Tip: Recovering Lost Files with Autosave

by Jonathan Williamson

In this quick Blender 2.5 video tip we show you how to stave off frustration in the case of a crash or lost work by using Blenders autosave feature to recover your work

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14 Responses to “Tip: Recovering Lost Files with Autosave”
  1. BlenderFR34K (c)
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    Thank you so much! I did not know this, and was getting very frustrated because blender is still in alpha stages and *sigh* crashes every once in a while.

    lol. “Losing as much as five minutes is a he- whole lot better…”

    Anyway, Great tip!

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     May 24, 2010 at 9:21 pm
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  2. BlenderFR34K (c)
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    Thank you so much! I did not know this, and was getting very frustrated because blender is still in alpha stages and *sigh* crashes every once in a while.

    lol. “Losing as much as five minutes is a he- whole lot better…”

    Anyway, Great tip!

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     May 24, 2010 at 9:21 pm
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  3. Phil
    Posts: 3

    Thanks for the tip! I wish I knew this earlier!

    This is a real life saver

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     May 24, 2010 at 10:15 pm
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  4. Phil
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    Thanks for the tip! I wish I knew this earlier!

    This is a real life saver

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     May 24, 2010 at 10:15 pm
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  5. Jonathan M.
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    Great tip. It will definately help with the work on my nwe short film. 2.5 doesn’t seem to be very stable when working with lots of particles, and it has crashed on me quite a bit lately.

    (On a side note, I always notice the large number of ex. drives you have. Your work station must be pretty awsome!)

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     May 24, 2010 at 11:57 pm
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  6. Jonathan M.
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    Great tip. It will definately help with the work on my nwe short film. 2.5 doesn’t seem to be very stable when working with lots of particles, and it has crashed on me quite a bit lately.

    (On a side note, I always notice the large number of ex. drives you have. Your work station must be pretty awsome!)

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     May 24, 2010 at 11:57 pm
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  7. bardes
    Posts: 53

    It already saved me lots of times!

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     May 25, 2010 at 11:23 am
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  8. bardes
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    It already saved me lots of times!

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     May 25, 2010 at 11:23 am
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  9. Neal H
    Posts: 1

    This does not seem to work in the MAC OS installed 2.5 A2 version.

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     May 25, 2010 at 3:32 pm
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  10. Ruth B.
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    this was a very helpful tip!
    thank you.

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     Jun 24, 2010 at 7:23 pm
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  11. rocky arbigaus
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    And what happens when blender not only corrupts your file, but the autosave as well?
    You are screwed.

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     Oct 19, 2011 at 7:16 am
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  12. Cono
    Posts: 4

    Does anyone know how to autosave Render Result every x time?

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     Dec 9, 2011 at 12:10 pm
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  13. organiser son mariage
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    Interesting blog post. Things i would like to contribute is that computer memory must be purchased in case your computer can’t cope with whatever you do along with it. One can deploy two RAM memory boards having 1GB each, for example, but not one of 1GB and one with 2GB. One should check the manufacturer’s documentation for the PC to be certain what type of storage is necessary.

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     Apr 10, 2012 at 2:24 am
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