# Mac (Photoshop) saving problem **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 27, 2009, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-photoshop-saving-problem/515304 "2009-10-27T15:27:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Engywook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bc8723/32.png) [@Engywook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Engywook)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-photoshop-saving-problem/515304/1 "2009-10-27T15:27:34Z")
Overnight, one of our shared file folders were migrated. This is now causing me a problem when I try to save files. I hope it’s a very simple one, as I’m not a Mac user. The Mac assumes that I want to save files to the last folder where I saved a file. This is usually fine… however, the save location that it’s trying to reach is the old shared file folder. There’s no longer anything there, so it’s causing an error. So… my question is simply this: how do I change the default saving location on a Mac? I’ve looked at all the settings and see no way at all to do this. Google is also not turning up the exact answer to my question. So what do I do??? ---
**Author:** ![pan1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e495f1/32.png) [@pan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pan1)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-photoshop-saving-problem/515304/2 "2009-10-27T15:28:40Z")
Can you do a “Save As” and save it to the new location? ---
**Author:** ![Engywook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bc8723/32.png) [@Engywook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Engywook)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-photoshop-saving-problem/515304/3 "2009-10-27T15:31:21Z")
Yes… but Save As was not pointing at network drive. Save For Web, which I need to do, was. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-photoshop-saving-problem/515304/4 "2009-10-27T15:37:21Z")
> [@Engywook](#): > > Yes… but Save As was not pointing at network drive. Save For Web, which I need to do, was. In the Save As… dialog, navigate to the network drive. ---
**Author:** ![Engywook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bc8723/32.png) [@Engywook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Engywook)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-photoshop-saving-problem/515304/5 "2009-10-27T15:38:46Z")
> [@UncleRojelio](#): > > In the Save As… dialog, navigate to the network drive. Right… but when I try to do the save for web, I don’t even get as far as a dialog. Photoshop tells me the drive failed to mount and gives up, no questions asked. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-photoshop-saving-problem/515304/6 "2009-10-27T15:42:27Z")
Doesn’t the Save As… dialog have the web options? Otherwise, if you Save As… in whatever format, does the Save For Web menu item keep the new save location? ---
**Author:** ![Engywook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bc8723/32.png) [@Engywook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Engywook)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-photoshop-saving-problem/515304/7 "2009-10-27T15:52:58Z")
No, it doesn’t. Those are treated as completely different paths and one has no effect on the other. It is worth noting (and I should have said) that I’m using CS2. I did manage to get myself back on my feet, though, by restarting the computer. Everything’s looking for the desktop at first, so I can do business again. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-photoshop-saving-problem/515304/8 "2009-10-27T15:56:10Z")
Sorry about the stabbing in the dark. I have PS on my computer at home but I’m not there right now. Glad you are back in business. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-photoshop-saving-problem/515304/9 "2009-10-27T16:25:21Z")
> [@Engywook](#): > > The Mac assumes that I want to save files to the last folder where I saved a file. This is usually fine… In my 20+ years on a Mac, I have NEVER wanted to save to the last folder saved to. I always want to save to the CURRENT folder, the one from which I opened the file. This was a royal pain in the ass, until I got [Default Folder X](http://www.stclairsoft.com/DefaultFolderX/). Especially with OSX, my sanity depends on it. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-photoshop-saving-problem/515304/10 "2009-10-27T16:39:09Z")
I’ll have to look into that, **panache**. The way Macs save things (my photos in particular) is my single biggest problem with Macs. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-photoshop-saving-problem/515304/11 "2009-10-27T20:46:25Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I’ll have to look into that, **panache**. The way Macs save things (my photos in particular) is my single biggest problem with Macs. That, and the fact that “List” view isn’t the default. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-photoshop-saving-problem/515304/12 "2009-10-28T00:09:06Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > In my 20+ years on a Mac, I have NEVER wanted to save to the last folder saved to. I always want to save to the CURRENT folder, the one from which I opened the file. This was a royal pain in the ass, until I got [Default Folder X](http://www.stclairsoft.com/DefaultFolderX/). Especially with OSX, my sanity depends on it. I keep forgetting that there really are Mac users who do _not_ have DefaultFolder installed. > [@](#): > > That, and the fact that “List” view isn’t the default From your mouth to Steve’s ear. I’ve been wanting List View to be the default since System 3. Why they persist in thinking we want icon view is beyond my ken. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-photoshop-saving-problem/515304/13 "2009-10-28T00:19:49Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > I keep forgetting that there really are Mac users who do _not_ have DefaultFolder installed. > > From your mouth to Steve’s ear. I’ve been wanting List View to be the default since System 3. Why they persist in thinking we want icon view is beyond my ken. You mean - in the Finder? Just choose “New Finder Window”, set it to list view, and close it. All new windows will then be set to list view. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-photoshop-saving-problem/515304/14 "2009-10-28T02:56:00Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > You mean - in the Finder? > Just choose “New Finder Window”, set it to list view, and close it. All new windows will then be set to list view. Yeah, so they say. It doesn’t necessarily reset all “OLD” windows that had, at some point, been set to Icon View. It doesn’t necessarily have any effect on the folders and files of CD-ROMs and DVD-ROMs. And sometimes it just kind of “forgets”. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-photoshop-saving-problem/515304/15 "2009-10-28T03:07:35Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > Yeah, so they say. > > It doesn’t necessarily reset all “OLD” windows that had, at some point, been set to Icon View. > > It doesn’t necessarily have any effect on the folders and files of CD-ROMs and DVD-ROMs. > > And sometimes it just kind of “forgets”. Yes, that’s true. Each window remembers it’s own view settings. If you burn a CD with the the view set to “icon”, it will be that way each time you mount it. Here’s an automated way to set all Finder windows to the view you want: [http://www.macworld.com/article/46474/2005/08/automatorfinderview.html](http://www.macworld.com/article/46474/2005/08/automatorfinderview.html) Note that this won’t work for CDs, etc.