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October 23, 2019

P: Saving copy not saving over jpg file

  • October 23, 2019
  • 834 replies
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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

834 replies

Inspiring
March 25, 2020
Still having the same issue here. Not sure what is different for you. 
mrbobdobolina
Known Participant
March 25, 2020
I'm holding my breath in anticipation as the update downloads...
Known Participant
March 25, 2020
Latest Photoshop update fixes this bug :).
JeffArdoise
Known Participant
March 20, 2020
Aaron, the bug is not only for web format image, but Tiff, which you can't save with the "export as" option.
Participant
March 20, 2020
Nice find.  You could change the keybinding for export as to cmd+s to get around that awful shortcut too 😄
Participant
March 20, 2020
I imagine that file size discrepancy is Photoshop saving a psd with a jpeg file format.  That happens to me all the time.  -_-  The 'copy bug' is so much of a pain I've rolled back to CC19 - I'd rather deal with halide bottlenecks than this mess.  😞
Participant
March 20, 2020
That's insane!  "by design" - who's design?  Patrick from spongebob?
Inspiring
March 20, 2020
i found a work around to this and this is prob the way adobe wants you to save your jpegs. instead of save as, choose export as (command, option, shift, w) and then it doesn't create a copy and will save over the existing jpeg. you also don't have to flatten the file either. 
JeffArdoise
Known Participant
March 18, 2020
I am so disappointed right now, 21.1.1 still has this MAJOR issue and there have been 3 updates to PS. It's not funny at all Adobe!
chazcron_
Participating Frequently
March 12, 2020
Pretty sure this "official" answer is wrong "by design" for Mac subscription slaves. Adobe: You'll eat it and you'll like it. Patently ridiculous that the same function works on a Mac with "Save for web." LOL sorry Mac users wanting to "save as" and "Replace" that TIFF file.