Save (not Save As) brings up file selector? Huh?

Logic 7.1.1
I'm fine-tuning the way I want my Autoload song to appear. So I boot Logic and as expected the Autoload song automatically loads up. So far so good.
I make a change to it and use the "Save" command, expecting that the old Autoload song will be backed up and the new version simply written to disk *without* expecting to see a file selector appear. But the file selector comes up anyway. This is the behavior I expect with "Save As...", not "Save". What gives? Any clues would be helpful.

Your Autoload is protected, it always is, that's the whole idea. So... make the changes you want in your Autoload and then when you go to save select "Save As Template..." and then it should open up the templates folder. Click on the old Autoload file so that this new version will inherit the same name, click OK , then click to Replace the old Autoload. You've now updated your Autoload.
This is meant to ensure that your Autoload remains unchanged. I used to open up my main template and then work in it for a couple of hours before realizing I had been working in my Autoload and changing it all around. This will keep that from happening.
BTF

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I have read numerous posts on this subject here earlier but none of the fixes work on my system. The bug appears from time to time as a crash caused by an action that opens the OS's file selector. That is, boucing, importing, save as, save as project etc. It seems to occur when song files have been worked on for a while and grown in size. It seems I can reset the system by restarting, opening my autoload and perform an action that brings the file selector up. I haven't had this kind of unexpected quit on an empty autoload file. After this the problem will be gone for a while.
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