Just lost 2 weeks worth of editing on iMovie!

Just lost 2 weeks worth of editing on iMovie, project will not open and file size does not look correct compared to completed past projects.
Why isn't there a save option?

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Aaahh! Just lost a weeks worth of essay..

Im so used to the autosave in word and never having to turn off my macbook that i havent bothered to push the save button for a week.. surely it has some memory of my work somewhere! I have a time-capsule running (when it can be bothered..) but no sign of my essay.. Help!
Is there anyway to turn on auto save? Is there anyway to find my work and save my degree?
Thanks!

VGL,
My sympathy, but also my concurrence with the advice offered by Fuzzydog—backup, Backup, BACKUP.
In my elementary school classes, we developed a routine to follow with every writing project:
Open a new file.
Save the file immediately, giving it a recognizable name, and placing it in a standard location.
After that, press command-S every time you leave the keyboard, even if it's 'only for a few seconds.'
For the initial short projects, that was generally sufficient. When we started longer projects, I added the following:
Open the file you worked on in the last session.
Go File > Save as...
Change the date in the file name to today's date, then click Save.
Continue working on the document.
(And continue to follow the instructions regarding saving whenever you leave the keyboard)
Chalk it up as a learning experience. I did (long ago), and I suspect there are very few who have not had the opportunity to learn from a similar experience.
Regards,
Barry

Help I've just lost 8 years worth of iCal data

I've just lost 8 years worth of iCal data. Does Apple still have the data? My HD died. My Mac mini will not support the new "Cloud" portal. Does anyone have any ideas how I can retrieve my data from Apple? Thanks

When you say "I can see all of my calendars", I'm assuming you mean in iCal, yes? If so, my two suggestions would be:
1) Go into Time Machine and go back to a date when you had all your calendar info, and restore the calendar from there.
Or ...
2) If you were using MobileMe, access your MobileMe account through your web browser, open the Calendar in there and see if there's any data in that calendar. If there is, you should be able to sync through Mobile Me, choosing let MobileMe overwrite the hard drive.
But I'd definitely try Time Machine first.
Good luck.

Strange Indesign Bug -- I lost a weeks worth of files

Not sure what caused this. There's certainly nothing that can be done
about it. I neglected to repair my backup volume which failed a couple weeks ago and proceeded with an InDesign
large project and lost all my work.
When working on this doc, every several days I would edit the file name, adding something to the end of the file to let me know what work it contained. I began about Nov 6 and made my last edits on Nov 16, yesterday evening before going home. During the course of the day I noticed something very strange -- the file name had some jibberish in it enclosed in parens. I simply removed them and resaved.
When I came in this morning, there were NO files from Nov 7 on -- all of the edits I'd made to some 10 incrementally changing files were now gone.
I've since used a disk recoverey tool to no avail.
Obviously, I'm at fault for not using proper backup procedure -- but there's a pretty nasty bug here which bit me that is pretty frustrating. I'm on Snow Leopard. File was about 150 pages, quite a bit of imagery.
don

Sorry to go silent, but I was busy trying to salvage things.
First -- thanks for all the helpful replies, and also thanks for the wake-up calls as to my sloppy procedures. I've taken them to heart and just finished backup up my system. I had a functioning backup system that failed a few weeks ago and I let my workload keep me from attending to it.
As I stated earlier, I was using a backup method where in the same directory I was altering names every chapter. The day the system ate my collection of files I had encountered some sort of problem in the file names. I corrected the problem and went on.
When I first realized the data was lost I immediately checked my "dropbox" (an online program that lets me move with files between computers. I had taken the work home for the weekend, but deleted it monday morning from the dropbox because I hadn't actually done any work over the weekend. I worked all day monday and it was on tuesday thart my files were gone.
When I came in to work monday morning I noticed something interesting in my task bar at the top of the OS X screen. I saw a program that when highlighted said "backup successful". It seems I had installed the free version of Mozy a few months back and since it was only 2 gig of storage I pointed it as a test to my "Dropbox" and forgot about it.
Sure enough, it had dutifully copied friday evenings work out of the drop box to the Mozy servers.
So, despite all of the suggestions failing (booting without extensions, data salvage programs and so forth) I have no a file that represents only one days worth of data loss. And the edits I did monday were fairly minimal. Needless to say I've made multiple copies of it and I am now back on schedule to deliver my project ontime.
Thanks again for all the advice.
Don

Restarted computer and lost a weeks worth of histo...

