davidestevens

Does the Projects folder _have to reside in the Documents folder?

I moved it to my Shared folder, so that it was accessible across 2 users (one general purpose with lots of system extensions and so on, the other performance only, bare minimum of anything).

If I open the Project I'm working on, and then try and save the main patcher as a new Project (so that I have a new version to edit), I end up with a blank Project window and "can't save" error messages in the Max window.

Also, if I open one of the patches and then try to save it, Max keeps opening the Projects folder in Documents. I navigate to the folder I _want to use in Shared, save, and nothing happens. Except for this error message in the Max window...

jpatcher_saveto: error -1 writing ... (then the file name)

If I open the Project I'm working on, and then try and save the main patcher as a new Project (so that I have a new version to edit), I end up with a blank Project window and "can't save" error messages in the Max window. 

Also, if I open one of the patches and then try to save it, Max keeps opening the Projects folder in Documents. I navigate to the folder I _want to use in Shared, save, and nothing happens. Except for this error message in the Max window...
jpatcher_saveto: error -1 writing ... (then the file name)

max-6-projects-folder-location-does-it-really-matter

Ha! It turns out to be my old bugbear "Permissions". I assumed that as my new user was also set as an administrator, I'd have full access to the Shared folder. But I had to explicitly give access to the new user. It appears to be working ok now.

Max 6 Projects folder location - does it really matter?