Problem With Saving Plug In Settings

[maxpatch]

Just got DP 7.24 up and running on my new iMac. At the moment I only have MOTU plugins in my DP system. When I try to SAVE an edited setting - e.g. tweaking a MW Equalizer - I get an error message: "Digital Performer has encountered an error. MacOS error: File not found (-43)"

I get the same error if I try to Show Presets in Finder.

Some plugins do not show the error message - they simply give me an error bleep if I try to save and do nothing if I try to show presets in finder.

Any ideas, good people?

Many thanks!

[monkey man]

Repair permissions using a freeware app.

If this doesn't work, check that your DP presets folder (~Lib/Audio/Presets) has permissions set so you can write as well as read (Command/I).

Worth a try, IMHO.

[maxpatch]

Thanks Monkey Man! Repair permissions did nothing. However, I went to the Library Audio folder and did CMD I to view Sharing & Permissions.

"System" was set to "Read & Write"; "Everyone" was Read only - as was a 3rd group called "wheel". No idea where that comes from but reading some posts on Apple Support discussion it seems to be a whole other can of Lion-related worms.

Anyway, I reset "Everyone" to Read & Write (I figured no harm done as I'm the only user anyway) and that's cured the problem. DP plug settings all behaving themselves and everything's stable.

Many thanks for the pointers!

[monkey man]

No worries, mate. It's a good day when I can do something for someone. Thank you!

[patrudaz]

DP 7.24 needs a folder MOTU located in /Library/Audio/Presets. So if this folder doesn't exist, you have to create one and this folder MUST have write access for everyone.

You can change the access rights with CMD+i keys or "Get Info" contextual menu, or you can use the following command in a terminal

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sudo chmod -R a+w MOTU