# How can I duplicate a project on my Mac?

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**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [October 14, 2025, 1:47pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-can-i-duplicate-a-project-on-my-mac/39595 "2025-10-14T13:47:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shinji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Shinji](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Shinji)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 1:47pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-can-i-duplicate-a-project-on-my-mac/39595/1 "2025-10-14T13:47:45Z")

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How can I duplicate a project on my Mac?  
I can’t find the “Duplicate” option next to “Rename” in the right-click menu.

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**Author:** ![Per](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9f8e36/32.png) [@Per](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Per)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 2:23pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-can-i-duplicate-a-project-on-my-mac/39595/2 "2025-10-14T14:23:47Z")

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I don’t think you can Duplicate anything in the “Recents” tab. Try when you are in the actual enclosing folder.

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**Author:** ![formyo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/formyo/32/35678_2.png) [@formyo](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/formyo)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2026, 4:40pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-can-i-duplicate-a-project-on-my-mac/39595/3 "2026-05-04T16:40:50Z")

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I don’t know if this has been answered already, but you can export a new file in SHAPR3D format with a new name, which will duplicate the file.

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**Author:** ![BKE](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/bke/32/31690_2.png) [@BKE](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/BKE)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2026, 9:56pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-can-i-duplicate-a-project-on-my-mac/39595/4 "2026-05-04T21:56:02Z")

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**Author:** ![formyo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/formyo/32/35678_2.png) [@formyo](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/formyo)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2026, 10:06am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-can-i-duplicate-a-project-on-my-mac/39595/5 "2026-05-05T10:06:13Z")

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I don’t see the duplicate option in my drop-down when I right-click. Am I missing something?

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**Author:** ![Xdrakosha](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/xdrakosha/32/24881_2.png) [@Xdrakosha](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Xdrakosha)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2026, 12:14pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-can-i-duplicate-a-project-on-my-mac/39595/6 "2026-05-05T12:14:25Z")

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> [@formyo](#):
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> Am I missing something?

Yes. You missed the suggestion from the @Per.

> [@Per](#):
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> Try when you are in the actual enclosing folder.

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**Author:** ![DrKronos](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/drkronos/32/36064_2.png) [@DrKronos](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/DrKronos)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2026, 12:15pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-can-i-duplicate-a-project-on-my-mac/39595/7 "2026-05-05T12:15:24Z")

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Are you in the “recents” section instead of your spaces? You can only duplicate in the latter.

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**Author:** ![formyo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/formyo/32/35678_2.png) [@formyo](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/formyo)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2026, 8:11pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-can-i-duplicate-a-project-on-my-mac/39595/8 "2026-05-05T20:11:19Z")

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I am in recents. Didn’t know about the spaces. Still learning. The export as SHAPR3D file work for me in recents, but I will try the spaces. Thanks.