Mac suddenly stops saving anything on harddrive. wont even rename old files

it would do this randomly while working normally. it wont even restart or shut down when i select the option from the apple menu. any app i try to open would crash. if i try saving even a text file, even on icloud then it says you cant save your file. it wont even save states for open apps. after a forceful restart its back to normal. this is really bugging me out. please help.

Sounds like you have an Extensis font manager. Turn off the auto-activation plugin and complain to Extensis.

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