looking for temp files or autorec in word. Autosave was turned off

Question

Hi, I really really need desperate help. Am supposed to deliver my thesis next monday and just figured out that my last month's work is gone. Did not check the onedrive option in  new word app that I downloaded from the university server, becasue I wanted to store my files on my harware. have a new computer with no usb to connect to my timemachine and my trash bin is empty (though I havent turned off the computer for weeks). I was hoping to find any temp files but haven;t been able. What can I do ? any help will be very much appreciated , heike 

Answer 1

Here are a couple of pages on file recovery for Word in macOS:

https://www.cleverfiles.com/howto/recover-word-document-mac.html

https://www.easeus.com/mac-file-recovery/recover-unsaved-word-document-mac.html

Your Mac has USB ports. They are probably USB-C ports that function as Thunderbolt and USB. You can get an adaptor to hook up an inexpensive hard disk for Time Machine use.

Word pros use File>Save As on a regular basis, altering the file name as they go: Important Document 01.docx, Important Document 02.docx, etc. When you have the final file, delete the temporary files. That way, you can only lose a little work instead of a whole document.