Lost files
When I downloaded the newest version of Muse (3.6.0) all of the files except one that I had created vanished. Some still needed editing. Where can I find them?
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They're just in another folder (I think). Have you tried searching for *.mscz in the PC?
In reply to They're just in another… by Shoichi
Thanks for the tip but they're bot to be found. Maybe I didn't dave them properly, but they were there every time I opened the program. Luckily I made hard copies of everything but I'm not about to re-enter all those notes!
What was your previous version?
The installer never deletes scores saved in user directories. But every major version does use a different default directory to store its files in.
If you've saved your files with an older version somewhere within your documents folder, then they'll still be there.
In reply to What was your previous… by jeetee
Thanks but it apparently did delete them. All I did was install 3.6.0 and no files! The older version was 3.5.2. I opened up that application and the files are no longer there either. I’m on an iMac 10.14.6 OS. Wonder where those files went. Appreciate your thoughts!
In reply to Thanks but it apparently did… by avscal
Sure not. This just doesn't happen, it sure hasn't in the past 12+ years. They'd still be in the very same place.
In reply to Thanks but it apparently did… by avscal
Where are you looking in 3.5.2 to say that they're not "there"? In which folder are you looking at that point?
In reply to Where are you looking in 3.5… by jeetee
I've searched my entire hArd drive and have so far come up empty. What specific file folders should I be looking for? And why aren't the files there when I open 3.5.2? Sorry that I may be a complete dope with this but I'd love to recover those files. Thanks!
In reply to I've searched my entire hArd… by avscal
You should be looking into whichever folder you used to save your files. If you always went with the default, then that will be the MuseScore3\Scores folder within your user Documents folder (or home folder for *nix users)
In reply to Thanks but it apparently did… by avscal
First step would be trying to retrace your steps to remember what folder you think you stored them in. If you have no idea, then they would normally be in the default Documents/MuseScore3/Scores, but if your search didn't find them, then my next theory is you've actually been working on autosaved copies leftover from a previous crash. See https://musescore.org/en/node/52116 for some places to look for autosave files.
In reply to First step would be trying… by Marc Sabatella
Thanks Marc--i put this in my search engine ~/Library/Application Support/MuseScore/MuseScore3/ and found a whole bunch of files but when I open them I don't see any of my work. What am I doing wrong? It says they are compressed files. How do I uncompress them to get them to open properly? thanks for any insights you can give me--Tony
In reply to Thanks Marc--i put this in… by avscal
What files exactly? That howto above should describe which to take. Uncompressing is not needed.
In reply to What files exactly? That… by Jojo-Schmitz
this is what it says next to the file--scJL2377.mscz When I open it I get a title page with nothing on it other than the staff. Am I looking in the wrong place?
In reply to this is what it says next to… by avscal
That is an autosave version of some score of you, left over from a crash.
If it isn't anything you're looking for, just delete it
*.msczfiles are compressed MuseScore files, the default format MuseScore producesIn reply to What was your previous… by jeetee
I tried to use the factory revert when they disapeared.
In reply to I tried to use the factory… by hsabms67
did that work?
In reply to did that work? by avscal
Reverting to factory settings won't affect any of your files in any way whatsoever. If you don't know where they are now, reverting won't move them somewhere else - you simply need to figure out where they are.
In reply to Reverting to factory… by Marc Sabatella
It may remove those autosave files though
In reply to It may remove those autosave… by Jojo-Schmitz
Good point - although I'm not so sure it does. Might be OS-dependent.
Ok. Still haven't found the files, either from January or March. I'm on an IMAC running 10.14.6. I've used the spotlight search, searched in the Applications folder, searched on the hard drive. I may have saved them to Mac OS, but have had no luck finding them. Could they be on my time machine backup? Where are they? Everyone says that they are someplace on my computer, but where? What am I missing? Where oh where can they be? Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks! The only files I find with the mscz. are auto slaved copies of blank pages.....
In reply to Ok. Still haven't found the… by avscal
First step to finding them is remembering the exact pathname of the folder you believe you saved them to. If you can't remember that, or the folder you thought you had saved them to is not there, or doesn't contain the files, next step is to try to find someone local to you who is experienced with macOS that can help you find them.