SketchUp Pro 2019 = Let's talk about Saving

Thanks for clearing that up. I’ve never seen the red banner because I wasn’t looking for a “recovered file” after a crash, I was looking for my “autosave file” to voluntarily rollback 5 minutes. I find that using the mixed terminology of “auto-saved files” and “recovered files” to be very confusing, and could be leading to design confusion for the programming team as far as the intended purpose. To me, an autosave should have some permanence (at least until the next autosave) and be accessible, where-as I wouldn’t expect that of a recovery file. Perhaps the SU team should have a discussion about the differences and value to the user of each concept. The preferences refer to it as “autosave”. The OP started this thread saying “Let’s go over Saves, Backups, and Auto-saves…”, but thereafter refers to “recovered files” with no explanation of the change in terminology. Correct terminology is important here because I believe they imply different things.