Can't copy over file with same name

I have a master folder with lots of photos in it (1000+). When a photo with the same name is updated elsewhere and I want to put it in the folder and overwrite the old photo, I can't do it. It just copies the new file into the folder and changes its name (adds a "2" on the end of it).
I want to replace the old file with the new one. With my old Mac this was easy to do; why can't I do this now? Is there a setting somewhere that I need to change?
I could delete the old photo, then drag in the new one, but I'm dealing with a lot pf photos for a huge project, and that would take up a lot of time to do it that way.

Hi Diane,
It is supposed to give you the message, "xxx already exists, do you want to replace it".
Have you tried creating a new account and see how your apps work in that User acct? (That will tell if your problem is systemwide or limited to your User acct.)
Open System Preferences > Accounts > "+" make it an admin account.
If this works, then log back into your problem account and navigate to ~(yourhome)/library/preferences and trash these two files:
com.apple.finder.plist
com.apple.sidebarlists.plist
Then log out and back in again. Or restart.
(You will have to reset a few finder prefs the way you like them.)
Let us know.
-mj
[email protected]

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