Title: New Error Message when adding image from computer
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# New Error Message when adding image from computer

 *  [dwaplady](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dwaplady/)
 * (@dwaplady)
 * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-error-message-when-adding-image-from-computer/)
 * A new error message is popping up when I try to download images from my computer.
   It is:
 * “Unable to create directory /home/.debilitate/bwdesigns/datingwithapurpose.com/
   wp-content/uploads/2010/04. Is its parent directory writable by the server?”
 * What does this mean and how do I fix it? Thx!

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 *  [ambrosite](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ambrosite/)
 * (@ambrosite)
 * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-error-message-when-adding-image-from-computer/#post-1465173)
 * It’s a permissions problem. You need to do a ‘chmod 766’ on the uploads directory.
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions](http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions)

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