My Figma file corrupted right before a big presentation

It happened two days ago, about an hour before I had to show my work to the team. The whole component library just turned into a gray error screen. I had to quickly export the last few PNGs I had saved locally and rebuild the flow in a new file from scratch. Has anyone else had a major file crash and found a good auto-backup plugin that actually works?

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sean_dixon969d ago

Oh man, that's brutal. I can just picture you sweating, trying to cobble together those PNGs. @lee8's backup idea sounds smart. I swear Figma files have a sixth sense for when you absolutely cannot afford a crash. It's always right before the big meeting, never on a lazy Tuesday afternoon. I'd be setting up three different auto-save plugins after that.

lee89d ago

Man, that's the worst feeling. I had a similar crash last year that wiped a whole client project. I ended up using a plugin called Local Backups for Figma, it saves versions to a folder on your computer every few minutes. It saved me more than once.