file is different from a Mac than a PC. This video is Mac specific. This procedure applies to Microsoft Office 2011 all the way up to Microsoft Office 365. You may or may not be able to find the locations of this using some of these tips on how to find your file however there is a very good chance that you may be able to find your file at this location.

[joebhoyy]

You saved my bacon with the very last tip dude. 6 weeks of reflective accounts I thought were gone. Life saver.

[AudioTerrorist]

Thank you, you solved what an hour with Microsoft support could not!

[JayDeeMcMillan]

Thanks much. I found it in the tip file. Not sure how saving a file would send it there but ah well. Saved my butt big time for a uni assignment

[Benji-ifiz]

RIP to my life. I lost all my word doc and I have 12 hours to submit my lab report. That +24 hours work is gone.

[hairlosscontrolcentrelondo]

thank God i found this video, i thought i'd lost a word document by replacing it . thank you xx

[fernandamolina]

Do you know what can I do if I forgot to save the document in the first time? Thanks

[ainvencivel]

I saved a document with a format that my mac doesn't recognize (it was a mistake) and whenever I type the name of it, it simply says "not found"

[foodysantana]

What if i said I have no longer have space on my disk and when it shut down I opened up my computer my word doc was gone?

[ryleerobison]

Tim you saved my life. Thank you for this video!!! I was almost done with a 15 page paper when my computer crashed and the document was gone like I had never perviously saved it. Your video helped me find it!!

[aleccollier]

YOU'RE A LIFESAVER!! thank you so much!

[evolvewithbaha]

ITS ALL GONE, MY ENGLISH PROJECT IS A FAILURE NOW. I AM SHOCKED AND I WANNA CRY

[MwangelwaMuyumbana-vy]

I have tried it but I haven't found my document. Is there another way i can discover unsaved after more than 24hrs of it not being saved

[foimoioi]

UGH NOTHING IS HELPING I SAVED MY WORD DOC BUT IT ISNT EVEN IN THE UNSAVED FILE THINGY PLACE ITS

[Katherine-tfvn]

Why did mine not autorecover every 10 min? The only version I have is from 3 days ago and i have 3 hours to redo this incredibly long research paper :(

[aymansgarage]

IT WAS DUE TONIGHT, MY WORD WASN'T LETTING ME SAVE, I COPIED MY ENTIRE ESSAY, WENT TO ACTIVITY MONITOR AND FORCE QUIT THE APP, THEN REOPENED IT AND TRIED PASTING IT BUT IT SAYS THERE WAS NO 13 PAGES

[renae]

Sorry - but Iost something on pages not word

[victoriarodriguez]

unfortunately, those didn't work for me and wanted to know of a file recovery program you'd recommend? @timscomputerrepair

[adnanhannou]

I don't comment usually. But honestly I've lost a 20 pages and 2 weeks work. I was damn made I almost broke my Mac. Thank you so so so much for everything Tim

[alicelee]

OMG! You just saved my day! Thank you for sharing!

[MeryKate]

I'm so grateful to you! I could find my file, for which I've been searching for about 3 hours. Thank you very much!!! I should have looked carefully in every folder in TMP.