Save Error in Photoshop cs6

Question

Hi there,
I just upgraded from CS5 to CS6 and for the most part love it. I have run into a very serious problem when it comes to saving.
I am on Mac 10.6.8 and have a server that I save all my files too. In CS6 anytime I try to save something to the server's HDD I get the error below,
"Could not save as “avi_horizontal_logo.jpg” because the file name was not valid"
Now, the file name is valid, obviously. I can load the file into cs6 but whenever I try to save over or as a copy I get this error. I still have CS5 installed and have gone back and verified that I can save files to my server via CS5 since coming across the error in CS6. Additionally I have no problems saving to my server via Illustrator or Indesign
This issue is not occurring on one version on only one workstation either. I have both Design Premium (on 2 computers) and Design Standard (on 1) and all three are replicating this issue but the issue is non-existent in CS5.
Any ideas what we can do to rectify this serious problem? Thank you.

Answer 1

It appears to be a clear failure of Adobe software to be able to do what virtually any other application can do, and even previous versions of Photoshop can do:  Write a file to a server.  There's nothing special about image files, other than that they sometimes might be rather large.
Adobe clearly has their own special way of saving files and apparently in implementing it they've triggered a bug in Apple's networking code with regard to actually trying to execute the save.  They've stated that they tried to work around Apple's networking bugs with Photoshop CS6.  Could it be that this work has made a difference for the worse in some situations, such as the one here?  Who can say?
I can only guess, by the presence of this bug and others where users report that they just lose their files, and also that Adobe refuses to implement something simple like employing the recycle bin or trash can, that the actual code inside Photoshop to save files must be a nightmare to work on.  But it seems it really does need work:  Saving files, even via a network, isn't rocket science, however much mystery Adobe wants to wrap around it.  Unix has been facilitating file storage and networking for what, 40 years?
By the way, they have been unable/unwilling to support direct network saves for a number of versions now - pretty much as far back as I can remember.
Station_two is right; chances are you need to work around it by saving your files locally, and manually moving them from/to your server.  That really is safer.
But hey, watch for Photoshop 13.0.1 or your next Apple OS update - you never know! 
-Noel