If I try to save a html file it gives an error box saying permission denied. Yet I purchased and own license, and even shows so under the help menu. So why am I denied permission to save my files? The support for Sublime text told me if I right click on the file< i can change it to read only, and that MIGHT be the problem. But “right click the file” where? Because if I right click the file name, at the top of the sublime window, I see no properties or ability to switch ioff read only. if i right click on the file name in the side bar of the sublime the window i see no properties or ability to switch off read only. And of course, I cant save the file, so there is no file in my computer’s folders. So where does she mean when she says “right-click” the file? Or in other words, where do I shut off the “read only” and if that ISNT the problem, then why else might i not be able to save file? Also, I just updated to Mac-OS high Sierra. I went to updates and apparently Sublime 3 has done all the updates. So what could it be?
I own license to sublime 3 but still wont let me save file
It sounds like it’s talking about filesystem permissions, not anything directly related to Sublime. For example, you may be trying to save a file in an area reserved to administrator users.
Generally people using MacOS that have problems saving files are having problems because they’re trying to save files outside of their home directory, generally in the root of the hard drive (for example, saving as /index.html instead of /Users/sethy/index.html).
This is not allowed by MacOS (or other Unixes such as Linux) by default and it’s generally not a good idea to mess with permissions on files and folders you didn’t create since general user access to those kinds of locations are usually denied for a good reason.
The solution to the problem in that case would be to save the files in your home directory or create a folder in your home directory and put them there. You can make a file dialog jump to your home directory by pressing Command+Shift+H (at least in prior versions of MacOS).
Yes, that is pretty close to what the problem was guys. I actually had ended up resolving the issue on my own, but I will be courteous and give the specifics of the problem in case anyone ELSE encounters this. And also, thanks for taking the time to assist me nonetheless.
The problem inb my case was that my Hard Drive is called untitled and I also have folders called untitled.
So, when I was going to save my file to the “untitled” folder, it was actually the “untitled” DISK that was selected, or basically the top of the folder chain, and like you say, I can’t save a file directly to the disk in Mac-OS, it has to be saved to a folder.
So, thanks guys,. and hope this solves it for anyone else who encounters this.