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My MacBook Pro keeps making copies of a document that I am trying to save. I don't want to duplicate the file. I only want to save it on both my hard drive and my external hard drive. I do not want to change its name for every save, which the computer see

My MacBook Pro keeps making copies of a document that I am trying to save. I don't want to duplicate the file. I only want to save it on both my hard drive and my external hard drive. I do not want to change its name for every save, which the computer seems insistent on doing. Help!!

MacBook Pro, iOS 6.1.2

Posted on Feb 23, 2013 8:36 AM

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Feb 23, 2013 9:09 AM in response to leroydouglas

Hello, when I save it does soon, but this is my first math, and before that I have a lot of computers just dying on me. So I learned the hard way to backup my files to an external drive. I also would like those files to go to specific folders there's a specific folder in my hard drive that I want to use for the particular file and save it. I did I don't want all these duplicates. And I don't understand all this talk about versions. If someone could put it in very simple terms for me I really appreciate it. also, when I try to save it to my external, it gives you the option to put it there, but then it says that it can't be saved because the file is read-only. I did not create the file to be read-only. I created to be able to continue to add to it as I work on it. Thank you.

Feb 23, 2013 9:17 AM in response to 11lizzyp

11lizzyp wrote:


can't be saved because the file is read-only.


I did not create the file to be read-only. I created to be able to continue to add to it as I work on it.

More on versions here:

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4753



local snapshots:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4878



Sounds like a permissions problem ie read only.


If running repair permissions from your DiskUtility.app does not sort it,


Someone should jump in here with erudite and concise fix.

My MacBook Pro keeps making copies of a document that I am trying to save. I don't want to duplicate the file. I only want to save it on both my hard drive and my external hard drive. I do not want to change its name for every save, which the computer see

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