SOUND ON SOUND

[Sam Spoons]

My wife has just recorded a long zoom meeting using the screen recording facility, found it in the dock and dragged it to the desktop and, with a whooshing sound, it disappeared :madas:

I wasn't there so can't be sure exactly what she did but several other recordings have autosaved to the desktop just fine. I wonder if somehow se had it playing in QT or something and by swiping up accidentally deleted the file, but it isn't in the trash bin either...

I've done all the searching I can think of, and Googled until I'm crosseyed (the 'autosaved information' folders are empty and I did remember to show hidden folders/files) so having posted on the Apple community forum I thought I'd ask here as well.

[desmond]

Stuff in the dock is usually just an alias to the actual file (the Dock isn't a folder location on a drive, for example) - removing the alias from the dock shouldn't delete the file the alias pointed to, so it should still be there, whichever file it was. Hence why there is nothing in the trash...

[Sam Spoons]

That's pretty much what I though.... Very confused

[desmond]

Are you sure it wasn't just an alias to one of the recorded files already on the desktop?

[Sam Spoons]

She is certain it was the correct file, now says it was bottom right of the screen not in the dock, she checked it and swiped it up onto the desktop with the others and it disappeared. I'm beginning the think it was an accidental multitouch gesture...

edit :- I can't find a gesture that would remove or delete a file though :headbang:

[Kwackman]

I'm sure this won't help at all, but, just in case....
If you open the Zoom app and go to "settings", and select "recordings" you'll hopefully see the location of where the file was recorded to.

[Sam Spoons]

I don't think she recorded it in zoom (I didn't know you could) but used Big Sur's built in screen recorder. I'll have a look though, thanks.

[Kwackman]

I don't think she recorded it in zoom (I didn't know you could) but used Big Sur's built in screen recorder. I'll have a look though, thanks.

I knew it wouldn't help!

[rockydennis]

Could you do a search of all files of that extension (say mp4) on the computer and sort it by date?

[Sam Spoons]

Yup, done that, and every possible connotation of the file name :headbang: