Why I can't save data in PhpStorm

Question

Why I can't save data in PhpStorm?

Occurred:

"Unable to save settings : Failed to save settings . Please restart PhpStorm".

Answer 1

It is noteworthy that PHPStorm log files are saved to the .idea folder which may be hidden by default and in my case running:

chmod -R 755 *

did not apply the requested permissions to the hidden folders within my current directory. I was only able to resolve the issue by running chmod to the .idea folder:

chmod -R 755 .idea

Hope this is helpful to someone