Re: Can't save changes to existing text edit document.

2021-12-03 Thread Gabe Griffith
Hi, Could it be a problem with the drive itself? What happens if you copy one of the files in question to the harddrive or another USB drive and try editing it from there? Gabe > On Dec 3, 2021, at 9:16 AM, Jessica Moss wrote: > > I just checked, and found it to be doing this on

Re: Can't save changes to existing text edit document.

2021-12-03 Thread 'Robert Cole' via MacVisionaries
Hi, This happened to me once. the problem was a small slider switch on the USB drive was slid To the protect position. > On Dec 3, 2021, at 12:16 PM, Jessica Moss wrote: > > I just checked, and found it to be doing this on multiple documents. I’m > really confused as to how this could’ve

Re: Can't save changes to existing text edit document.

2021-12-03 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, Flash drives are notoriously unreliable. I suggest that you copy the files from that drive to your Mac. You can then likely make the changes you want to make. If you wish to keep using that flash drive, then after copying them to your Mac, go into Disk Utility, select the flash drive,

Re: Can't save changes to existing text edit document.

2021-12-03 Thread Jessica Moss
I just checked, and found it to be doing this on multiple documents. I’m really confused as to how this could’ve happened, because I have no idea how to make changes to this, so I know for a fact that I haven’t touched any of the settings, and under the sharing and permissions section under

Re: Can't save changes to existing text edit document.

2021-12-03 Thread 'Robert Cole' via MacVisionaries
Check to see if this problem is only the one document, or the entire USB stick. If the entire usb drive is protected, you have unknowingly hit the switch to enable protection. > On Dec 3, 2021, at 11:21 AM, Jessica Moss wrote: > > I’ve just updated an existing text edit document I’ve had on

Can't save changes to existing text edit document.

2021-12-03 Thread Jessica Moss
I’ve just updated an existing text edit document I’ve had on my USB drive for years, and had no problem saving changes to it in the past, and now all of a sudden am getting a strange message that I don’t have permission to make changes to the file. I’ve gone into “get info” in finder, and