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Andreas_St1
Participant
Apr 2, 2014 10:32 PM UTC
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Scratch disks are write protected or unavailable?

Premier Pro on a MAC.

Error code:

Scratch disks are write protected or unavailable. To open this project,, the scratch disks will be set to your Documents folder. Would you like to continue?

I don't know what to do, i've googled this issue and can't find any solutions.

/ Andreas

      Javid5FD8Correct answer
      Participant
      Apr 15, 2022 5:31 AM UTC

      Hi All,

       

       I was going crazy with this issue bc nothing worked for me (trashing prefs etc).  What did work, though, was giving Prem 22 'Full Disk Access'. 

       

      System pref > Security and Privacy > Privacy

       

      Click 'Full Disk Access' and make sure your premiere is checked.

       

      I reopened Premiere with the same project file that was previously unusable, and wallah, opened normally, everything linked!

       

      I hope this helps someone. 

       

       

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      excited_Genie16B8
      Legend
      Apr 2, 2014 10:39 PM UTC

      Click yes.  You can always change the location of the scratch disks once the project is open.

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      Andreas_St1Author
      Participant
      Apr 2, 2014 10:41 PM UTC

      It seems that there is still something wrong since if i go in and change the scratch disks and try to eport or render anything i get the following error message:

      ERROR COMPILING MOVIE. UNKNOWN ERROR.

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        excited_Genie16B8
        Legend
        Apr 2, 2014 10:49 PM UTC

        That's a tough one to help with, just because the cause is 'unknown'.  My only recommendation is to troubleshoot until you can find something that works.

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