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Photoshop 21.0.0 won't save over previous file... it creates a copy instead

Forum|Forum|6 years ago
November 12, 2019
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Hi all! I just upgraded to Photoshop 21.0.0 yesterday. And it's doing an odd thing. I'm sure it's a preference, but I'm not sure what to look for to change it.

Here's the issue: I created a .psd image. I saved it as a jpg file. I needed to edit it, so I opened the .psd file, made changes, then wanted to save over the jpg file. It asks me if I want to replace it... I say yes... and it saves it. But... it saves it as a copy... it does NOT save over the original as I'd asked it to.

How do I change this? Thanks so much!

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whistlerpro21

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This is still an issue. I save EPS print files often for work, I make sure to save over the previous one, confirm both the warning dialogs and then Photoshop still saves as a copy leaving the original file intact. I'm using the latest Photoshop 22.2 on Mac OS 11.2.1 Big Sur. This has been an issue for months.

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frank_coppola

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if you save that file without changing the file name it will copy over the file. it is very stupid and needs to be fixed with adobe and apple. example file.psd > saved once file.jpg > resaved file copy.jpg > and if you save it again it will finally save over the file and you will only have > file copy.jpg

D Fosse

Community Expert

Legacy compositing has nothing to do with this.

The reason you get a copy is because the jpeg specification is extremely limited. Almost anything you can do to a file in Photoshop is outside the jpeg specification. It's not supported. So it can't be saved directly to jpeg, it has to be saved as a copy with the "offending" properties removed or simplified to fit the jpeg format.

(That also means you still have an unsaved original PSD, after the jpeg copy has been saved out.)

DigitalChicksterAuthor

Legend

Thanks, D_Fosse. Why is it just happening now? It's never done this before. So something changed... was it Photoshop or the jpg specifications? If it was Photoshop, then surely they can fix it back to the way it was?

Theresa J

Community Expert

It has always worked this way. If your file has layers but opened as a jpeg, you can not save back over the jpeg. You have to flatten the file first, save a copy, or export a jpeg back over the original. This is not new behavior.

Akash Sharma

Legend

Hi there,

That's strange as your PSD files are not getting overwritten instead a new file is getting saved.

Are you on Windows or Mac OS? Could you please turn on the Legacy Compositing option in Performance preferences?
Choose Edit > Preferences > Performance (Windows) or Photoshop > Preferences > Performance (macOS). Select Legacy Compositing. Quit and relaunch Photoshop.

Let us know how it goes.

Thanks,
Akash

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susans48932590

Participating Frequently

Hi,

I have this exact problem. Unfortunately the given solution did not work (after turning on legacy compositing, tried restarting just photoshop, tried restarting entire computer to be safe). Currently on Mac OS Catalina 10.15.1, and have had the issue with at least the past few updates of PS.

All I have to show for my troubleshooting is that the problem does not occur if the PSD file only contains 1 layer (doesn't need flattening); the replacement works.

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