I cannot create a New Folder within MacBook Air in the local drive. But I can create new folder in the iCloud. I cannot copy and paste any file or folder in the local drive. But I can copy and paste file in the iCloud.

Raghavendra_Dharma wrote:

Apple has purposely disallowed users from creating new folders in the local drive by default. Apple has also purposefully disallowed people from copying and pasting files within the local drive. I cannot create a New Folder within MacBook Air in the local drive.

Apple has locked down the much of the boot volume to make malware exploits more difficult, and to make upgrades more predictable and reliable, as mentioned above.

File and directory protections and ownership allowing, stuff located under /Users is accessible and is writable by users, including your home directory.

Within your home directory and below it, you should have access. Home directories are under /Users directory.

Screenshots can be selectively written to your home directory or to subdirectories, irrespective of iCloud.

I might wonder if you have iCloud files and documents enabled, and are having an issue with that, or if ypur internal storage is simply full, but you’ve posted a whole lot of text and not much of it useful in identifying and resolving your issue.

Please post some more info about where and what, and whether iCloud files and documents is enabled, as writing screenshots and other files to your home or to a subdirectory should work.

Here is the general layout of the macOS file system:

Stuff in the user domain shown in that image is accessible—again, ownerships and protections allowing—while attempts to write stuff elsewhere can be or is restricted, and some areas of the file system cannot be written by any other than Apple.

Apple has locked down the system/OS to prevent tampering and malicious meddling. There is no need to put your data there.

You can create all the files you want in the default user folders: Documents, Music, Downloads, Desktop and etc. If you activate iCloud Drive you can create folders in the iCloud Drive folder

The same is true for external drives and folder creations.

My thinking is you're waaaaaay misinterpreting how to use macOS.

It might be helpful if you could take a photo of your Mac's screen so we can see the path/folder you say you can't create. Your description is a bit too vague for any of us to understand what might be happening.

Raghavendra_Dharma wrote:

Thanks for your response. I am only referring to creating a folder of copy and paste in the local drive. Please read my description.

The original posting was somewhat lacking in details, alas.

Writing screenshots to home works, or should.

If writing to home is not working, then there is either some local hardware or software or configuration error arising, or maybe the iCloud documents and desktop feature is enabled and that is then either out of room in iCloud for more stuff, or is malfunctioning.

Or the main storage is full.

It’s also possible—the phrasing is unfortunately ambiguous—whether there is an error when writing the screenshot (and what that error might be), or if the screenshot might possibly be being written elsewhere.

It must be just you. I created several files on my local drive. I pretty much always do. I strongly believe you are completely confused About how to use your Mac, or you are just making things up.

I have my screenshots go to a different folder on my internal drive. Did you change yours? Or, did you install Dropbox? It bogarts the screenshots.

No idea what you're talking about. You can create folders locally or in iCloud Drive. You would need to provide far more detail about what you're experiencing; step taken, what happens, screenshots, etc.