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emstokes
emstokes
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December 16, 2020

P: Save For Web - "A write permissions error has occurred" - on macOS (Dropbox issue)

  • December 16, 2020
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Can not export any legacy formats.
I have enabled photoshop 2021 in the systems security permissions for full disk access and the same for files and folders and accessibility, after having read some of the previous advice on here for older versions of photoshop and OS, but to no avail. An error message appears every time I try to save for web legacy - It's an animated GIF I'm trying to export. An incredibly frustrating fault that needs to be addressed soon! 

 

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    coccodrillo81
    coccodrillo81
    Participant
    January 21, 2021

    Hi Everyone, I am trying to say an image that I have modified on Photoshop 2021 for a website but i cannot save it. Each time it gives me the same error. I tried to just save it and also export it with Web Legacy. I already cheked all the permissions of files and folders on the system preference. Can anyone help please? It never happened to me before I just updated my photoshop to the latest version.

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      Danial5E3A
      Participant
      January 21, 2021

      Same i have had it for 3 or so months

        coccodrillo81
        coccodrillo81
        Participant
        January 28, 2021

        It is now saving. I don't really know what was the problem. 

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        denisboudreau
        Participant
        January 14, 2021

        Lately, I've been running into this weird issue as I'm trying to save from psd to png (using save for web, shift + option + command+ S). The error message reads

         

        Adobe Save for Web error

        Could not complete this operation. A write

        permissions issue has occurred.

         

        A Google search about this returns nothing. Whether I'm trying to save to my desktop or to Dropbox amounts to the same error. And it seems to be doing that systematically now. My systems permissions seem to be set to read & write, so I'm really confused about this. Does anybody have an idea as to what might cause the problem? I've recently upgraded to Mac OS 11 (Big Sur), and I believe the problem began around the same time... Thanks for your help!

          Eugenio.NYC
          Eugenio.NYC
          Participating Frequently
          January 17, 2021

          Hi, if you go to the security and privacy settings double check you have this

          also sometimes if you reset the preferences is the solution

          https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/preferences.html

           

           

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            denisboudreau
            Participant
            January 21, 2021

            Thanks for your answer. As a matter of fact, I do have the permissions opened as one would expect under Files and folders in the Privacy tab of the Security & Privacy section of System Preferences.

             

            What I found out since I posted this issue is that Photoshop seems to have changed their Save for Web functionality in Photoshop, so when I try to save using the usual keyboard shortcut Shift + Option + Command + S, it amounts to no good. But if instead of hitting S with that key combination, I hit W (as in Shift + Option + Command + W) - exporting As as opposed to Save for Web - then it prompts a different window and then I can save to png or any other format with ease.

             

            So I guess I fixed my issue, but in the most unexpected way possible. Hope this helps others who were running into the same problem. I can't be the only one.

             

             

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