Permission error - unable to export media to APFS or Mac OS Extended (Journaled) formatted external drive with correct permissions (not used for Time Machine backups)

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Permission error - unable to export media to APFS or Mac OS Extended (Journaled) formatted external drive with correct permissions (not used for Time Machine backups)

I get the permission error "cannot be saved because you don't have permission". I've tried formatting, reformatting, using a different drive. I've tried APFS, Mac OS Extended (Journaled). No difference. I've copied all source media to a new FCP library. No difference.

Drive has correct permissions and I've even ensured "Ignore permissions" box is checked. Drive is not and has never been used for Time Machine. Anyone have any idea??

2013 Mac Pro "Trash Can". I have no problems saving to internal storage. It's a trash can so there's only one internal drive though. Not being able to save to external storage causes a performance hit and raises space issues on the internal drive.

Thanks,

Mac Pro

Posted on Dec 30, 2019 12:11 PM

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Answer 1

Jan 5, 2020 12:03 PM in response to Searchin99

No. Give FCP X full disk access and leave it at that. The restriction exists to prevent a rogue application doing bad things. Unless you mistrust FCP X (in which case you should just not use it), there is no reason to turn the permissions off.

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Kurt Hammond Author

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Dec 30, 2019 4:45 PM in response to Luis Sequeira1

Other apps prompt to grant access, which makes it clear what needs to be done. FCP just gives this error message which points users in the wrong direction. Good to know in future.

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Answer 3

Dec 30, 2019 1:44 PM in response to Kurt Hammond

They do. The thing is that Catalina has tightened security considerably. The user has to give permission, on application basis, to access files, the microphone, the camera, for example. Even Apple applications do not get a free pass.

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Answer 4

Jan 5, 2020 11:56 AM in response to Tom Wolsky

Since this is a new security feature and one has to revisit the Permission settings to allow full disk access, then after doing what you need to do would it be recommended to revisit the setting again and un-do the "full disk access" setting?

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Kurt Hammond Author

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Dec 30, 2019 1:10 PM in response to Luis Sequeira1

That worked (give FCP X "Full Disk Access" in System Preferences->Security & Privacy->Privacy). Thank you! Wouldn't it be nice if Apple products worked with Apple products... :-P

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