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Rob_Birnholz
Rob_Birnholz
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February 14, 2022
Question

No media core write acess on OS X Monterey

  • February 14, 2022
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Hi all…
Since migrating to a new Macbook Pro (and Monterey 12.2.1), AE stops launch at initializing the Mediacore with a “you don’t have write access to this folder” message. I can click “OK” and AE continues to launch and function normally. 
 
I’m aware Apple has changed permissions for anything in a system folder (like “Library”), but so far nothing I’ve tried allows for write access to this folder.
 
Surely others have encountered this before. Any solutions?

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    nishu_kush
    nishu_kush
    Legend
    February 15, 2022

    Hi Rob,

     

    Thanks for writing in.

    Please try changing the permissions as instructed in the following article: https://helpx.adobe.com/in/x-productkb/multi/preferences-folder-read-only-error.html

    Let us know how it goes.

     

    Thanks,

    Nishu

    Rob_Birnholz
    Rob_BirnholzAuthor
    Participant
    February 15, 2022
    Hi Nishu-

    Tried setting the privileges manually, and even though the Mac shows I have read-write permissions, After Effects still doesn’t recognize that.

    Also have set the mac to “reduced security settings”. ub still no go.

    This issue appeared after I migrated from one M1 laptop to this one.

    (I also tried manually creating a new mediacore folder and copying the old contents to it (which required a password, despite changing permissions). No difference in performance, I still get stuck.

    Thanks for your help, still searching for a solution.

    Thanks, Rob
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