Apple - Photoshop on mac "could not save [file] because write access was not granted"
After some trial and error, I tracked it down to the file being selected in Finder.
It seems like when Finder is displaying a preview of a PSD, it locks the file.
It seems to only happen in this view mode:
Selecting another file in Finder, or switching view mode, or closing the finder window, all prevent this error.
So while Finder is like this, the file won't save:
Clicking off it frees it for saving:
As does switching to this view mode to one that doesn't show a preview:
IMHO the problem is caused by the SMB protocol, then in fact there are some ”strange process” opened by the Finder. I changed the server protocol for AFP and everything works well. In my case I changed shared folder’s settings in Server app ver. 4.1.5, but this works is mac os x System Preferences as well. The eventual disadvantage – there is no connection of PCs to the server.