Help! Lost files

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Another way to find files on mac and pretty much any unix-like system which gives you absolute control is to open a terminal window and use the “find” command.  Like most native unix commands, its format is a little obtuse but there is a pretty good command description which tells you how to use it.  

>man find
…

example:

>find / -name abc.dmg  will search the entire system for files named abc.dmg

>find / -name *.gnucash will search the entire system for files ending in .gnucash.

You can even set flags to look for files created in the last 5 minutes or the last 5 months, with a variety of parameters.
Usually you don’t need to go this far to find something, but when I’ve done exactly what you’ve done this little command has come in handy.

Walt
 
> On Apr 3, 2017, at 4:44 AM, Anita Graves <anitagraves at mac.com> wrote:
> 
> yes thanks Maf.——  anita
>> The important thing is not to stop questioning.
>>  - Albert Einstein
> 
>> On 3 Apr 2017, at 12:43 PM, Maf. King <maf at chilwell.net> wrote:
>> 
>> On Monday, 3 April 2017 12:39:30 BST Anita Graves wrote:
>>> I am so grateful to you for your reply and the things you have told me in
>>> this latest message.
>>> 
>>> However, I want you to know that by some miracle, I have found a file that
>>> opens with my data intact!
>>> 
>>> I don’t know how that happened, but I am very happy right now and I am
>>> writing note to myself to remember the exact file name and will not change
>>> it again.
>>> 
>> 
>> Hi Anita.
>> 
>> Glad to hear that you found the errant file.
>> 
>> GC should remember the new name & location under the File-> Recently used 
>> menu, once you've successfully opened it.
>> 
>> Maf.
>> 
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