Undo Revert in Logic Pro?

Hi. I'm in a bind and can't figure a way out. I'm working on a song that I made sure to save. I wanted to go back and listen to something I had erased from a few days ago. It wasn't in "alternate versions" so I used the "revert to" feature to listen to it. Now I want to return back to my work as of today, which was saved... but it's gone.

It seems to have overwritten my last save. Time Machine had not yet saved it, so now I am stuck with the reverted version and lost about 40 hours of work I put in since. Can you think of any way to recover it without a Time Machine backup? Thank you for any help you can suggest.

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 15.1

Posted on Jan 12, 2025 03:10 PM

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Jan 12, 2025 03:43 PM in response to MixMaster6ix


so I used the "revert to" feature to listen to it. Now I want to return back to my work as of today, which was saved... but it's gone.
It seems to have overwritten my last save.

It looks like you've exceeded the number of stored Auto-Backup versions. Look and double-check the date of the stored versions in the Revert to ... menu. If you have created a Time-Machine backup the last days, there might be a chance to retrieve the older Project and to find the version you are looking for in the Revert to ... menu of the older project. Just a reminder, put the restored project to an other location than the most recent one and maybe rename the project.


For the future: Go to Logic pro > Settings > General > Project Handling > Auto Backup and increase the number of Auto Backups

Jan 12, 2025 11:57 PM in response to MixMaster6ix

But when you "revert" it overwrites the current version

MixMaster6ix wrote:

Thanks Ben. But when you "revert" it overwrites the current version (and all the autosaves that were associated with it).

No. The reverted (old) version will just be swapped to the first position in the list and the most recent one will be on the second position. It will not overwrite something as long as your list is long enough, which can be set in the Auto Backup Settings like i described in my previous answer.


No autosaves

There is no Auto-Save in Logic, there is only Auto-Backup.


Without a timemachine backup or other kinds of backups, there is no way to retrieve a version.


Jan 13, 2025 07:54 AM in response to yoyoBen

I hear you, Ben. And this is why I thought it was safe to revert and then return to the most current version. And despite the default 10 backups the current version is not in position 1 as you said and where I also expected it to be. In fact the most recent backup of the ten is from 4 days ago. It doesn't make sense. I also manually save on a regular basis just to be sure. This is why it appears to me all those saves were overwritten somehow. Thanks for helping me think this through. Appreciate the help.

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