how can I download my own files with out buying

The only way you can, for now, is to make it free, then to to download the files. There is a small chance in that short time when you make your file free, that someone else could download it for free as well.

There have been a few messages in the forums complaining about this very same issue. It is important to keep backups of all your files rather than relying on CGT to do so.

I was looking for a solution to the same thing at some point. After realizing that I had lost a few of my old work files, I thought I could just download them from here anyway. I was really surprised to see that we don’t have such an option.