If Maya crashes, it saves scene files in a temporary directory:
- Windows: C:/Temp (or under your Home folder in Documents/temp)
- Macintosh: /tmp
Environment variables and saved scene files
Maya saves scene files using the value of the TEMPDIR environment variable.
This variable specifies the directory location Maya LT uses for various temporary files.
- If you're using
Windows: set both TEMP and TMPDIR.
- If you're using
Mac OS X: set TMPDIR. The value can be checked by running the following in a Terminal window: echo $TMPDIR
If the TEMP variables are set, Maya saves the recovery file is saved to the path stated in the variable instead.