Donna, This will be no help to you, but when I first got my mac, I somehow set it to save everything to my desktop. There's a popup button somewhere. I'm running snow Leopard so if your software is newer it may be different. Sorry I couldn't be of more help than that. Try going to system preferences. On May 19, 2012, at 7:15 AM, Donna Goodin wrote:
> Hi Les, > > Yeah, I know that, but you shouldn't have to go searching for a file, just > because there's no way to figure out where your Mac decided to save it. > Cheers, > Donna > On May 19, 2012, at 12:20 AM, Les Kriegler wrote: > >> Hi Donna, >> >> If you know the name of the file, or even the approximate name, you can go >> into Spotlight, command Space, and start typing the name of the file you are >> looking for, if it's on your system, it will be located and you can open it >> from the Spotlight Search results. >> >> Les >> On May 18, 2012, at 4:39 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I just had to work with a file that someone sent me as an email attachment. >>> My mac cleverly autosaved it somewhere, but I have absolutely no idea >>> where. This meant that when I had to send the file back to the other >>> individual, I was unable to find it. Is there some way, when you're in a >>> file, to see what folder that file was created in? I was working in Text >>> Edit. >>> Thanks, >>> Donna >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
