Urgent please, how can i revert back in text edit app on mac?

By Ramy, 18 July, 2021

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macOS and Mac Apps

I was working on an important ddocument on text edit, and i saved it, then by accident, i renamed the document, and start typing other things after i deleted all the document content.
now, i need to get back the original content that were in my document.
i used the revert back in the text edit, but with no luck, i read on apple that it is possible to do so, but i did with no luck.
note that this document is in my icloud drive.
is there any hope to get my old document content?
Thanks in advance.

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By Unregistered User (not verified) on Wednesday, July 28, 2021 - 13:37

Hi!
If your mac has ssd and the app doesn't have the back-up functionality then you won't restore your data.
If your mac has hdd and the data are very very important I think you may be able to restore data with special utilities.
I can say that it may be possible to restore data from hdd in windows.
As for mac it is a difficult question for me.
Cheers!

By Dalia on Wednesday, July 28, 2021 - 13:37

I don't know how iCloud handles files which have been renamed, but just possibly the previous named version of the file might be handled the same as a deleted file: Recover deleted files on iCloud.com

Good luck!

By Ramy on Wednesday, July 28, 2021 - 13:37

I looked on all places related to recent deleted files, and no renamed files at all,
but am doubt about that the reverting back on text edit is not accessible or something?
Because this document has more versions, but i can not see any previous version at all,
so, what do you think?

By Unregistered User (not verified) on Wednesday, July 28, 2021 - 13:37

Hi!
Do you have billion files in your icloud?
Look at all files in your iCloud.
Cheers!