'when I try to save my workflow, I get a messaging saying I do not have permission to save it, that i should find the item in Finder, and choose File-Get Info. What item? The item is not in finder because i can't save it.
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7)
There may be another item with the same name owned by someone else, or you don't have write permissions for the folder. Where are you trying to save the workflow?
Trying to save it to the default location shown in Automator. Which folder would it be that I don't have permissions for?
That is what your message was telling you - look in the folder where you are trying to save and use Get Info to see what the permissions are (although it is pretty much worthless for showing access control lists).
I have the same problem saving - due to permissions, and Automator doesn't tell me where it is trying to save it other than HD, and all permissions in my /user/Library for both Automator and Workflows are RW for user (according to GetInfo). Automator won't even give me a choice where to save a workflow so if it's choosing to save in / I can see why I don't have permission.
What else can I look at to try and save a workflow and not get permission violations and how do I make that happen?
Automator (V2.5) doesn't have "Preferences..." which is normally in the app's menu, to see where the default location is, and Automator->File->Open looks in HD at the root file system '/', and if I look using Open in /user, "Library" doesn't even appear, and in Finder I'm currently showing all files. (An Automator script I wrote back in ?MtLion? - I'm now on Yosemite.)
Automator won't save workflow
