Photoshop Autosave Location on Mac: Where to Find Autosave Photoshop Files

This post will introduce where to find the Photoshow Autosave location on a Mac, and you can download EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard for Mac to recover the unsaved Photoshop files from the Autosave location.

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If you have enabled the "Autosave" option in your Photoshop app on your Mac, you can find the Photoshop Autosave location on a Mac like this picture.

Enable Auto Save on Photoshop

In this article, we will show you how to find the Photoshop Autosave location on your Mac. Keep reading!

Recover Photoshop Files on a Mac with Software

If your Photoshop files were lost, unsaved, or deleted, and you want to recover them, apart from using the "Put Back" feature in the Mac Trash Bin folder, which has a restriction that the Photoshop files be deleted by clicking the "Move to Bin" option less than 30 days, consider using data recovery software EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard for Mac that maximizes the chance of Photoshop file recovery.

EaseUS software can help you recover unsaved Photoshop files on a Mac with a user-friendly interface without any file recovery experience requirement. Follow the steps below to recover your deleted, lost, or unsaved Photoshop files:

Note: You can create a backup by clicking the "Disk Backup" on the left first. The software will recover the document from the backup image. It can prevent further damage to your disk and data, making it safer and more reliable.

Step 1. Scan for lost documents

Select the location where your important Word/Excel/PPT/Numbers/Pages documents were lost and click "Search for lost files".

select a location and scan for lost documents on Mac

Step 2. Find lost documents on Mac

EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard for Mac will immediately start a scan on your selected disk volume. Meanwhile, the scanning results will be presented in the left pane. Select "Documents" and you can quickly filter the DOC/PDF/PPT/XLS files you've lost earlier.

choose the lost documents

Step 3. Recover lost/deleted documents

Select the target files and preview them by double-clicking them. Then, click "Recover" to get lost documents back at once.

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Where Is Photoshop Autosave Location on a Mac

If you want to restore an unsaved Photoshop file on your Mac, you can find the Autosave folder that stores unsaved Photoshop files. Follow the steps below to find where the Photoshop Autosave location is on your Mac:

Step 1. Launch Finder on your Mac, and click "Go > Go to Folder".

go to folder

Step 2. Type the following path, and press "Enter" to open the Autosave Photoshop folder on your Mac.

~/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Adobe Photoshop CC 2017/AutoRecover

Note that different versions of Photoshop may have different storage locations for Autosave files.

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Recover PSD Files on a Mac from Photoshop Autosave Location

After opening the Autosave folder on your Mac, you can find unsaved Photoshop files and recover the PSD files by saving the found PSD files as new projects.

Photoshop Autosave location

Conclusion

This article introduces where the Photoshop Autosave location is on a Mac, how to access the Antosave Photoshop files, and recover PSD files from the Photoshop Autosave location.

The most effective way to recover a lost, deleted, or unsaved Photoshop file is using EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard for Mac, which scans all the recoverable files on your Mac hard drive quickly and safely!

Photoshop Autosave Location on a Mac FAQs

Here are questions people frequently ask when they search for where Photoshop Autosave location is on a Mac; take a look!

1. Where are Photoshop temporary files on Mac?

Follow the steps below to access the temporary files of Photoshop on a Mac:

Step 1. Go to "Finder > Application > Terminal".

Step 2. Enter open $TMPDIR and press "Enter".

Step 3. Go to the "Temporaryitems" folder, find the PSD file, and open it with Photoshop to save it on your Mac.

2. Where is the Photoshop auto-recovery folder?

Follow the steps to find the Photoshop auto-recovery folder:

Step 1. Launch Finder on your Mac, and click "Go > Go to Folder".

Step 2. Type the path ~/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Adobe Photoshop CC 2017/AutoRecover and press "Enter" to open the Autosave Photoshop folder on your Mac.

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