Word for Mac - recovering file that has been saved over

My iMac is running Monterey 12.1 and latest Word for Mac. I accidentally saved a new file over an old file, ie, with the old file's filename, then saved the new file with a new filename. How do I recover the old file?

iMac Line (2012 and Later)

Posted on Jan 21, 2022 11:09 PM

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Posted on Jan 21, 2022 11:49 PM

Use your Time Machine backup to restore it. If you have not been backing it up, then it is history and you are about to learn a painful lesson on why backing up is absolutely critical.

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