"write permissions error" in Photoshop

I couldn't save my work in my new version... didn't have permission to write... figured it out after adjusting preferences, etc. all afternoon... click on main folder of Photoshop and go to Get info... turn on write the whole file... it works!

One thing that helped me to those still looking for a solution - in the save for web dialog box, there is a place for METADATA - make sure it is not blank and has "Copyrigh and Contact Info" listed in there - I never changed this but it was changed by itself to a blank and would not let me save files until I changed this back. Hope that helps - I literally tried everything listed here and this was the problem. Adobe changed my setting and I had to change it back. 

I've tried all suggested solutions. Why is this still a topic? Adobe? Where are you? This is not a minor error it is frustrating and a key fundction in the our workday. Come on... please.

For anyone who's looking and doesn't need the newest version of PS, I re-installed ver 22.2.9 and it works fine. Not sure how old it is but at least I don't get the "write permissions error." Hopefully, Adobe will see these threads and get the latest version fixed as I had no issues until the last update. 😞

Hi all,

This is a potential solution for not being able to "save for web" (and also "export as")  and getting write issues for animated GIFs as an example.

One thing I noticed was that every time I pressed save, the folder in the finder window would always be the "Documents" folder which I never use. Is this consistent with everyone else's issues?

With this in mind, I went into systems preferences and gave Photoshop "Full Disc Access" which it did not have (see below). After saving and resetting Photoshop, the issues still occurred but after about 10 minutes everything worked. Maybe a proper reset would solve this quicker.

Please give this a try (and give it a little time) and see whether it works 🙂

I didn't manage to solve the same error when trying to export a GIF (from a png sequence from AE) in Photoshop. But, I manage to click the Globe button on the Export options box (Preview the optimized image in a browser) and could save it from there. Not a solution, just a work around in this particular case.

Eight days later, I finally figured out the problem. The folder I had my files in had come directly from a camera memory card, and it apparently had some kind of lock on it (even though I'm the administrator on my machine). I had unlocked individual files, but not the entire folder. I just created a new folder and copied the files into it, and voila! I can work on the files and save them--no "write permissions" errors. I thought I should post here in case anybody else has the same issue in future.