I really, really miss "File-Save As..."

Don't tell us - tell Apple

File > Duplicate then Save?

What tonefox wrote is all you need to do for a 'Save As' equivalent.

Nope. You still have to go back and close the original file.

Save As - 1 operation

Duplicate, Save As, close original - 3 operations

Nope, you can create a duplicate without opening the original file.

Close duplicate, one operation.

Excellent!

We've come a long way from "browse all verisions, Restore, Duplicate, then select Save of the copied file, and select "Save As" in the dialog box that appears." 🙂

People power!!

Bags1301 wrote:

Nope, you can create a duplicate without opening the original file.

Close duplicate, one operation.

What are you talking about? I don't see any "Close duplicate" operation. Nor do I see any way to perform a "Save As" without opening the original file. That would be impressive.

OK. Locate the document you what to change. Right click on it and choose duplicate. Now you have a copy to work with without opening up the original file. Open the copy, make your changes and do you see the little red circle in the upper left hand corner? Click on it and you will see a drop down window. From this window you can change the name and select a place to save it to. When you click OK the file will close automatically.

Have you tried those steps? 🙂

You missed the part where I had to "unlock" my newly created duplicate. Even on a newly-duplicated file in the Finder, there is no drop down window. The document closes immediately. I am given no option to rename the document. You only get the behaviour you describe after creating your duplicate in the application.

And what if I want to change the format? I don't want to create a Finder duplicate for that. Before, I could just do Save As, change the format, and type a new name. If I didn't want a new name, I could use the existing name with a new extension. That isn't possible in Lion because you always get the " copy" suffix. Not only is Duplicate/Save more steps to begin with, you must always re-type the file name. And to add insult to injury, when you change the format, Lion re-selects the entire file name, extension included. I can't even just start typing. I must now click in the file name to select just the base portion and type the new name.

In Preview I use save-as all the time in editing and chopping photos.

Ok export might be ok But where is the key board short-cut for a fast and easy work flow. This is a work machine, I do not need extra steps to accomplish my task.

And why in the world in SysPref>Keyboard I can not create a Export shortcut??? ⇧-⌘-E

Something, anything, this is all I am asking for!

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7), 2.4GHz IntelCore i5 320 HD 8GB RAM ParallelsDesktop6.0

Another pain in the keister way is to find the file, highlite it, Command i, and change the name there.

Dennis Haas wrote:

I really, really miss "File-Save As..."

Really? I've missed Duplicate my whole Mac OS lifetime.

Barney-15E wrote:

Dennis Haas wrote:

I really, really miss "File-Save As..."

Really? I've missed Duplicate my whole Mac OS lifetime.

In Mac OS 10.6, select the folder or file, right click, select "Duplicate".

keyser.söze wrote:

Barney-15E wrote:

Dennis Haas wrote:

I really, really miss "File-Save As..."

Really? I've missed Duplicate my whole Mac OS lifetime.

In Mac OS 10.6, select the folder or file, right click, select "Duplicate".

Can't you do that for Save As?

Barney-15E wrote:

keyser.söze wrote:

Barney-15E wrote:

Dennis Haas wrote:

I really, really miss "File-Save As..."

Really? I've missed Duplicate my whole Mac OS lifetime.

In Mac OS 10.6, select the folder or file, right click, select "Duplicate".

Can't you do that for Save As?

Only afterwards.