Where are unsaved files stored

#1

When I start atom it brings up my untitled/unsaved files. I’m curious, where are these files stored?
I’m on Mac/OS.

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#2

They’re stored in one of two places:

The old way was to store them in ~/.atom/storage but we recently redid how package data was serialized on exit for performance reasons, so now things should be stored in IndexedDB. You may still have an ~/.atom/storage directory if you’ve been using Atom for a while even though new stuff should end up in IndexedDB.

#3

Did application.json get changed?

#4

Yes, you’ll notice that with the current stable release if you:

  1. Exit Atom
  2. Delete ~/.atom/storage if it exists
  3. Start Atom and open some files in your project
  4. Exit Atom

~/.atom/storage will not be recreated because it is no longer used.

#5

Negative. 1.9.9 still creates an application.json file on exit.

#6

Well, in any case, the unsaved files are not stored there anymore.