The Reset Password option in Recovery mode lets you fix permissions associated with your home directory. Select Restart. After the Mac shuts down and makes the startup chime, immediately hold. You do not have permission to save files to this location. Make sure that you have write access for this location, or select a different location While saving an excel document I go to save to my mac and it comes up with this error. On your Mac, choose a file or folder. Right-click it and select Get info. Click the disclosure triangle in the Sharing & Permissions block. Click the lock icon to unlock it.
As we known, each file and folder contains the permission, and there are four permissions: Read & Write, Read only, Write only, No Access on macOS. Usually we can change the file privilege with Get Info or command + I operation.
When Read&Write for Google Chrome is added to your Chrome profile, the permissions page should appear first time you try to use Read&Write for Google Chrome on the web, Google Slides or Google Docs.
If permissions for Read&Write haven't been fully granted or canceled, the purple puzzle piece icon to the right of the Chrome address bar may not appear or be greyed out.
If the purple puzzle piece icon and tab appear and the toolbar doesn't open in a Google Doc, Slide or web page, it's also likely that the permissions page was canceled, closed, or not accepted.
The first step is to check to see if Read&Write by Texthelp appears in your Chrome account. To do this follow the steps below in Checking Permissions.
Checking Permissions
To check if permissions have been granted, copy and paste the link below into your Chrome address bar:
Here you'll see which extensions have been granted access to your Chrome and Google Drive account
If Read&Write by Texthelp does appear then it's likely not all required permissions were granted. At this point it's necessary to remove permissions by following the steps below in Removing Permissions.
Removing Permissions
To remove permissions for Read&Write for Google Chrome select Read&Write by Texthelp then click the Remove Access button to revoke permissions.
A dialog box will appear asking to confirm removal, click OK and repeat for any other instances for Read&Write for Googleand/or Read&Write for Google Chrome
Then go to a web page, Google Doc or Slide and click the purple puzzle piece to use Read&Write. Then follow the steps below in Granting Permissions.
File Permissions Mac
Granting Permissions
Click on the purple puzzle piece icon next to the Chrome address bar or open a Google Doc or Slide and click on the purple puzzle piece on the Read&Write for Google Chrome toolbar
You Have No Write Permissions For The Directory Mac
The Read&Write for Google Chrome extension icon:
Read&Write for Google Chrome Google toolbar tab
![No write permission to directory No write permission to directory](/uploads/1/1/8/3/118302909/428706424.png)
You will first be prompted to choose a Chrome account then to grant access to the extension
Click the Allow button when prompted.
Other Permissions Required
When you collect Highlights or use the Vocabulary tool you will also be prompted to grant access
Click the Allow button on the next screen to grant access
You will also be prompted to add the Screenshot Reader extension when using that feature and the Texthelp PDF Reader extension when opening PDFs