Apple Mac OSX goes back to desktop when saving

[leightur]

Connected to a Windows 2003 Small Business Server.
MAC OSX.

When I connect to a Macintosh share on my Windows 2003 Small Business Server via Apple Filing Protocol and navigate through my folders example:

AFP:\\SERVER SHARE\WORK\NAME\STATIONARY\ARTWORK

Open file from Quark Express, Photoshop, make a change to that file and then select save as... the default location defaults to my desktop as apposed to the directory in which the file was originally opened.

Can anyone tell me if there is a solution so when I save it does not default back to my desktop.

Thanks in advance.

Leigh

 

[IMacQuarker]

Hi leightur
I don't know about windows or servers, but when I open a Quark file on my Intel iMac with OS 10.4.11 and just hit SAVE it saves to wherever the file is located.
But if I choose SAVE AS then it will default to the desktop and I would have to navigate to wherever I want to save it.
So open a file and make some change and just click on SAVE and see what happens.
Hope this helps
IMacQuarker

 

[leightur]

When I just select save it appears to save in the correct folder on the network.

The problem also occurs when I try and get an image/text from the server. I go to get it once from a particular folder and then when I got to get another image/text it reverts to desktop.

We have another Mac with the same network settings and this works fine, that is why I presumed it was a setting on the Mac?

 

[compuveg]

it sounds more to me like a preference default directory.

 

[IMacQuarker]

leightur
Go to your Quark Preferences, then click on Default Path.
Then choose Use Default Path for "Save/Save As"
See if that works. See image.

Hope this helps
IMacQuarker

 

[SYQUEST]

Usually when picking "Save As' you can select a location for the file to be saved, rather than using the default. I believe there is a button or drop down to click-on for more options.

....JIM....