What’s the “AutoSave” Function

The “AutoSave” function, built in Microsoft Word Mac version, can help Mac computer users easily recover previous version of Word document on Mac after power failure happened or computer crashed. This powerful function can automatically save the Word document content which is being edited by Mac users according to the time interval. Here we would like to suggest that users set the time interval to 1 minute because this can ensure the integrity of the automatically saved content.

Although users can simply recover Word file on Mac with the help of the “AutoSave” function when encountering unexpected power failure or Mac computer crash, this doesn’t mean that they don’t need to manually save the important Word document. Here we want to advise users to manually save the vital Word file in advance if they plan to do other things rather than continue editing this document.

It’s quite easy for users to recover previous version of Word document on Mac with the help of this convenient function. First of all, users need to open the Word file after restarting computer. Then, they can see there are many automatically saved document versions in the left margin. And users just need to select the certain version they want to recover.

How Can Users Recover Word File on Mac with Data Recovery Software

Users have known the best way to recover previous version of Word document on Mac after suffering from unexpected power outage or computer crash. However, if users accidentally delete the manually saved vital Word document, what should they do to get this document back? Here we want to show them how to achieve this by using the third party data recovery tool: MiniTool Mac Data Recovery.

MiniTool Mac Data Recovery is a professional and powerful data recovery application that supports recovering Word documents, Excel files, PPT, notes, bookmarks and web browsing histories on many Mac operating systems. This wonderful software can recover files which are missing due to mistakenly deletion, wrong formatting, virus attack and partition loss/damage. It can carry out Mac recovery from internal disk drive and portable storage devices including pen drive, SD card and memory stick. The simple steps to recover Word file on Mac with MiniTool Mac Data Recovery are shown in the following content.

Step 1: launch MiniTool Mac Data Recovery and choose “Undelete Recovery” from its primary interface (because this function was designed to recover deleted/lost files for Mac users).

Step 2: choose the target disk partition which includes the lost document and click “Scan”.

Step 3: users should select the certain document and click “Save” button. Then, they need to choose a safe place to save this file and click “OK” to carry out all pending operations.

Now, we believe that users can recover previous version of Word document on Mac on their own by using the “AutoSave” function. Since MiniTool Mac Data Recovery can carry out Mac recovery by simple steps, users can choose it to restore deleted or lost Word document.