Since upgrading to 11.3.1, anything I try to save on my Mac give the error -You do not have permission to save files to this location. I can open and save sometimes, but I downloaded a CSV and I can't save it as an .xlsx, or anything else? If I open a xlsx and change it, I can't save that either?
Where are you saving the file? Somewhere in your home folder, or outside your home folder?
If it is in your home folder, you seem to have some permission problems on your home or that folder.
In Finder, open the folder where you are trying to save the file and Get Info (cmd-I). What does it show for the permissions at the bottom of the window.
Why would you change a .csv extension to .xlsx? That doesn't magically make it an Excel Workbook. If you need it to be an Excel Workbook, open it in Excel and save it as an Excel Workbook.
The permissions are set to read write for me and everyone, I am the only user so that is moot, but the permissions haven't changed from that perspective. I did try to change them and then change them back and that didn't help.
I have excel open and I am trying to change the extension from CSV to XLSX on the desktop. The reason to change from CSV to Xlsx is so that I dont have to reminded every time I open the file to change it, but that isn't the point. The point is that I can't save files to my own folders. I can't save to the desktop or any place on my MAC, I can save to cloud but that is not my preferred place to store my files. This just started after I upgraded to Big Sur - 11.3.1.
Your renaming reason doesn’t make sense, but irrelevant
Office has issues with renaming files while they are open. It’s a Windows thing they haven’t managed to shake.
You do not have permission to save files to this location.
