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Save files without overwriting setting?

Dear hive mind:


Is there a setting where if I save a file with the same name in the same folder it will NOT overwrite but instead add a number? i.e.: Saved_file; Saved_file_01; Saved_file_02....


MacBook Air, 2022, Monterey 12.4


Thanks!

MacBook Air

Posted on Jul 21, 2022 1:32 PM

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Jul 21, 2022 1:45 PM in response to NoraW2

Hi,


I don't know if they changed it in Monterey, but in earlier OSes, if you try to save the same type of file (say a Word doc) with the same name in the same folder, a dialogue box will ask you if you want to overwrite the original or Keep Both. Select Keep Both and the one you're adding to the folder will be called by the same name with "copy" after it. The next file with the same name will be called "copy 1" etc.

Save files without overwriting setting?

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