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Hi Evtonic3,

 

The error message in the title of this thread doesn't seem complete, would it be possible for you to attach a screenshot of the error message you are receiving? In regards to your second post could you try saving it to a new file name to see if that gives you any errors?

 

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Error 28 - no space left on disc.  Is your disk full?

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  • 8 months later...

Hello. I've downloaded a trial version of affinity designer 3 days ago. I have been saving my work as I go, but I'm no longer to save, as I keep getting this message:

Save failed because the file could not be written to. Please help. I don't know much about problem solving on computers, so I hope I'm not doomed. Is there a tech support I can call? Thanks again. 

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Hi eliza s & welcome to the forums.  :)

 

There are two versions of Affinity Designer, one for Macs & the other for PCs. Which one are you trying out? Where are you trying to save the file (like to an external drive, to one of your user folders, etc.)? Is there anything else said in the error message, like a code number or such?

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This just happened to me, too. There was no other error message. My disk space was almost gone, mysteriously - it's been going crazy up and down lately making it impossible to work. How does an iMac hard drive go from 19GB to 128MB in seconds, with nothing going on on my part? I've cleared up hard drive space, but the file still won't save and won't let me save as in another location. Any tips welcome - I've looked up the problem but haven't found anything yet in Apple land.

 

BTW there was no code number, nothing else in the error message except "save failed because the file could not be written to"

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