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Photoshop not saving because "disc is locked"

Forum|Forum|1 year ago
April 26, 2024
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All day when editing between lightroom and photoshop everything has been working smoothly, and now photoshop won't save any pictures because it says the "disc is locked", even though I have gone to my settings and made sure Lightroom, Adobe, Photoshop all have full access under privacy and security.

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Correct answer Lori38994651d461

And then I figured out that the external hard drive was full....

lulilangarica

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Hello! I reduced the size of the file I was working on and turned out I didn't have enough space on my disk to save.

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Lori38994651d461

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I was having the same issue and since I cannot reformat my external hard drive without losing my images, I decided to copy the folder to my desktop and work from there. It works.

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Lori38994651d461Correct answer

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And then I figured out that the external hard drive was full....

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zycka

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same problem

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Lumigraphics

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Ok so now maybe post some details?

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csscms

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Same issue for me but it's related to disk space in my experience. The MacOS disk space error needs to be passed to Photoshop as the 'disk locked' error isn't helpful.

Cheers

- PS 29.5.0
- MacOS 13.6.7
- External SSD APFS volume
- PS has full disk access
- FileVault is off

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Dhivya S

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i am facing the same issue right now

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Lumigraphics

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And you've given us zero information about your computer or workflow. Please post with details.

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leighe39261965

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Having the same problem. Anyone find a fix? Thanks!

Kevin Stohlmeyer

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@leighe39261965 can you confirm the settings from my post above?

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Scarlet27455051tk1v

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Did someone figure this out? It's to an external drive.

Kevin Stohlmeyer

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@Scarlet27455051tk1v if you are on a Mac make sure the external is formatted properly (Mac Journaled) and you e given PS full disk access in Apple system settings/security and privacy.

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miket20862971

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I'm having the same problem. I'm using Photoshop Beta, and I checked if my external is formatted as Mac journaled... I gave full disk access to read & write, but I still got this error saying that my disk is locked when I try to save a file.. I tried to updated PS; reinsert the external; restart the mac but none of this works;
Any advice? How can I give more information about this issue?