The location of the document ... cannot be determined -  file save fails.

I'm a bit stuck here.
I just got a new mac pro, installed Logic 9 on it.
When I try to save my progress in the proj I keep getting the message:
The location of the document ** cannot be determined.
You can specify where to save it.
Needless to say this is quite tedious and can't really fly.
When I opened Logic 8 that was installed on another drive (previous system)
I got the same message.
HOWEVER, when I login as 'root' user (super admin)
I'm able to save my work just fine, both on Logic 8 and 9.
Surely I'm missing on some unix / system / permissions thing here.
Is there anything that can be changed ?
cheers
Billet

I'm curious if you have changed your username recently? Perhaps Logic was installed by a different user? I've had a similar issue with pages and keynote which I had installed with a user in the admin group and login with a user in the staff group, which is the default user on Snow Leopard.
I have solved this by changing the permissions of the folder into which I wish to save my docs. Go to the folder above the folder you are saving to. For example, if you are saving to the /Users/you/Music/Logic folder then go to the Music folder.
From Utilities > Terminal:
sudo chmod -Rf 755 YOURFOLDERNAME
enter your admin password when prompted
For example I want to save to the desktop. I open the finder and go to my home directory then
sudo chmod -Rf 755 Desktop
That's it!
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