Every Monday morning I get a spreadsheet from one of my distributors that lists all items I have on pre and back order. I download that file, and then do my spreadsheet sorting. However, since I started to use the ProtonMail app on MacOS (vs in Safari) when I download the file, it gives an error that there is already a file by that name. When I save with Safari it adds a number to make it unique. I am unsure if this is a MacOS issue, or a ProtonMail app issue.

  • єχтяαναgαηтєηzумє@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    Could you simply change the file name once it’s downloaded? Maybe add the date or something similar to the end. This would prevent the issue in the ProtonMail app.

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      2 months ago

      Yes, I can. But when I was using Proton Mail through Safari it added a number to the file automatically.

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      2 months ago

      This is the way. Whatever creates the files should add the time span to the beginning of the file name.

      Barring that, OP should do it

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    2 months ago

    it is not really either app or OS issue, it is more of a workflow data management queation/preference. Some places always want overwrite so you don’t duplicate data

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      2 months ago

      Safari does it fine. I believe Firefox does too (it did on windows). It should at least offer the option to append.

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        2 months ago

        Hmm, is there an alternate mouse option of save as?

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          2 months ago

          Even if there is that is not going to automatically give a version number. It is going to give the same option as save, which allows me to manually rename the file.