When I try to save a file someplace outside my Documents folder, I get a file error.
Remember that Mac OS X is a multi-user operating system and you may not have permission to write files outside of your Documents folder. Some applications don’t report permission errors properly and you may get a file error instead. If you are the only user of your computer but didn’t set it up, the person who did might have made your user account a non-administrative user with limited permissions.
Published March 24, 2009 12:00 PM
Last modified on June 16, 2009 5:40 PM
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