Saving excel spreadsheets

When I try to save an excel spreadsheet on my MacBook Pro, I get a message that I do not have permission to save files to this location.

MacBook Pro (2021)

Posted on Mar 24, 2023 1:11 PM

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Mar 24, 2023 1:15 PM in response to LoveVolBaseball

What location are you trying to save them to? Desktop? Documents folder? Some place else?

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