Document Could Not Be Autosaved - Your Most Recent Changes Might be Lost

Hi, this has happened once or twice in the last 113 versions of my file, but seemed to resolve quickly... but this time I cannot proceed (tried for the last hour).... I "simply" used the Option key and "Save As" version 113 (it was v112) and as soon as I do a few light edits this warning keeps repeatedly coming back:


Document Could Not Be Autosaved.


Apple seem to make what used to be simple, a tedium... 25 yrs using Apple I think I am qualified to state this.

Yes, Feedback... They don't listen. They used to when I (very rarely) needed to write to the Ireland Customer Relations department... I really don't know what has happened at Apple in the last few years, but I have unexpected behaviour on the M2 and iphone, all the time, every day, different apps... ok, complaining over.


#BringBackMojave


Thanks.

MacBook Pro 16″

Posted on May 28, 2025 5:14 AM

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May 28, 2025 10:07 AM in response to Bardonicloud

Hi, this has happened once or twice in the last 113 versions of my file, but seemed to resolve quickly... but this time I cannot proceed (tried for the last hour).... I am in an endless cycle of force quits / unsaved documents etc.


|I used the Option key and "Save As" version 113 (it was v112) and as soon as I do a few edits this warning keeps repeatedly coming back:


"Document Could Not Be Autosaved."


I can't even quit the program now as it says "Not Saved." And it prompts the Duplicate/Discard pop up....


If I hit Duplicate, on the warning, it crashes...


So I have to hit discard...


Why is it saying "Untitled" in the title at the top of the file and yet when I hit File/Rename there is no "Untitled in the name?" Which is it? Untitled or the name I gave it?


A lot of memory is being used too.


Apple Support said that this is a known bug.


The fix apparently is to create a separate tab and make a table with some simple numbers in it. Then go to Organise (top menu) and create a pivot table on the "current sheet," and then tick Column B (to the right). This is the (odd) workaround. I have no idea how this fixes the problem and wish I was working on the document that we created the extra pivot tab table in because the latter document I am working on without the "fix" has now also failed to save....


Any other ideas how to stop this?


Thanks.

Document Could Not Be Autosaved - Your Most Recent Changes Might be Lost

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