I closed out all rporams and restarted my compputer. When I reopened skype a week of history was gone as well as contacts I added since 10/2 (today is 10/9). Is there a way to retrieve this?
I also see no options on any skype menus for backing up contacts. Does anyone know how to do this in latest version?

Check your computer's clock time. Has it been wrong in the past?

HT1349 i just lost my iphone 3gs a week ago. unfortunately i was not able to download any iphone finder. is there any other options that i can use just to find my iphone?

i just lost my iphone 3gs a week ago. unfortunately i was not able to download any iphone finder. is there any other options that i can use just to find my iphone?

I think you're stuck if you don't have Find My iPhone enabled.
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"Edit Menu in Photoshop" - just lost 2hrs of work

Well, I clicked the "Edit Menu in Photoshop" option in Encore CS3 and reluctantly went to work on my menu in Photoshop since Encore doesn't have the basics of menu design options.
I saved my menu constantly in Photoshop, but didn't think to save it under a different filename since I figured it would save *something* to the hard disk anyway for me to find later.
I switched back to Encore and since nothing had changed there, I closed the project and thought re-opening might show me my updated menu. I was wrong.
I just lost two hours of work. I tried to open the "recently opened" file, but no, it was some sort of temp file that doesn't exist anymore.
Anyone have an idea of how to get this back? And how am I supposed to update my Encore menu so that it shows the Photoshop modifications?
Thanks
Prizm

Prizm4,
First thing that I'd do is Open PS, then File>Open Recent. You should see the TMP Menu file in that list, as it Opened from Encore. Open it, and see what state it is in. Ideally, it should be up to date, from when you did the Save.
As Joe points out, the TMP file is created by Encore, then Opened in PS. Save (or Ctrl-s) should save this file and link it back to Encore. In CS2, I encountered some problems (as did others), where hitting Save (and/or Ctrl-s) did NOT update in Encore. Remember, this was in CS2. The workaround for me was to Save several times (sounds like you did that). I'd usually have my Layer Sets open, and Ctrl-s, close the Layer Sets and Ctrl-s. Though it was a few added keystrokes and not the perfect workflow, it always worked for me. A few times, it took a moment for Encore to finally update to the revised file.
I assumed that this was a little glitch between PS and Encore2 in CS2. It also did not happen THAT often, but enough, that the multiple Ctrl-s became a habit of mine.
I never saw anyone, who could this this malfunction 100% of the time. I also did not find any commonality between systems (either HW, or SW conflicts) to indicate that some component was causing this. I also could not find much in MY workflow to suggest why some Menus did this. Most often they were variations of Library Menu Assets. I did notice that I had more of these glitches when working from a "template" Project, that only had AV Assets changed (Save_As Projects from the original "template.) and then the Menus changed to match the new Assets. Notice that I put "template" in quotation marks so one will not confuse Template with "template" in Encore. In my case, 95% of the Menus did just what they should going to/from PS out of Encore2. There were those pesky 5%, however that things did not go, as designed.
I would have assumed that CS3 had gotten around whatever was causing this, but as it was not 100% repeatable, maybe not.
When I'd go the "normal" Save route, and it would not "take," Opening the TMP (Files>Open Recent) always got me back in PS. Multiple Ctrl-s always did the trick. Seems that 3 was the magic number, when it was not working, as it should.
If you do a Save_As, you will have to Import_As Menu into Encore and then probably want to Delete your "other" Menu.
Might want to read through: http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.3c05a3cd/0
Maybe something else will strike you as useful.
Good luck,
Hunt

I recently destroyed my macbook pro and lost all my info. I need to redownload my programs. I bought CS5.5, but was upgraded to CS6 because it was purchased just a few weeks before its release. How do I do this? Thanks!

