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October 23, 2019

P: Saving copy not saving over jpg file

  • October 23, 2019
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working on Catalina OS. saving file extension works now but does not save over jpg when saving it creates a copy which is annoying and time consuming to fix

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    karenjossel
    Participant
    September 18, 2020

    Don't use File>Save As use File>Export

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    karenjossel
    Participant
    September 18, 2020

    Instead of Save As use Export

    sushicat12
    sushicat12
    Known Participant
    September 18, 2020

    They aren't helpful at all

    AngelikiJackson
    AngelikiJackson
    Participating Frequently
    September 18, 2020

    I gave up on this. It's been over 9 months, a plethora of updates and NONE of them address this issue... smh...

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    bradd4718607
    Inspiring
    September 18, 2020

    Okay, I stumbled onto this about a week ago and it seems to be a cure to this persistent and irritating issue. When you first save a file, if you add "copy" at the end, that fools photoshop into overwriting that file like we want without adding another "copy" to the file. Save a file like this: Name Of Image File copy.jpg and the next time you save over it, photoshop will overwrite it. Be sure to use a lower case "c" or else photoshop won't do it right.

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    FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
    Inspiring
    September 17, 2020

    I'm having this same issue since recently updating to Catalina and the latest version of CC. Anyone ever see any resolution at all? I don't really have *time* to talk with Adobe tech support, but that's my next move.

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    FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
    Inspiring
    September 10, 2020
    Following this for months now, this is some grade A BS...
    Pls Adobe fix this!
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    FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
    Inspiring
    September 9, 2020
    If you're attending the Online Adobe Conference October 20–22, 2020 bring up this issue with the Photoshop team/presenter and maybe if enough of us address it they'll pay attention!
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    FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
    Inspiring
    September 4, 2020
    I'm so happy that I barely use Photoshop anymore. The last updates have been a nightmare, the whole thing with transform, inverting the regular UX of using the alt to resize proportionally but this is another level of **ck up! The amount of time spent deleting copy, or renaming the copy copy copy, not allowing any way to change the saving behaviour, doesn't make sense for a subscription that cost this much! 10 months and nothing.. shameful
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    cassius_john_adams
    Participating Frequently
    September 2, 2020
    Yup, still nothing.  I wouldn't even consider Photoshop to be Production-ready with such a glaring bug present.  I mean it's not like anyone would ever want to save over an already existing image, right?

    Here is a possible workaround for those that save to the same filetype each time..  I always save as png for example.  It's a hassle but as least it doesn't ask you to overwrite the file and then not actually overwrite it.  It also doesn't force you to use the legacy "Save for Web" option.

    • File -> Export -> Export Preferences
    • Select your preferred format in "Quick Export Format" and any other preferences in this panel that make sense for you

    Ready to save without the word "Copy" in filename?
    • File -> Export -> Quick Export as <file format you chose>
    • Let the panel load up with your image, then "Export"
    • Set your filename and then "Save". Even if the file already exists it'll still actually overwrite it like one would expect.

    What a hassle.  Alternative to going to "File -> Export..." is the <sarcasm> completely intuitive Shift+Option+Command+W "shortcut" instead </sarcasm>

    This absolutely needs to get fixed by Adobe ASAP and I can't believe it's been a bug for at least the last 9 months.  Saving over an existing image is probably in every Photoshop user's workflow!

    Hoping this hacky way of doing things helps someone.
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