Can't Save. I can type in a name, but everything else is disabled/non-functional.

[Mr. Hall]

I cannot save a file. Whenever I try to save, the dialog opens but I cannot do anything other than type in the name textbox. I cant save, cant select a folder, nothing.  

Please help. This app is useless without save.

[EmT]

Hi @Mr. Hall

Please could you send a screenshot of the window that appears.

Does this only occur when saving a new document or does it happen when you press 'Save As'? 

[maica]

Hi Mr Hall, I experienced the same problem and thought it might have something to do with permissions. I opened a window in Finder, went to Applications > Affinity Designer, then command-i for info. At the bottom, sharing & permissions showed system: read and write, wheel: read only and everyone: read only. Normally it says (me), admin and everyone. I changed wheel to read and write, restarted the application and now am able to save again. Hope this works for you too : )

[Mr. Hall]

@EmT

I have stopped using this non-functioning app. The save or savs-as dialogs, except for the text-input field are not active (can not be clicked or interacted with).

This app is dead, since nothing can be saved.

 

@maica

Thank you for your suggestion. I tried changing all user-levels to 'Read & Write' but it did not resolve my issue. Thanks again.

[EmT]

@Mr. HallWhich MacOS version are you running? 

Could you go to System Settings > Privacy & Security> Files and Folders then add Affinity Designer into that list and try to save again.