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

[Hjorthmedh]

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.

[joshuam97257700]

*problem

[CasaleDesignStudio]

Having same issue - REALLY frustrating. Save as Copy is grayed out and can't even be deselected, been doing this exact process for years and now it just doesn't work randomly. Not cool Adobe, please fix ASAP.

[Vortine20]

Seems to be fixed as per 21.0.3 update. For now anyway...

[sevdestruct]

Cannot deselect save as copy on jpgs, pngs—any output—even if electing to overwrite existing file (to be clear this is when the systems asks to overwrite the existing file and you select YES. It does not. Not at all. Not like it used to) creates a new file as copy regardless. In other words this is forcing Save as Copy. It cannot be deselected. This is a bug. Please fix. This has been causing extra work per file when saving output over previously Save As output (something we have all done for decades without issue until now).

OS: macOS Catalina

[Kevin Stohlmeyer]

Have you run the latest Photoshop update? It directly addresses save as issues caused from the Catalina OS.

[sevdestruct]

Yes. It fixed the .ext bug. But then introduced this new one.

[Sahil.Chawla]

Hi There,

Sorry to hear about this, as you're not able to deselect save as copy, could you please let us know the exact version of Photoshop you're working on? You can verfiy the version by going to Help > System Info

Also, have you tried resetting the preferences of Photoshop and let us know if it helps? https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/preferences.html

Note: Make sure that you back up all your custom presets, brushes and actions before restoring Photoshop's preferences. Migrate presets, actions, and settings

Regards,
Sahil

[sevdestruct]

Adobe Photoshop Version: 20.0.7 20191017.r.87 2019/010/17: 1208010 x64

[godzooky75]

I'm on 21.0.2 and have the same problem.

[Kevin Stohlmeyer]

Have you checked your Apple System Preferences/Security and Privacy to make sure Photoshop has access to your HD?

[godzooky75]

Yes. Gave it full disk access.  Even tried to change the permissions on the file to global read/write access.  No luck.  I also discovered that even if I rename the file, select a any other extension, or save anywhere else, it still tries to save "As a copy."  (However, if the filename doesn't exists, it does not append the " copy" text to the file's name.)

[Kevin Stohlmeyer]

Looking at your screenshot - is this a location you have named "temp" or is this a system/app folder?

[godzooky75]

Just a folder I created on my Desktop and named "temp."  Not a system folder.

[kbeck303]

I found a similar thread here. https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop/saving-as-copy-instead-of-overwriting/td-p/10691659#bodyDis...

From your screenshot, you'll need to uncheck the "As a Copy" setting. 

[godzooky75]

That's the problem.  It's greyed-out.  You can't uncheck the box...

[Johannes Berner]

Any news on this? Its really annoying to work around this 200x a day ...

[iann71065448]

I have the same issue as well

[Marina at Distillery]

Has anyone tried after installing the latest Catalina update (macOS 10.15.3)? This is driving me nuts and wasting enough time that unless there's a fix I'm thinking it's time to downgrade to Mojave.

[godzooky75]

I updated to 10.15.3 - the problem still exists.  (PS 21.0.3)

😠

[claudel84161621]

I'm having the same issue.

Mac version 10.15.2

PS version 21.0.3

[alexander92551431]

I have the same problem

macOS version: latest

Photoshop version: latest

[Grant H]

just to be clear here, Are the files that you are trying to save from (the open file) have more than one layer? If so you cannot save it other than a file that supports layers (psd tif etc). You will need to flatten the layers first.

/G

[Grant H]

oh, Also if there is transparency, even if the file has only one layer. You can save as a png in that case but not a jpg with out the "as a copy"...

[iann71065448]

Hi Grant, yes the file has layers, and I've just tried flattening the layers as you suggested and it now saves over the original jpeg rather than creating a copy.  This seems very counter intuitive as in previous versions you could just select 'save as' and overwrite a previous version with the same name without having to flatten your psd file first. Any idea why they've changed this?

[Grant H]

hi Ian,

i believe you are mistaken regarding how it worked in previous versions (especially the last 8 years or so).  I cannot remember even a version that did it as you suggest. I am sure there could have been this way many many versions ago...

/G