How to change the default save location for any file

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How to change the default save location for any file

If I open a file that was already created, whether it is an image, text document, or anything, and then I save it as something else, the default save location is the place I saved the previous file rather than the one open. Is there an option that will first suggest to save the file in the proper folder structure in which it is already saved? Not having this option involves a lot of backtracking. I checked the System Preferences and searched online. I found similar questions, but they weren't exactly the same issue.

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on Apr 2, 2018 12:27 PM

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Answer 1

Yer_Man

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Apr 4, 2018 5:34 AM in response to BriVester

Check out Default Folder

http://stclairsoft.com/DefaultFolderX/

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VikingOSX

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Apr 2, 2018 1:22 PM in response to BriVester

Applications written in Cocoa by Apple do not provide an override of the last saved location with that of the current opened file location. Either they are the same, because your last saved location is in the current file's location, or you are presented with the different saved location. Depending on the application itself, it usually stores this open location/saved location information in the same internal variable, which is overwritten when the application quits.

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Eau Rouge

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Apr 4, 2018 3:06 PM in response to BriVester

If you click on the dropdown under Tags where Desktop is shown in the window is the folder 10 UI Designs listed in the Recent Places of the dropdown.

Also if you take the dialogue out of Icon view and click on Column view then you can navigate through your folder structure easier, find 10 UI Designs select it and then the next time you want to save a file there it will appear in the Recent Places.

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Eau Rouge

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Apr 4, 2018 5:14 AM in response to BriVester

Have you opened up your Save dialogue so you can navigate the folder structure or are you using the unexpanded view of the Save dialogue, screenshots would be nice.

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BriVester Author

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Apr 4, 2018 6:10 AM in response to Eau Rouge

Yes, the save dialogue is expanded. For this screenshot, the folder that this file belongs in is "10 UI Designs," but when I save as, I am shown the desktop since that is where I saved the file before this one.

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BriVester Author

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Apr 4, 2018 5:10 AM in response to VikingOSX

Thank you for your reply. That's a bummer that the setting can't be changed. Oh well.

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BriVester Author

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Apr 4, 2018 3:08 PM in response to Eau Rouge

That's interesting. While I was familiar with "Recent Places," I didn't realize there was one right in the save dialogue. That will work for me. Thanks.

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Eau Rouge

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Apr 4, 2018 7:08 PM in response to BriVester

All those buttons are there for a reason, it is worth pressing them one at a time to see what they do. Learn about your Mac you'll love it more.

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