Switched to OS X Yosemite and my downloads are not replacing/overriding content, but creating an additional file and adding a (1).
I've been using Firefox for a long time. Despite various issues and trying other browsers, Firefox's downloading -- until today - works best for me. However, I was just upgraded to Mac OS X Yosemite (I can't use El Capitan due to incompatibility issues with another program I use daily). All of a sudden, when I download a file and it asks if I want this file to replace an existing file and I say yes, instead of replacing the existing file it creates a second file -- and adds a (1) after it -- instead of replacing the existing file. It's making me crazy and also creates a huge window for error. I can't find a setting that addresses this. Help! :) Thanks.
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p.s. It looks as though this issue is limited to Microsoft Word. Acrobat and Final Draft download and replace just fine. Weird.
Here's a guess: Is the non-overwritable document one that you opened in Word? Any temporary lock Word places on the file should be released when you close it, however, if you use Save As to create a new document, Word sometimes fails to unlock the original; the lock might not be properly released until you quit Word.
Thank you so much, jscher2000! That helped. Also, as my computer began to fail, I lost a Word document last week, where it reverted back to an older version of the document. When I went into my Word preferences, "Always save a backup" wasn't checked, so I checked it. However, I didn't have this "double save" problem until my computer was upgraded today (changed over to a solid state hard drive) and OS upgraded to Yosemite. When I unchecked the "always save a backup," I stopped having the problem... except that now I won't have a backup.