raputznik Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 For some reason, I can't save a default preset from third-party plugins. The option is always greyed-out, even if I change parameters, or save a preset from the menu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
des99 Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 I have that plugin here, and I can save as default as expected. Permissions problem, perhaps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjanear Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 hi raputznik, did you find a solution to this problem? I have a similar situation with save as default greyed out. Quote The option is always greyed-out, even if I change parameters, or save a preset from the menu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution David Nahmani Posted May 23, 2022 Solution Share Posted May 23, 2022 For anyone else reading this, a solution was posted in the following topic: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
des99 Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 (edited) Generally speaking, when you first open a plugin, if that Audio/Presets/man/plugin folder doesn't exist, Logic (or the plugin, not sure) creates it. It's possible this fails due to permissions (or other reasons), which is why that folder doesn't exist, and you can't save files directly to the folder. Good to know that creating it manually, if needed, fixes the issue. Edited May 23, 2022 by des99 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjanear Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 Just now, des99 said: It's possible this fails due to permissions (or other reasons), which is why that folder doesn't exist, and you can't save files directly to the folder. Do you know which permissions that might be exactly? I tried Full Disk Access and Files and Folders in System Preferences>Privacy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
des99 Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 The whole filesystem on macOS (and Unix) has a permissions system that defines what users and programs can do with files on disk. A program can only create a folder if it has permissions to do so, and if there are issues with permissions, those writes will fail. For example, try creating a new test user account, and from there then reading or modifying a file from your regular user account - you can't, because the test user doesn't have the permissions to access or change another user's files. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwell Posted October 6, 2023 Share Posted October 6, 2023 The proper fix to this is to find the 3rd party Presets folder [HD>Users>name>Library>Audio>Presets], select it, press CMD+I [get info], and change the permissions at the bottom to 'read & write' for your username. Only the system had permission to change that folder by default, and after changing it Logic can create folders in that directory automatically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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