CURA - permission denied?!

[dseiter 0]

I've been using Cura 3.1.0 on a macbook (OS 10.11.6) for years, and last night I altered a file I wanted to print successfully, but when I tried to save it, I got the message "ERROR Permission denied when trying to save / (filename)".   I also tried an old file that worked in the past, same result.  What's going on?

 

I also tried to install 4.4.0, but I'm getting crashes.  

[Smithy 956]

I guess it is the sandbox feature of OSX and you try to save the file in a directory where Cura has no permissions to save something. Have you tried to save the file to the desktop for example?

[dseiter 0]

Thanks Smithy, that WAS the problem.  Something must have reset because I haven't used it in a few months, but I've never had this issue before.

[Smithy 956]

It can't remember if El Capitan already has the security feature where you can allow an application full disk access, but check the systems settings - security. In Catalina (alsi with Mojave) there is a settings to allow full disk access to applications. Then you should be able to save it where ever you want.