The file could not be autosaved. Your most recent changes may be lost

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Brummis Author

Level 1

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The file could not be autosaved. Your most recent changes may be lost

I am running Numbers 14.4 with macOS Sequoia 15.5 on a MacBook Air M1.

File size 120 MB.

Suddenly I get the Message "The file could not be autosaved. Your most recent changes may be lost."

I have to go back to a earlier version of the Numbers document.

I have seen that this problem has occurred earlier but there has been no solution. I have hade number as long as it has existed and it have never occurred before.

What to do?

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MacBook Air 13″

Posted on Jul 18, 2025 11:09 PM

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Answer 1

SGIII

Level 8

37,532 points

Jul 20, 2025 2:48 AM in response to Brummis

If this is only happening with one document, then start a new document, and copy-paste the content to the new document.

SG

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Answer 2

Camelot

Level 9

58,257 points

Jul 19, 2025 12:28 PM in response to Brummis

Where is the document saved? Locally on your machine? or in iCloud.

If in iCloud then it requires a network connection. If your network connection is weak or broken, then the file can't be saved.

Is the file shared? Are other users actively editing the document at the same time? While Numbers usually handles this well, there may be cases where the file gets out of sync which could cause this issue.

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Answer 3

Brummis Author

Level 1

4 points

Jul 20, 2025 1:25 AM in response to Camelot

The file is stored locally and is not shared.

I have tested to store it in iCloud with the same result.

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