Option for "Export to Current folder"?

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Option for "Export to Current folder"?

When I'm exporting a file, e.g. from Word to PDF, I most frequently want to export that PDF to exactly the same folder that my word doc was in. However for the drop down options on the menu it gives me only the most "recent places" as an option - which frequently doesn't include the folder I'm currently working in.

Am I missing a super obvious shortcut somewhere as to how I can "export to origin folder" or a means to locate it other than going all the way through my Finder menus?

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MacBook Pro 16″

Posted on Aug 3, 2023 01:04 PM

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medwds

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Sep 4, 2023 03:46 PM in response to jonowales2

I don't think you're missing anything — that's just how it is. Someone asked a similar question last year about Pages and the answer was that it's designed to remember the last location you exported to.

I quite like the idea of an Original Folder entry in that dropdown list. I'm not sure whether it would best belong under Recent Places or in a section of its own. But I don't think it could simply be added universally, because it looks like apps don't pass the location of the current file to the Save panel. In other words, that dropdown list has no way of knowing what the original folder is. Even if it was made possible, developers would have to enable it on a per-app basis.

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