Files cannot be created in the selected location - You do not have permission…

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ApMaX Author

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Files cannot be created in the selected location - You do not have permission…

When trying to save a file to a pendrive on MacBook Pro, I get:

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Files cannot be created in the selected location

You do not have permission to write to the selected location

Please choose a different location

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I can save to Desktop and from there drag and drop into pendrive.

No problem on an iMac. I am the administrator of all devices. What is going on? How to fix, prevent, overcome it?

macOS 10.12.6 (16G1114) Sierra.

iMac with Retina 5K display, macOS Sierra (10.12.6), Booting from internal Apple SSD 2TB

Posted on Dec 16, 2017 11:59 AM

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Answer 1

Kappy

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Dec 16, 2017 12:16 PM in response to ApMaX

Select the mounted flash drive. CTRL- or RIGHT-click on the selection and choose Get Info from the context menu. At the bottom of the info panel check the assigned privileges for the flash drive. Make a snapshot of the panel and post it in your reply here.

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Answer 2

ApMaX Author

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Dec 16, 2017 12:50 PM in response to Kappy

Thanks. I have found what was going on…

Selecting the pendrive and "File - Get Info" showed "Ignore ownership on this volume" selected on iMac, but NOT on MacBook Pro. Is that how it is supposed to show on the latter, if I had set it in the former to ignore such ownership on the former? I mean, if such setting is configured on one Mac, is it necessary to re-configure it again and gain in every single Mac where such pendrive is plugged?

Anyway, selecting "Ignore ownership on this volume" for pendrive on MacBook Pro fixed the issue.

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Answer 3

Kappy

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Dec 16, 2017 1:03 PM in response to ApMaX

Usually any disk used for storage only is configured with Ignore ownership. But that isn't a requirement if the privileges are instead configured to permit Read/Write access to the Admin group account rather than set as the more typical Read Only.

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Answer 4

ApMaX Author

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Dec 16, 2017 1:08 PM in response to Kappy

Thanks. If such setting of "Ignore ownership on this volume" for pendrive is configured on one Mac, should it be necessary to re-configure it again and gain in every single Mac where such pendrive is plugged? That is what happened above, but I wonder if that is normal or a bug.

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Answer 5

Kappy

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Dec 16, 2017 2:02 PM in response to ApMaX

The configuration may not travel with the flash drive in the event there are personal files on the device that others should not be able to access. This would require resetting it on a different machine.

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