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Photoshop not saving because "disc is locked"

New Here ,
Apr 26, 2024 Apr 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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New Here , Aug 04, 2024 Aug 04, 2024

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

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LEGEND ,
Apr 26, 2024 Apr 26, 2024

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What disk are you trying to save to?

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New Here ,
Jun 04, 2024 Jun 04, 2024

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I have the same problem - do you have a fix now

 

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Jun 04, 2024 Jun 04, 2024

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@Aspen28540431y6i8 is this your local HD or an external location?

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New Here ,
Jun 12, 2024 Jun 12, 2024

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

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Jun 13, 2024 Jun 13, 2024

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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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New Here ,
Jul 22, 2024 Jul 22, 2024

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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?

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New Here ,
Jun 13, 2024 Jun 13, 2024

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

 

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Community Expert ,
Jun 14, 2024 Jun 14, 2024

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

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New Here ,
Jun 17, 2024 Jun 17, 2024

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i am facing the same issue right now

 

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LEGEND ,
Jun 17, 2024 Jun 17, 2024

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

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Engaged ,
Jun 18, 2024 Jun 18, 2024

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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.

 

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

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New Here ,
Jul 18, 2024 Jul 18, 2024

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same problem

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LEGEND ,
Jul 18, 2024 Jul 18, 2024

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Ok so now maybe post some details?

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New Here ,
Aug 04, 2024 Aug 04, 2024

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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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Aug 04, 2024 Aug 04, 2024

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

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Aug 09, 2024 Aug 09, 2024

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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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