InDesign 10 Won't Save

Has anyone else experienced this serious bug, where InDesign 2014 won't save, save-as or otherwise? I just lost 2 hours of work because of this.
Right before this begins, I notice that the cursor will not honor the selected tool, showing only the black arrow.

Can't save — AGAIN! This is a pretty serious bug. Is nobody else out there experiencing this? Notice there is no option to Save, Save as, Save a Copy, or otherwise.
I only have these types of problems with Adobe software — nothing else.

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P Spier wrote:
OK, I think it's time to try an uninstall/reinstall. Before you reinstall, run the cleaner tool: Resolve installation problems with CS5 Cleaner Tool
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*** In addition, if the CIB folder is on your drive, Search Google for terms like "how to change mac folder permission" without quotes, to find out how to change the permissions of the folder and its files to read/write for all users.
*** If there's any chance that the CIB folder that's copied to your hard drive was copied from a Windows computer, the problem may originate with the Windows tendency for files copied from CDs or DVDs is to retain their read-only property. Again, here you can use the info in the Google search results to fix the permissions.
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HTH
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At best you will save a file named "Test\test.indd" on the desktop…
Instead I would recommend a slightly altered version:
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if (!myFolder.exist) myFolder.create();
app.activeDocument.save(myFolder.fsName + "/" +Date.now()+"_test.indd");
See the "/" instead of "\\".
I changed it, so every time you execute it (and if it will not throw an error!), you'll get a new file with an unique file name.
("Date.now()" should be sufficient enough to generate a new sequence of a 13 digit number every time you try).
Or maybe even better: save a copy of your file:
var myFolder = new Folder("~/Desktop/Test");
if (!myFolder.exist) myFolder.create();
app.activeDocument.saveACopy(myFolder.fsName + "/" +Date.now()+"_test.indd");
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@BienzBliemer – I think, the above script(s) will not work in your scenario, because InDesign has not finished something that goes on in the background. A hidden modal dialog that is not answered should not be the problem, because you can start up a script …
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