Score Disappeared
Yesterday I installed the new muse score update. I have been working on a score for the pasts few months and saving it frequently. Yesterday when the update installed I had saved the score and the file was open. When the update completed the score had disappeared. I searched my computer for any mscx. files but the most recent one was from months ago. Please help me recover it as i’m working under deadline and don’t have time to rewrite the score. Thank you.
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You're saving it as .mscx rather than the default .mscz? If you looked through your entire disk drive correctly then you should look for a backup, see https://musescore.org/en/node/52116
In reply to You're saving it as .mscx… by mike320
I meant to say .mscz. I searched spotlight search on my mac for any file with mscz but only a few super old version came up.
In reply to I meant to say .mscz. I… by iknutsen2021
When the file has been saved, and the disk doesn't have a defect, it is still where you saved id, no MuseScore update would ever delete your scores
In reply to When the file has been saved… by Jojo-Schmitz
So how could I locate it?
In reply to So how could I locate it? by iknutsen2021
Be sure when using your OS's search facility, you tell it to search the entire hard drive - including hidden folders, OS folders, etc. Without knowing what folder you think you had saved it to or why it was actually saved somewhere other than that, it's hard to guess what might have happened - perhaps you had been working on a crash recovery file rather than a "real" score - but if you saved it at all, it's a file in a folder somewhere on that drive, and any file finding tools should have options to do a more thorough search than what its default is (probably just looking in your own users, home. or documents folder).
In reply to Be sure when using your OS's… by Marc Sabatella
Okay thanks so much
In reply to Ah I see thanks so much, i'm… by iknutsen2021
Hi I'm not sure how I can do a more advanced search--i'm locating mscz files but they are all empty scores.
In reply to Hi I'm not sure how I can do… by iknutsen2021
which directory/folder are they in?
In reply to which directory/folder are… by mike320
They're not in any specific folder they just turn up as documents on my computer
In reply to They're not in any specific… by iknutsen2021
Every single file exists in a folder, that's how drives are organized. What is the exact pathname of the folder you believe you saved the score to? If you aren't fully familiar with these terms - and why I say that every file must live in a folder somewhere - then I also suggest maybe first you do some reading up on how files and folders work, it will make the searching go better to have a better understanding of these things.
In reply to Hi I'm not sure how I can do… by iknutsen2021
As I said, probably it’s not looking across your entire drive by default. You would have to consult the documentation for the tool you are using - or do a web search for more info - on how to use that tool. I am pretty sure the tools but into macOS have this capability somewhere, but if not, a web search would probably also turn up third party tools.
In reply to As I said, probably it’s not… by Marc Sabatella
Yeah I just did a web search and followed the instructions--still no recent version of my score.
Have you found any autosaved files?
They have a alpha-numeric name beginning with "sc"
See:
https://musescore.org/en/node/52116#2.-Autosaved-version