Permission Problem iMac
Hi,
Only had my iMac for 4 days and are very pleased with it. I do realise I have got a lot to learn, but have come accross the following problem:
I imported my document structure from my old PC.
I installed office for mac
Now when I open a document from my document structure, it opens fine, BUT when I try to save it, it says I do not have permission, disk full etc etc
Now when I select the default documents directory, it will save fine.
Now I copy the file to my personal directory I imported, open it and all is OK.
What do I need to do to be able to save anything outside the default Documents directory.
This seems to be a permissions thing
I create the structure for my documents, it then knows the path. If I have to go down this path, it will take days to set it all up, as mentioned
Hope this makes sense
Only had my iMac for 4 days and are very pleased with it. I do realise I have got a lot to learn, but have come accross the following problem:
I imported my document structure from my old PC.
I installed office for mac
Now when I open a document from my document structure, it opens fine, BUT when I try to save it, it says I do not have permission, disk full etc etc
Now when I select the default documents directory, it will save fine.
Now I copy the file to my personal directory I imported, open it and all is OK.
What do I need to do to be able to save anything outside the default Documents directory.
This seems to be a permissions thing
I create the structure for my documents, it then knows the path. If I have to go down this path, it will take days to set it all up, as mentioned
Hope this makes sense
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I'd ask you to try and get in the habit of creating and saving ALL new files and documents in folders INSIDE your users Home folder .. in this way you'll never have file or folder access permissions. Unix can be quite strict on user and folder permissions and it is easier if you keep things organised under your Home folder.
If the folder with all the documents you imported is located somewhere other than your USER Home Folder you may continue to have issues if you copy other files or folders to this location in future unless you give your user account full read/write access to it.
The Home folder on OSX is located here (/Users/YOURUSERNAME/) where USERNAME is your currently logged in account.
You should have read/write access to ALL files and folders in there .. not just the Documents subfolder .. and you can easily create or move that folder of MS Office documents into the same folder .. and not necessarily into the Documents subfolder ..
/Users/YOURUSERNAME/Deskto
/Users/YOURUSERNAME/Docume
/Users/YOURUSERNAME/Downlo
A lot of OSX applications will default to saving new files in the Documents folder as listed above so it will be a common issue in future.