Recover file unsaved through glitch? in Appleworks

Using Appleworks 6.2.2 for several hours today, hitting save but not getting the appropriate response from the machine, when I closed the file no work was saved, I guess. It reverted to the previous unworked-on file. Is there a way to find the work done somewhere in my machine? Desperate!

As Yvan said, you might find a copy in AutoSave. As for the cause, my guess is that you did one of two things while this file was open in AppleWorks, renamed the file in the Finder or moved the File in the Finder. Either of these will "break" AppleWorks connection to the file. Unless you had a program running in the background that records keyboard input, I'm afraid your work is lost & you will have to re-do it. There are two user tips dealing with this:
Dale Gillard - Document content not saved
Vic Menard - AppleWorks fails to save properly
Also, if you're running AppleWorks 6.2.2 in OS X, I suggest you update to 6.2.4 or 6.2.9. For stability in OS X, you need to use AppleWorks 6.2.4 or 6.2.9. Avoid 6.2.7 which was very, very buggy. You can find the 6.2.4 updater here. You can find the most reliable link to the 6.2.9 updater on this page where you can choose the appropriate updater for your AppleWorks 6 installation. Be sure to pay attention to the two English version updaters.

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Same wish than Alex: if the system is performing some auto-cleaning at each restart cycle, fine, I'm glad that the system takes care of itself and of my computer. But don't show me this empty folder... Let me handle MY trash! So that I know when I forget to empty it.
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In any case if you connect the drive to your computer, then open Disk Utility, does the drive appear on your Desktop? If not, does it appear in DU's device list in the sidebar?
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Long version:
I wanted to play with zfs, so I was installing freebsd alongside my typical arch installation. During the installation, I was astonished to realize that I must have been confused by the BSD drive naming convention because I had overwritten my data partition with zfs. Of course (I am an idiot) and I had no backup.
short version:
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What utilities give me the best chance of recovery? Is there anything specific I should know about this specific situation, recovering a journeled file system out of zfs?
Last edited by cory.schwartz (2011-03-15 16:14:48)

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