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"Duplicate" and "export" default directory?

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frutter

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Aug 5, 2011
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Please help me, I am going crazy here!

When I use the "duplicate" function in Lion, and want to save the duplicated file, or when I want to save a pdf-export of a file, then Lion assumes that the directory I want to save to is the same directory as *last* time I did a duplicate save or an export.

This is almost *never* the case! In fact, 99% of the times, I want the duplicate and the export saved to the same directory as the original file, and I would imagine most others agree.

But I cannot find any way to change this? It seems others are not as annoyed with the problem as me, so I might have missed some easy setting.
 
frutter said:
Please help me, I am going crazy here!

When I use the "duplicate" function in Lion, and want to save the duplicated file, or when I want to save a pdf-export of a file, then Lion assumes that the directory I want to save to is the same directory as *last* time I did a duplicate save or an export.

This is almost *never* the case! In fact, 99% of the times, I want the duplicate and the export saved to the same directory as the original file, and I would imagine most others agree.

But I cannot find any way to change this? It seems others are not as annoyed with the problem as me, so I might have missed some easy setting.
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I think the issue that you are running into is when you use the export function there is a small arrow button to the right of the filename. Click on it it will open up and allow to select the folder to place the file in.
 
Thanks, but I already knew perfectly well how to choose the save and export location.

My problem is that I don't *want* to choose that location when it's incredibly easy for the program to guess where I want to save the duplicate file or the exported file.

I seem to remember that Snow Leopard would export to the same directory as the original file as default. And of course it didn't have the silly "duplicate file"-function, but the "save as..." default location was also the same place as the original.
 
Seriously, has noone else been bothered by this? I feel so alone. :/
 
I'm with you on this. It is annoying and speaks volumes of Apples current inability to pay attention to details.
 
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