The file a client sends you is evidence. If a question ever comes up about what was changed, you want the original exactly as it arrived, and the repaired version right next to it with a name that leaves no doubt which is which.
That is how AMIE saves. When you accept a repair and press Save, the default is Save a repaired copy: a new file appears in the same folder as the source, named with a "(fixed)" suffix. The format is preserved, so a FLAC stays a FLAC, and the bit depth matches the original. Your source file is not opened for writing at any point.
What is in the copy
Only the repaired moments differ. Outside the repaired windows, the fixed file matches the source sample for sample, which you can confirm yourself with a null test in your DAW. There is no re-encoding, no gain change and no added processing. The copy is the original with a handful of milliseconds rebuilt.
If you really do want to overwrite
Some workflows need the repaired file to keep the original name, for example when a delivery system is already pointed at it. For that case there is Replace the original. AMIE still protects you: it keeps a backup with an "(original)" suffix beside the file, and undo restores it.
Either way, the folder tells the story on its own. Anyone who opens it later can see what was delivered, what was received, and that the two are different on purpose.
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