You also have the ability to look at Recents across all apps by going to the Apple Menu and you have Recent Items. But you could also select it there and use that same Command R and it would take you right to that folder. If you've got the Path Bar turned on here, that would be under View and there's Show/Hide Path Bar there, then you could see where the selected file is located. Now this isn't going to show you where it is right off the bat. If you worked on other files since then it maybe further down but it's pretty easy to locate. Then using Recents here you can usually see that file right at the top. I can always get to it by going to Go and then Recents. You may find, under Favorites here on the left, a Recent folder. It's in the Finder you Open a New Finder Window. You can just use this as a way to see where the last place Pages saved the document was and be able to then locate that in the Finder.īut there's a way to do it without even using the app. But you don't actually have to save the file here. That usually points you to that same location. You can also go to File, and then go to Duplicate but hold the Option key down that changes it to Save As. Once you have the document opened then you can click here at the top and see where it was saved. You see it there as the last document you opened or maybe a few back. Now even if you don't get that Open window there you could always go to File, and then Open Recent. If that's not where it belongs I could always select it here and do Command R and that will open up that location in the Finder and now I can move it around.
I put it in the Personal folder in my Documents folder. So here I can see exactly where I saved it. Pages is actually going to show me Open Dialogue and there's the file. So one thing you could do is just go right back into that app. Where is it? Well, there are a bunch of different methods you could use to quickly find that file.
I look into maybe the most reasonable place for it and I don't see it there either. I look in the Finder and it's not in my Documents folder. Now I close that file, Quit Pages, and I think to myself, wait a minute where did I save that file! Where is it located! I just do a quick Command S and I call it something and Save it. I quickly write the story and then I decide to Save. So for instance here I am in Pages and say I have a great idea for a story.
But it's pretty easy to find a file that you just created or even one that you created a little while ago. After all you're not always paying attention to the exact folder that you're in when you're doing the Save command. So a common problem people run into from time to time is when they quickly create a new document in an app, save the file, and then exit that app and then they can't remember where they saved that file. Join us and get exclusive content and course discounts. There you can read more about the Patreon Campaign. MacMost is brought to you thanks to a great group of more than 1000 supporters. Let me show you where you can find a file that you just created but you can't remember which folder you put it in. Video Transcript: Hi, this is Gary with.
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