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bellevue scott
Inspiring
July 24, 2026
Question

PS Save AS doesn't save PDF files to same folder as original with save as original folder checked

  • July 24, 2026
  • 1 reply
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Computer 1: Mac Tahoe 26.5.2, PS 27.8.0
Computer 2: Mac, Tahoe 26.5.2, PS 27.3.1

Computer 3: windows 11, PS 27.4.0

 

 

Save As to Original Folder does not work correctly for PDF files. 

Repro: 

  • Ensure “save as to original folder” is checked in preferences->file handling
  • open a pdf file from a folder
  • save as tiff (or anything)

Expected: default folder for the save will be the same as original file

Actual: default folder is the last folder where PS did a save. 

PS 27.3.1 does the same thing. 

Question: How can I get PS to save to the original folder when I’m saving PDF files as TIFF? 

    1 reply

    Legend
    July 24, 2026

    my computer: Mac Tahoe 26.5.2, PS 27.8.0

    I can’t reproduce this behavior. I’ve played with opening PDFs from different folders; Save As always defaults to original folder. In addition to 1. Save As to Original folder, I also have 2. Enable Legacy ‘save As’ checked. Unchecking 2, then restarting Ps, didn’t change the destination folder from the original, source folder.

    Larry
    bellevue scott
    Inspiring
    July 24, 2026

    That’s interesting. I’ve reproduced this here on three different computers with three different versions of ps. two macs, and one windows. 

    Legend
    July 24, 2026

    My next experiment:

    1. opened test_pdf.pdf
    2. SA to desktop, changing name to delete_later.pdf
    3. with test_pdf.pdf still open in Ps, SA defaults to desktop (as you reported)
    4. opened test3.pdf from some_other_folder
    5. SA defaults to some_other_folder, not desktop

     

    Larry