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How to avoid the danger of "File -> Save" when "Save As" is needed?

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Mar 15, 2026526 views
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There are situations where I opened up a photo or graphics file, and made 81 modifications to it (crop, adjust color, brightness, contrast, etc, etc), and when I am ok with that file, I use to save the file as a new file. But since File -> Save and Save As are so close to each other, there are time…

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File -> Save As

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Fix for: How to avoid the danger of "File -> Save" when "Save As" is needed?

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When you know from the start that you are going to save your file under a new name afterwards, then do "save as..." immediately because then it's taken care of already. When you later save, it'll be in the copy as you intended.

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