P: Saving copy not saving over jpg file

Speaking of typos.  Above I wrote "Most users do know".  I meant to write "Most users do not know...."

Sorry.  

I find it very difficult to tell if people might be joking on this forum.  Some of the annoyance comes out as sarcasm.  I do find some of the behavior of PS with this "copy" business to be really goofy.  That said, I am an old man with a handicap that causes me to make typos and hit the wrong key far more often than I did 5 years ago.  I use PS a lot, but I am retired and not in a hurry anymore.  I also worked as a software engineer (software totally unrelated to PS).  Most users do know the difference between a 5-minute fix and a five-programmer year fix.  Dealing with the vagaries of an operating system can drive you nuts as a programmer.

I said that jokingly. Geez. So Legacy is not for you.

But if we're going to talk about the number of times I've accidentally overwrote a file in the past 25 years of full time retouching? Maybe less than 5. I can't even remember when, probably over 15 years ago. Not too memorable or dramatic and I have automatic backups so not much of a problem.

The number of times I intentionally overwrote a file that I should not have? More. Under the direction of a client that says you can just replace it or delete the file. And, I followed that direction earlier in my career but quickly learned to version save all files on my external hd and then delete them a while after the project is live.

Save and replace is not something done on a whim, it is intentionally seeking out a file name and replacing it. The program asks you if you want to replace the files before it does it. Like every other software I use. One should slow down before clicking yes. And after many years, it is a habit of mine to look at the file name.

Anyway, it makes no difference whether the filename says "copy" because if I were to willingly replace a file, I would remove "copy" and make the same error of replacing the file, hypothetically speaking. It would just take a few seconds longer. Why go and add "copy" to every file to save one in a few years?

@james_gray_6321432 Saving over a previously saved file is possible with almost every single piece of software (including every other program in Adobe CC), copy and pasting, saving from the web, transferring from one directory, flash and network drives, icloud, etc etc etc. Photoshop isn't succeeding in being a hero here. It's a flaw (and a very clumsy "fix"). Nothing less.

Then Adobe should be consistent.  I use PS on both Mac and Windows.  Well, I used to.  I've stopped using it on Mac because Windows PS doesn't do this.  In fact this problem was one of the main reasons I switched to Windows.

I suppose you think that anyone who is able to use Photoshop would never be dumb enough to accidentally save an image in a way that wipes out something previously saved.

Yeah, like we users could navigate and learn how to use a bloated program like Photoshop but somehow we can't figure out how to save files without error.

Yet another layer of code for legacy. Sigh.

Seriously? This is Adobe's "solution?"

HAHAHAHAHAH, that is PATHETIC. I seriously don't think I could scoff harder at this incompetent response.

FINALLY A TWO YEARS LATER WE FINALLY GET THE ONE CLICK FIX. 

Preferences in the new updated photoshop 22.4.2 has finally given us the ability to (Enable Legacy "Save As") which will write over the existing jpeg png psd file instead of being forced to have the word (copy) added to file names with a second file being created. running Big Sur 11.4 and adobe photoshop 22.4.2 

finally does what it is supposed to do. 

 

Oh... wow... I absolutely love the warning message with the Legacy Save option...

AdboeStupidSpeak: 

"When reverting to legacy “Save As”, the word “copy” will no longer be appended to your filename when saving a copy. Enabling this option might cause accidental document overwriting and loss of work due to identical file names."

Um, yeah, because we all know how to use PhotoShop. Clearly the programmers do not have the slightest freaking clue how this app has worked, since 1990.

This is like the translation my friend loves to quote "Please put the item that is less round into the slot that is less square."

Absolutely pathetic.