Hi!
I recently destroyed my macbook pro and lost all my info. I need to redownload my programs. I bought CS5.5, but was upgraded to CS6 because it was purchased just a few weeks before its release. How do I do this? Thanks!

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Suites and Programs: CC 2014 | CC | CS6 | CS5.5 | CS5 | CS4, CS4 Web Standard | CS3
Acrobat: XI, X | 9,8 | 9 standard
Premiere Elements: 13 | 12 | 11, 10 | 9, 8, 7 win | 8 mac | 7 mac
Photoshop Elements: 13 |12 | 11, 10 | 9,8,7 win | 8 mac | 7 mac
Lightroom: 5.7.1| 5 | 4 | 3
Captivate: 8 | 7 | 6 | 5.5, 5 | 1
Contribute: CS5 | CS4, CS3 | 3,2
FrameMaker: 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7.2
Download and installation help for Adobe links
Download and installation help for Prodesigntools links are listed on most linked pages. They are critical; especially steps 1, 2 and 3. If you click a link that does not have those steps listed, open a second window using the Lightroom 3 link to see those 'Important Instructions'.

I just lost the "S" folder in my bookmarks. I was editing and poof, gone! Can I get it back?

I just lost the "S" folder in my Safari bookmarks. I was editing and poof! Is there a way to get them back?

I'm actually replying to myself! Guys, save your Safari bookmarks now and then! I realized that I had done that, being the hoarder I am. I case you lose them, while editing.....you will - at least - have an older version.

HT1766 I am trying to restore a new replacement phone from an icloud backup but it is telling me there is a problem with backup data. The backup was done under 7.1 and I think the new phone still just has 7.04. My itunes backup was lost last week...sugges

I am trying to restore from icloud but it appears the 7.1 it was backed up in and the 7.04 on the new phone won't allow it. My itunes library was lost last week due to computer crashing and having to be restored. I have a clean very current icloud back up done on March 21st but I cant seem to get it there. Suggestions please?

You will have to update the iPhone to iOS 7.1 if that is the iOS the backup was done in. You cannot restore a newer iOS update to a phone with older iOS. Once you update the phone, you will be able to restore the backup.

Best Buy Just Lost a Long Time Customer

I am sharing this with the community and Best Buy to showcase the epitome of poor customer service as it relates to a "one-size-fits-all" policy, to warn others, and to tell Best Buy that they've lost a good customer.
On Black Friday, I purchased a new LG 55" LED TV on bestbuy.com. The TV was to be placed in my gameroom which was being remodeled. Like a good boy, I also purchased the geeksquad protection program just in case something were to happen in the future. The television arrived a week later on 12/6. Being that I was not ready to install the TV, it sat in the same place that the drivers placed it until 2 days ago when I opened it for installation.
The television screen was completely shattered. I immediately called best buy Customer Care, and they relayed to me their policy that unless you open the package within 14 days, there is nothing they could do. I told them that I understood that this policy is designed to prevent fraud, which unfortunately I'm certain they deal with all of the time. I did explain however, that the plastic and stickers are still all over the TV and that the screen is shattered from the bezel outward, indicating a squeeze or shipping impact from the side. They did not care.
I called Geed Squad to see if my protection program covered this, they gave me the same story essentially saying that had I opened it within 14 days I could have returned it, but that the plan I bought didn't cover cracked screens.
I went to my local store, where employees relayed to me that they are aware of shipping damages occurring all of the time. They apologized to me and tried to find a way to help me, however given the current policy, they were also unable to help while AT LEAST telling me that they believed that I did not cause the damage myself. In fact, one employee told me that this same exact thing happened to them, and Best Buy wouldn't help them, an actual employee of the company. Nice huh?
LG will not do anything to help me either, stating that it would be on Best Buy to cover the damages somehow.
Again, I understand the intent with these policies and unfortunately dishonest people game the system and ruin it for honest people. That said, this is a one-size-fits-all policy that in this case has failed a long time customer.
I have made many big ticket purchases via Best Buy over the years. No more. I will never shop at Best Buy again, and will spread the word to as many other people as possible to never shop at Best Buy if they expect good customer service.
As of now, I have a $600 paper weight. Thanks for nothing Best Buy, you just lost a good customer.

