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BrandonBB
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February 28, 2026
Question

Adding suffix to end of editing file quicker

  • February 28, 2026
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My Photoshop Editing Workflow Question

 

When I’m editing in Photoshop, I retouch the original image and save it. Sometimes I’ll then create a second version — for example, a different crop or a black-and-white edit.

To avoid overwriting the first file, I add a suffix to the filename before saving the second version.

 

On my Apple computer, when I go to save the new version, the cursor doesn’t automatically move to the end of the filename. Instead, it highlights the entire filename (everything before the .jpg extension). See attached image.

 

Years ago the cursor would automatically land at the end of the filename, just before .jpg, which made adding a suffix much faster.

 

Does anyone know how I can change this setting or fix the issue?

    2 replies

    Conrad_C
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    Conrad_CCommunity Expert
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    March 1, 2026

    I think Stephen is correct that how Photoshop does this appears to be consistent with how Mac applications work in general. I tried the same thing in several other applications by Apple, Microsoft, and others, and all of them highlight the entire filename (excluding the extension) by default.

     

    Apple seems to have designed this to make it easier to rename the entire name, and this seems reasonable. Adding a suffix seems more of a niche case, so I don’t think even Apple has to change this.

     

    If Photoshop defaulted to placing the cursor at the end of the filename, it would become non-standard compared to other Mac apps, so I see no need to change this.

    Stephen Marsh
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    Stephen MarshCommunity Expert
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    February 28, 2026

    What happens if you press the right cursor arrow keyboard once?

     

    Does the insertion point become active before the period character, or after?

     

    I believe that this is a Mac OS behaviour, not Photoshop.

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    BrandonBBAuthor
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    March 1, 2026

    When I press the right arrow key once, the insertion point moves to just before the period. That’s an extra, tedious step that wasn’t necessary years ago. When I’m doing this across hundreds of files, that added time really starts to add up.

    Stephen Marsh
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    Stephen MarshCommunity Expert
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    March 1, 2026

    It’s a Mac system behaviour. I tested with Apple Preview, same result.

     

    You’re apparently already manually adding extra tedious steps to change the filename anyway, so what’s one extra keystroke?

     

    A Photoshop script can be used to automatically save versions with incremental numbers or a date/time stamp, which is way more efficient than what you’re doing now.

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