Fixed: Photoshop 2020 File name bug when saving a replacement of an existing file

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October 25, 2019
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Hej! The old photoshop behaviour used to be that when you save to overwrite an existing file it asks you to confirm that you want to replace it, you say yes, and the old file gets overwritten. In the latest version if you click "replace" it still does not replace the file, but adds "copy of" text at the end after the fact without any way to not do that. Please give us an option to have the old behaviour, or change it back to how it used to be by default.

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Clacey81

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I contacted Adobe as well and they told me that I just need to wait for the next Photoshop update which should eliminate this issue. Until then, we just have to deal with it I guess. There was no timeframe as to when it will be fixed.

ralphc37960410

Participating Frequently

This problem started after I updated my system to Catalina (10.15.1) and PS (2020). I'm on a Mac.

When I have a PSD file open and I want to save a flattened jpeg of it (as a copy), my normal practice is to SAVE AS, and select Format: JPEG, and check the AS A COPY box. I usually want to overwrite an old file/version, so it asks if I want to REPLACE, I say yes, REPLACE as usual, which should overwrite the old file. What is happening now is, it saves it as a copy and adds "copy" to the end of the file name, keeping the old file as well.

This is new, it never happened in the past. And it must be a glitch, becasue it asks if I want to REPLACE, but doesn't replace the file. Is there a fix for this? I JUST updated my PS, so I'm up to date with the very latest, V-21.1.0

And this doesn't happen when I SAVE FOR WEB. I'm able to overwrite with that option, which is strange.

PLEASE HELP!

nikunj.m

Legend

Hi there,

We are sorry about the experience with Photoshop file overwrite issue. This is a known issue on macOS Catalina and our product team is currently working on a fix.

Please add your vote to the issue and follow the progress here: https://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/photoshop-saving-copy-not-saving-over-jpg-file

Regards,

Nikunj