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February 11, 2020
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Photoshop CC 2020 MacOS Catalina - Cannot Overwrite File

  • February 11, 2020
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Hi 

 

Ever since upgrading to Catalina, Photoshop when saving a file, will not overwrite the file, just creates the same filename with _copy appended. I have to manuually delete the original then save - very annoying!

 

Please could you suggest a workaround ahead of a permanent fix?

Thank you!

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30 replies

nickl57516707
Participating Frequently
November 19, 2020

Can we PLEASE get an update for this??????   How many versions have you released and this is still an issue????

 

IT MAKES VIDEO WORK SO SLOW, TAKES UP UNNECESSARY DRIVE SPACE, AND MAKES MULTIPLE VERSIONS OF THE SAME FILE OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER.

 

This is the 3rd time I've posted here. 

 

This problem was highlighted over a year ago.

 

I cannot believe there hasn't been a patch for this yet.

 

For those of us making minor edits, we literally spend as much, OR MORE, time going into the folders to remove "Copy" from the filename (even though your program, that we pay an ongoing premium fee for, specifically asks us TWICE if we want to overwrite the original file) than we do the actual edits.

 

It seriously, seriously slows things down.

 

Caps were necessary here. 

 

It's incredibly insulting that this has just been blatently ignored.

azurga
Participant
November 18, 2020

Same thing happening to me, this was one of the things that kept me from updating to Catalina. But it's also happening in Big Sur. It's so disappointing and frustrating...

chenenid
Participant
November 3, 2020

have the same issue for almost an year now. it's frustrating when the software ask you "do you want to overwrite the file" and you hit yes, but just seeing a copy of that file created instead of overwrite it as you asked. It's quite annoying honestly since then images cannot be auto-updated when working across between indesign, illustrator and photoshop, which creates much more redundant work. 

rd0236
Participant
October 27, 2020

Bumping this thread again. It's absolutely embarassing and beyond frustrating that this is still an issue. Apple shouldn't send constant notifications for you to update your OS if its going to break every app.

Participant
October 26, 2020

I am having same issue with the latest Catalina and Photoshop. 

It creates a copy of a file instead of overwriting it. And its so confusing because it also warns you before that it will overwrite it, but it doesn't!

nickl57516707
Participating Frequently
October 25, 2020

Bumping this thread, again, because this exact issue likely caused an associate to share incorrect file today (the original, not updated, non-overwritten version -- even though Photoshop confirms you're sure you want to overwrite, just to restate).

 

More workflow issues. Still not updated. This post marks 1 year and 2 days since the first post identifying this bug.

matt154917445200
Participant
October 22, 2020

Just upgraded to PS 2021 (22.0.0) and guess what?? No fix to this issue. Still asks to replace original but saves with "-copy" anyways.  But thanks for the Neutral Filters... 

 

PedalGeoff
Known Participant
October 9, 2020

+1 with this bug. Please fix, Adobe.

Participant
September 25, 2020

This sure is a frustrating new bug. It is ironic, Adobe Photoshop asks if it is okay to overwrite the exisiting file. I click yes, overwrite, it then saves a " copy". I uploaded the wrong files to the web server, ugh. 

nickl57516707
Participating Frequently
September 24, 2020

Bumping this thread again.

 

Seriously slows work flow, increases disk usage, and leaves liability for incorrect files being shared.

 

Common problem has been identified by clients here.