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courtneys95419822
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October 24, 2019
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Saving as Copy instead of Overwriting: PS 2020 with macOS Catalina [locked]

  • October 24, 2019
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Having an issue with the new update. Finally, I am seeing my extension name update when a new one is selected in the save as dialog box... however I am still having an issue with saving over original files. If I make changes to a file then try to save over the .png file it keeps saving as filename-copy.png. I am not able to unselect the "Save as a copy" box. Anyone else?

 

 

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    Correct answer jane-e

    Contacted Adobe support — said that it's a known issue and pointed me here:
    Photoshop: Saving copy not saving over jpg file

    Maybe it's more useful to write there?


    This bug introduced by Apple with macOS Catalina has been resolved with 22.4.

    ~Jane

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    justinb10301944
    Participating Frequently
    August 3, 2020

    Also having this problem. I don't see a fix anywhere. How can an enormous bug like this persist for so long?

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      M. Black
      Participating Frequently
      August 1, 2020

      Adobe - please fix this. This is super frustrating and annoying. 

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        DIY Fluffies
        Participant
        July 22, 2020

        This is still an issue, and super annoying!

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        Dragos25
        Participant
        July 16, 2020

        I created a quick youtube video and posted it, hoping that someone from Adobe finally notices.  Please feel free to share or repost.  This issue needs to get fixed. 

        Adobe - Please fix the file overwrite issue ASAP

          Igor Makovsky
          Igor Makovsky
          Participating Frequently
          July 16, 2020

          Everybody!

          I'm really tired of this.

          Adobe won't notice a ducking thing about this issue until we will do something TOGETHER.

          What about choosing a date and start contacting Adobe support for the whole day, asking them about this issue. Maybe that'll make them pay attention to this rediculuos issue?

          Any better ideas?

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            ricardor56290202
            Participant
            July 14, 2020

            This problem started occuring on my Mac after an Adobe update and not Catalina. The Save function now behaves as a complicated "Save As" function. The Save As doesn't let you save in your working format as the natural first option. Time is money and this is wasting our time.

            Alienduck
            Alienduck
            Inspiring
            July 13, 2020

            not soloved. Just because Adobe is aware of the issue, doesn't make it "solved". 

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            frank_coppola
            Known Participant
            July 6, 2020

            in CC photoshop under Preferences / File Handling you can SAVE AS to ORIGINAL FOLDER i also reinstalled both CC and photoshop 

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            eekphoto
            Known Participant
            July 6, 2020

            I looked into this but that box was already checked and I assume it's automatic as I have never had to do this before in my 3 decades of using Photoshop. It's really outrageous that this is still an issue. No one is asking for a new trick we all just want it to go back to the original way it worked! Argh!

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            Firefly1831
            Participating Frequently
            July 5, 2020

            same problem here, it keeps saving my file as a new copy which is frustrating and i can see this has been an issue since last year and Adobe is still not fixing it?

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            Phil Lynam
            Participant
            July 6, 2020

            This is an absolute shambles – such a complete waste of time and leading to many errors in filing for millions of users. What the hell is happening? Saving and overwriting has been fine since the dawn of Photoshop, why take this most basic of functions alway from us all??

            Honestly, this is BEYOND frustrating. 

            For God's sake Adobe, fix this most basic of issues so we can all got back to our

            lives!

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              Gio Ferox
              Participating Frequently
              June 26, 2020

              Hey Courtney,

              What I do as a workaround is to use 'export as' option, in that case, the file gets overwritten.

              File > Export > Export As or ⌥⇧⌘W.

              I had the same issue when I upgraded to Catalina.

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