Hello mw7778,
I can think of very little more upsetting than having an exciting new purchase be damaged when I opened the box. I apologize for your having to cope with such unfortunate circumstances.
With regret, what you've been informed heretofore is true. Outside of the return period, which was extended to January 15, 2015 for Holiday purchases, we are unable to offer a return or exchange for your TV. Geek Squad Protection coverage does not extend to the kind of damage that you describe. Geek Squad should be able to provide repairs, but they would be at your expense. I'm sorry that I do not have better news.
While I understand your reasons, I'm disheartened that this experience may influence your future shopping destination. It is my hope that you will give Best Buy another chance one day.
I'm grateful that you wrote to us about your experience and for your feedback on our Return & Exchange Promise.
Sincerely,
John|Social Media Specialist | Best Buy® Corporate
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Why is imessage sending a weeks worth of my messages late and all a once?

seriously? i bought a new mac. and all te imessages are failing and not working!!! i heard such great things have used ipad and iphone never thius issue. now a friend shared he just got the last weeks worth of messages from me this morning!! thats a entire novel lol help!!

I had a feeling. This can happen a lot with Yahoo (so much that I knew to ask ;) )
The goal is to get those notes to more stable account like iCloud (or something else)
So you'll need to export them. You can go to yahoo.com and sign in and then email the note to yourself or go to Settings>Mail,contacts, calendars>Yahoo account>turn Notes ON/OFF. Copy and paste the Notes in to new notes (syncing with a....I hate to say it.....better account.
To make your change your default Notes account go to Settings>Notes.
iCloud notes need an at icloud to sync notes with icloud. When you turn iCloud notes ON, you'll be asked to get a free icloud.com email (if the account doesn't already use one) rest assured it won't change the name of your icoud account ( it will just create an alias you can log in with or send email from)
When the default account for notes is set to iCloud when you add a new note it will sync to iCliud (or other account of your choosing
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I just lost my phone, but It was in airplane mode

I just lost my phone, but It was in airplane mode
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What To Do If Your iDevice Is Lost Or Stolen
If you activated Find My Phone before it was lost or stolen, you can track it only if Wi-Fi is enabled on the device. What you cannot do is track your device using a serial number or other identifying number. You cannot expect Apple or anyone else to find your device for you. You cannot recover your loss unless you insure your device for such loss. It is not covered by your warranty.
If your iPhone, iPod, iPod Touch, or iPad is lost or stolen what do you do? There are things you should have done in advance - before you lost it or it was stolen - and some things to do after the fact. Here are some suggestions:
This link, Re: Help! I misplaced / lost my iPhone 5 today morning in delta Chelsea hotel downtown an I am not able to track it. Please help!, has some good advice regarding your options when your iDevice is lost or stolen.
1. Reporting a lost or stolen Apple product
2. Find my lost iPod Touch
3. AT&T. Sprint, and Verizon can block stolen phones/tablets
4. What-To-Do-When-Iphone-Is-Stolen
5. What to do if your iOS device is lost or stolen
6. 6 Ways to Track and Recover Your Lost/Stolen iPhone
7. Find My iPhone
8. Report Stolen iPad | Stolen Lost Found Online
It pays to be proactive by following the advice on using Find My Phone before you lose your device:
1. Find My iPhone
2. Setup your iDevice on iCloud
3. OS X Lion/Mountain Lion- About Find My Mac
4. How To Set Up Free Find Your iPhone (Even on Unsupported Devices)

My newish MacBook Air was just lost to a coffee spill, and I need to migrate back to my MacBook Pro using a recent back-up (Time Machine to external disk). Can I do this?

