Unable to save Pd files on macOS 13, options exhausted.

hi, using pd for a MIDI composition course, and i'm having some serious issues. not very knowledgeable about coding in general so forgive any bad terminology. 
i downloaded Pd for macOS in fall 2025, have been using it fine(had some trouble finding where the files/app itself were stored), but today something went wrong. i opened a new patch, followed a tutorial, and tried to save so i could refer to it later, and when the save window comes up, the app completely froze. I could only force quit and try again. And again. Same problem. 
screenshot attached here. Not only could i not hit save, the i couldn't exit, cancel, change destinations, etc. 
https://drive.proton.me/urls/356YFS65NC#6TKmpWaRFZpN

so far i have tried: 
– changing the permissions for both the dmg drive, and the app itself. permissions were locked, and i can't figure out why. 
– going into the terminal and entering commands as recommended by a reddit comment from 5 years ago. this changed nothing, so i assume they are out of date or for a different version. also very possible that i screwed it up.
– moving the application to the documents folder(where i'd previously saved pd files), then ejecting the dmg. no luck. 
– finally, i deleted the app(and the duplicate i had somewhere for some reason), and redownloaded it from the website. still had the same exact issue. 

my creative solution for now is to duplicate existing files and erase the patch. please let me know if i am missing anything here. Thanks.
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