Hm...maybe I should copy them to the Trash, call forth the recovery demons and slideshow from there. At least that way, no pain to the user, and they shouldn't collect too long (one would think) ; ) If they want them all, can drag them out of there.

On Feb 12, 2012, at 8:52 AM, Robert Covington wrote:

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> Since moving everything to Application Support via built in offloader/copyer in App bundle, and whatnot, there's a feature of Compositor which I have, Crash Recovery which I am unsure how to interface these days...Currently, I create a directory in App's folder (not app bundle folder) with images copied out from History files , if a 'Good Quit' flag was not set (crash most likely cause or force quit from some unforeseen circumstance) and they weren't deleted as usual.
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> So I convert them from raw bytes as tempfile back into .PSD, and export them to Recovered Images folder. User loses only the current action, not their whole workflow.
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> That was fine, is fine with an app in a folder as it used to be...but if on the App store, will be installed naked in Applications directory, so I'm wondering where the courteous location would be to put it? Desktop? If I put it in Application support it might remain buried there for ages, and fill up with clutter (hope not, should never be created ideally, but crashes can happen for various reasons).
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> Having "Recovered Images" in Applications folder would be uncool I think. Desktop, they can at least get at it, and delete it fast. I also offer a slide show to import them back in.
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> ?
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> rc