Apple Event: May 7th at 7 am PT
"The document ___ is on a volume that does not support permanent version storage." It won't allow me to unlock an iWork Pages (v.4) doc. Help! I tried the manual (hovering over the title and clicking the triangle to change to unlock, but it won't do it).
I presume you are trying to use Versions on a network drive or Cloud service like MobileMe or Dropbox. Versions will not work over a network.
How can I turn off Versions then? This is ridiculous! Apple is seriously working to actively fight people's use of Dropbox?
I am unable to save most of my documents now to Dropbox because of this error. I don't understand, and OSX Help has no information. "Versions" yields zero entries.
Anyone?
The reason should be very simple. You are trying to save or change a file that is stored on a "MS-DOS (FAT32)" formatted drive.
I realise this is an old thread, but I just saw this error.
I believe it occurred because I had first dragged some selected text from Safari to my desktop, then opened it using Text Edit & then dragged the text clipping onto a new blank Text Edit window.
Then I deleted the original Text Clipping file & then had tried to quit Text Edit & the "Doc is on a volume that doesn't support permanent etc etc" message appeared!
I was able to still save a version though ..
The document is on a volume that does not support permanent version storage.
