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wakkodotyakko
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June 22, 2018
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'Save As' dialog appears on each save of PSD

  • June 22, 2018
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I'm working on some of my photos for the first time in a while in Photoshop CC 2018 and whenever I press Command+S on my mac or try to Save from the File menu a 'Save As...' dialog window pops up. I can't figure out what the problem is. When I first open a PSD document, the first save works fine but each successive save brings up the Save As window and I end up having to press Replace.

I'm not sure if it could be related to the file/folder permissions; the files are stored locally on my drive in my Documents folder and i have checked that folder and its contents have default permissions. I have tried resetting preferences for Photoshop to their defaults but that didn't change anything. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Correct answer wakkodotyakko

Try disabling plugins and that may fix it!

I decided to check what plugins might have been creating this effect and I managed to figure it out. In my case it was Suitcase Fusion's plug in for photoshop that was causing it. I disabled it and it worked. There was then an update for it which seemed to fix the problem for me.

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randyl49895071
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October 25, 2018

I have this problem and disabling Extensis plug-in does not solve it. Installing PS2019 is what started the problem, but it now also effects PS2018. Let's you save normally only the first time. And then every subsequent save you are forced into "save as" dialog box to replace the file. over and over again. Not just the key command S. Same thing happens if you select "save" from the menu.

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Art Propos
Participant
November 24, 2018

a new Suitcase Fusion update ( 20.0.1 (7783)) solved this issue for me.

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foursparrow
Participant
July 31, 2018

I have the same issue. I've checked offending folder settings (all are read and write enabled), and it is PSD files, not jpgs or other originally layer-less files. Any new insights would be much appreciated. It's really hinders productivity to have to save as every time while working.

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wakkodotyakkoAuthorCorrect answer
Inspiring
August 8, 2018

Try disabling plugins and that may fix it!

I decided to check what plugins might have been creating this effect and I managed to figure it out. In my case it was Suitcase Fusion's plug in for photoshop that was causing it. I disabled it and it worked. There was then an update for it which seemed to fix the problem for me.

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SPLJD
Inspiring
October 18, 2018

Since updating to Photoshop 2019, this issue is now happening on our Macs.

On opening a layered .psd file and performing some straightforward photo-editing tasks, the first save (command-S) behaves as expected (i.e., the file is just saved, without the need for a dialogue box) but the second save (command-S) always brings up the 'Save as' dialogue box.

Resetting prefs makes no difference.

We do run Suitcase (latest version: Fusion 9) with the auto-activate plug-ins for the Adobe suite, so maybe that's causing the issue but if it's already been a problem that Extensis have previously fixed with a patch, it seems unlikely that it should occur again with a newer version of their software. I don't really want to have to disable the auto-activation plug-in, as this was one of the chief reasons that we bought into Extensis font management in the first place!

Theresa J
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Theresa JCommunity Expert
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June 23, 2018

Are your files jpegs? As soon as you add any layers to the document you can no longer do a simple Command S for save, because jpegs can’t have layers.

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wakkodotyakkoAuthor
Inspiring
June 23, 2018

They are not JPEGs. This is happening on all existing PSDs

Theresa J
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Theresa JCommunity Expert
Community Expert
June 23, 2018

Perhaps the permissions are set incorrectly for the folder where the PSD resides.

JJMack
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JJMackCommunity Expert
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June 23, 2018

Photoshop is not a file editor.  Photoshop edits Documents.   If you open a flat image file like a  jpeg, Png, Gif, etc and you add additional layers and you CMD+S Photoshop will switch to Save as to give you the ability to save your added layers not just a single composite layer.  If before you use the CMD+S shortcut you did a flatten or merge all layers into single layer  CMD+S would most likely save a Jpeg, Png, Gif.  Like the flat image file you open to get the current document into Photoshop.

If you had opened a layerd Photoshop file like a PSD file CMD+S would most likely save a PSD file not open a Save AS dialog.

JJMack
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wakkodotyakkoAuthor
Inspiring
June 23, 2018

This is happening in PSDs as I mentioned above. I’m well aware that adding layers to flattened files would cause the dialog to appear but this is happening to existing PSD Files that I am making changes to. So It definitely feels like some sort of bug

    JJMack
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    JJMackCommunity Expert
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    June 23, 2018

    Have you tried resetting your Preferences if  Ctrl+S (Save) is not working for you.  Here I opened a PSD on my Windows 10 CC 2018 19.1.5 Workstation.  I added 5 Layers and did a Ctrl+S added two more layers and did a second Ctrl+S.  Each time I use the save shortcut the PSD was saved there was no save as dialog. The History palette just  mays the last add layer (save).

    JJMack
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