My newish MacBook Air was just lost to a coffee spill, and I need to migrate back to my MacBook Pro using a recent back-up (Time Machine to external disk) for a few weeks. This same disk was used to back-up the Pro earlier, and to migrate from the Pro to the Air. Can I do this "back-migration" from the Air to the Pro? Is it maybe better just to migrate the specific folders (Outlook email, Office docs) I am sure I need?

Do not attempt to copy files/folders from a Time Machine backup. Only use the Time Machine application to restore from the backup.
Click on a Finder window and select Help from the Finder's Help menu. Search for "restore" and select "restore items backed up with time machine" from the hints list. You will find these two articles:
Recover items using Time Machine and Spotlight
If you use Time Machine to back up your Mac, you can use Time Machine with Spotlight to recover lost or deleted items.
Note: You can retrieve earlier versions of TextEdit documents from within TextEdit. For more information, see:
View and restore past versions of documents
Open a Finder window and type a search word or phrase in the search field in the upper-right corner.
Select a location to search in the location bar.
Refine the results by specifying search criteria. Narrow down Spotlight search results
Open the Time Machine menu in the menu bar, then choose Enter Time Machine.
Use the arrows and timeline to browse the Time Machine backups. Your search is performed in every window.
When you find the item you want to restore, select it, then click Restore.
The restored item is returned to its original location. For example, if the item was found in the Documents folder, it’s returned to the Documents folder.
Restore items backed up with Time Machine
If you use Time Machine to back up your Mac, you can easily bring back lost items or recover older versions of files.
You can use Time Machine within many apps. If the iCloud Documents & Data feature is turned on, you can recover older versions of iCloud documents as well as regular documents.
Open a window for the item you want to restore.For example, if you accidentally deleted a file from your Documents folder, open the Documents folder. To recover an email message, open your inbox in Mail. To recover an iCloud document, open the document’s app, choose File > Open, then click iCloud to view the iCloud documents for that app.If you’re missing an item from the desktop, you don’t need to open a window.
From the Time Machine menu in the menu bar, choose Enter Time Machine. A message may appear while your Mac connects to the backup disk.
Use the arrows and timeline to browse the snapshots and backups.White tick marks represent snapshots stored on your internal drive (portable computers only). Pink tick marks represent backups stored on your backup disk. If a tick mark appears dimmed or grayed, there’s no backup available or the backup disk is not connected.
For more information about an item, double-click it.The windows in Time Machine behave just like Finder windows, so you can open folders, click items in the sidebar, and use the search field in the upper-right corner of the window.
When you find the item you want to restore, select it, then click Restore. You can restore individual items, multiple items, folders, or your entire hard disk.The restored item is returned to its original location. For example, if the item was found in the Documents folder, it is returned to the Documents folder.

I just bought a used XP Home Edition program that has been installed before. Will I be able to install this again on my computer or is it only a one time use software? I have the Product Key and CD.

I just bought a used XP Home Edition software program that has been installed before. I have the Product Key and installation disc. Will I be able to install it on my own computer? Or, is this software (purchased retail) a one time install? Please advise.

Depends on many things.
If your system is Lion, XP can only be installed under VM. BootCamp in Lion only accepts Windows 7.
As to "one use only", if you are referring to OEM ...
A reinstall can trigger the OS to "not register" because "a major component serial number or MAC (the network MAC chip) address" has changed, according to MS databases.
But you can call MS to get the key reactivated, usually/sometimes. It is worth a try, at least, before spending money on another Windows 7 package. But this discussion should end *now* at "maybe" as it treads close to matters that forum Terms-of-Use would prefer we not discuss.

Just lost 2 weeks worth of editing on iMovie!

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