Losing important files on photoshop can be frustrating especially when you've been working on an Adobe Photoshop project for weeks. After multiple iterations and scope clarification with clients, you wake up on the day of the presentation and all your files are gone.
This article provides you with the best available options which have been painstakingly put together to guide you in repairing and restoring any unsaved or corrupted Photoshop PSD files without the need for complex operations. Let’s check out some common ways for PSD file recovery first.
AnyRecover is an office/home data recovery software compatible with PC/Mac, it can very quickly and easily scan and retrieve your lost files based on a unique scanning and data recovery algorithm. Plus, it has been designed to be as simple to use as possible.
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AnyRecover can successfully recover data from any PCs or storage media, such as PC, hard drive, mobile Phone, camera, SD/XD/CF card, music/video player. It supports Windows and Mac and with a fast scan and recovery process.
It can recover any types of files, such as your documents, videos, photos, Email, audios-supported documents in more than 1000 formats.
It can recover all your files regardless of how you lost them, from emptied recycle bins, operating system crashes, formatted devices/drives, and even lost partitions.
AnyRecover Free version which can scan and preview all supported files for free. It also offers 3 file recovery tries.
Step 1. Download and install AnyRecover, next, mark to select a location where the data was lost.
Step 2. Once you selected a location, click the "Start" button to begin the scanning process.
Step 3. Recovered files will be displayed based on location and the file type on the interface. Double-click to preview each file in order to find lost files, then click "Recover".
Note: Save the recovered files to a different partition or storage files from that where you deleted them. Also keep in mind that overwritten data can be very difficult to recover, so try avoid overwriting your deleted files before attempting recovery.
Below are detailed instructions on how you can recover your Photoshop (.psd, .tmp, .psb) files. A word of advice: The first thing you should do when you encounter a system malfunction is to stop what you are doing; do not open any project or create new ones.
If you are working on Photoshop or your Windows computer crashes and you discover that you haven’t saved the PSD files, you can easily restore your photoshop files from the recent tab.
To do this, go to File > Open Recent and search for the respective PSD files.
If your PSD files got missing due to an abrupt crashing of the Photoshop software or the Windows computer, you can restore the corrupt PSD files using the following steps:
Click and open your hard drive.
Select “Documents and Settings”.
Look for the folder labelled with your username and select “Local Settings > Temp”.
Search for the files labelled with “Photoshop” and open them in Photoshop.
Change the file extension from .temp to .psd and save the files.
If you followed these steps accordingly, you should now be able to open the saved PSD files and use them accordingly.
Auto Save which is another new feature of Photoshop Cs6, can also help recover your PSD file if photoshop or your computer crashes before you’ve had a chance to save.
When booting up your PC, press the “F8” key and select “Safe Mode with Command Prompt”.
Double click on Photoshop to launch the application.
Click on File on the tool bar located at the top of the screen from left to right.
Next, select Preferences > File Handling > then choose auto save recovery time.
C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop\AutoRecover
Launch the photoshop app on your Mac.
Navigate to the Photoshop menu and click on it.
Next, select Preferences > File Handling > choose auto save recovery time.
~/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Adobe Photoshop/AutoRecover
By James Crawford , to Document Recovery
Updated: Apr 21, 2021