The template file "Default.def" cannot be found in your Templates folder (Mac)

If you have received the following error message:

 ...here are some solutions and a several possible causes.

SOLUTIONS

Solution #1

A solution is to open a Screenplay document that has the format the way you like it, and select the menu command FORMAT > Make Default for All New Documents.  You'll get an alert that looks like this:

After you press "OK", try quitting out of the Screenwriter program and starting up again -- you should NOT get the original warning anymore.

Solution #2

Open a document in Screenwriter that has the default settings you like and do the following:

• Use the Format>Element Styles menu command
• Click on the "Save as Default for all new documents"
• Press OK to apply the change

POSSIBLE CAUSES

There are a few possibilities:

1) The folder, ~/Documents/Movie Magic Screenwriter/Templates was never installed.  (~/Documents means the Documents folder in YOUR HOME FOLDER).  This can be due to permissions issue (similar to #3, below).

2) You are using the macOS iCloud Drive feature, which has MOVED the location of the (~/Documents/Movie Magic Screenwriter folder).  Screenwriter has created a "new" folder, however it doesn't have any of its Templates.  The solution is that you can use the Finder to COPY the entire Templates folder from /Applications/Screenwriter 6.5 into your ~/Documents/Movie Magic Screenwriter folder.

3) If you are NOT using iCloud Drive, then the most likely problem is that the Documents/Movie Magic Screenwriter/Templates folder does not have read/write permissions.  To correct this:

• Close Screenwriter if it is open
• Right-click on the Documents/Movie Magic Screenwriter folder and select Get Info
  
• In the bottom left corner of the window, click on the lock to allow unlock your permissions. 

• A window will pop up and ask you for your computer's password to allow you to unlock.
• In the Sharing & Permissions section toward the bottom of the Get Info window, set the user for the 'owner' (Me) folder to Read & Write.  (It is okay for you to set the others to Read & Write if you're the only one on the computer, e.g. it is your laptop.)

• Select the owner (Me) user
• Click on the settings icon on the bottom left of the window to reveal the dropdown list and select "Apply to enclosed items…"

• Click on the lock to relock your permissions.
• Close the Get Info window and you should be set to go.