Hi, This happened to me once. the problem was a small slider switch on the USB drive was slid To the protect position.
> On Dec 3, 2021, at 12:16 PM, Jessica Moss <junglebookfa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I just checked, and found it to be doing this on multiple documents. I’m > really confused as to how this could’ve happened, because I have no idea how > to make changes to this, so I know for a fact that I haven’t touched any of > the settings, and under the sharing and permissions section under the drive > itself, I’m finding nothing useful in order to find out what got toggled > on/off. > >> On Dec 3, 2021, at 11:39 AM, 'Robert Cole' via MacVisionaries >> <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: >> >> Check to see if this problem is only the one document, or the entire USB >> stick. >> If the entire usb drive is protected, you have unknowingly hit the switch to >> enable protection. >> >> >>> On Dec 3, 2021, at 11:21 AM, Jessica Moss <junglebookfa...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> I’ve just updated an existing text edit document I’ve had on my USB drive >>> for years, and had no problem saving changes to it in the past, and now all >>> of a sudden am getting a strange message that I don’t have permission to >>> make changes to the file. I’ve gone into “get info” in finder, and under >>> the sharing and permissions section, all it displays is “you can read and >>> write” then the rest of the text is cut off and I can’t scroll any further. >>> Has anyone else had this issue? >>> >>> -- >>> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >>> Visionaries list. >>> >>> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >>> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners >>> or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >>> >>> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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