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.

    • flying_sheep@lemmy.ml
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      1 month 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

    • nocturne@sopuli.xyzOP
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      1 month 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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    1 month 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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      1 month 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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          30 days 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.