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Microsoft Word file names changing to .~WRD[4 Digits] and then deleting themselves
I have been stung by this horrible bug AGAIN. At least once I was able to recover the most current version of a doc using a recovery utility, but the reality is that Word has a serious problem in the way it saves temporary files. The original NAMED file does not get updated properly if it is left open over a long period of time (which is not unusual when working on a document).
I save constantly, and it always says "saving to your Mac." But at some random time the file name mysteriously changes to .~WRD#### and at THAT point, if I close the document before doing a Save As to create a fresh file, the WRD file is lost, and so is all the work since the last time the original file was closed! Nor is there anything in the AutoRecovery folder.
It has nothing to do with using external drives, I save to a local drive on my computer and it still happens. It's a bug, and I've seen posts in other places complaining of the same problem. Sorry to the other posters on this thread, I don't have an answer, I'm just extremely pissed off!