Destination media file access denied (Mac with external drive) - Solved

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This is for the benefit of others who run into this same export problem that I did. I have a MacBook (OS Sequoia 15) with Premiere Pro 2025 and a G-RAID Shuttle 4. When I upgraded to Premiere's latest version, suddenly I couldn't export projects to the G-RAID (Error message: Could not write destination Media File <DESTINATION> because it is locked. Access is denied.). I could, however, export internally to the Mac or to other external flash drives. I checked Privacy-->Files & Folders, as others have recommended in other posts, but it only listed my Documents folder -- there was nothing else to toggle and change. So, I called Adobe. Bottom line: he told me it was a G-RAID problem and there was nothing he could do. End of call. After the call, did more digging and, in Privacy-->Full Disk Access, I noticed Adobe Premiere Pro 2025 wasn't toggled on. It is now and I can once again export. Problem solved!

[Kevin-Monahan · Accepted solution]

Thanks for sharing your solution with the community. Much appreciated!

Kevin