# Unable to create a new project, option is greyed out **URL:** \ **Category:** Scrivener for macOS\ **Tags:** support\ **Created:** [October 25, 2026, 1:31pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/unable-to-create-a-new-project-option-is-greyed-out/154946 "2026-10-25T13:31:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JoeGibbs](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@JoeGibbs](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/JoeGibbs)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2026, 1:31pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/unable-to-create-a-new-project-option-is-greyed-out/154946/1 "2026-10-25T13:31:09Z")
Good morning, I was responding to a facebook post abut scrivener issues on a MacOS earlier and decided to test it for myself. I tested this on my M1 Macbook pro and the new Mac Mini with the same results. OS is 27.2. Scrivener version is 3.5.2 and screen snapshots are included below. I performed the procedure to recreate the preferences file, and that didnt help. I did find out that if I went to the project templates screen. selected a template and that it would create a new project. Once the new project was open then the ‘New Project’ option was enabled. Once I closed the open project it went back to being greyed out, and not usable. How do we fix the issue of not being able to create a new project from the files menu when there isn’t any open projects? Thanks in Advance Joe Gibbs ![image](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/uploads/default/original/3X/6/6/6645ff7433e0147a9808bf4919f56e21ed348369.jpeg) ![image](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/uploads/default/optimized/3X/9/d/9d9e0a4582215f9aa8fb98850cdf8569ad332de0_2_690x59.jpeg) ![image](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/uploads/default/original/3X/a/e/aec67b124e741fbf17e2752acd787b69023c2e1c.jpeg) ![image](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/uploads/default/original/3X/4/5/457d04af9edc1486f9815774909b4427dda430d3.jpeg) ![image](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/uploads/default/original/3X/e/0/e0fc9d856ee6aa46b7c1fbf7b2450647b71dd2f5.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![rms](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/f6c823/32.png) [@rms](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/rms)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2026, 1:39pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/unable-to-create-a-new-project-option-is-greyed-out/154946/2 "2026-10-25T13:39:56Z")
macOS 27.2 is still “beta” isn’t yet? ---
**Author:** ![JoeGibbs](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@JoeGibbs](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/JoeGibbs)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2026, 1:42pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/unable-to-create-a-new-project-option-is-greyed-out/154946/3 "2026-10-25T13:42:25Z")
Public beta. And i am not the only one with this issue. On the facebook Scrivener Mac Heads forum/group someone first posting this issue. ---
**Author:** ![JoeGibbs](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@JoeGibbs](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/JoeGibbs)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2026, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/unable-to-create-a-new-project-option-is-greyed-out/154946/4 "2026-10-25T13:50:54Z")
An update from additional testing. If you go to the project template screen, select a template and click on the “create” button on the bottom it will create one for you. At that point the file → create new project option works. But it stops working when you close the new project. An odd behavior. A bit of additional testing showed that if I selected a default template then the New Project option started working. Is this the expected behavior? ---
**Author:** ![kewms](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/kewms/32/15720_2.png) [@kewms](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/kewms)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2026, 4:46pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/unable-to-create-a-new-project-option-is-greyed-out/154946/5 "2026-10-25T16:46:46Z")
If the project template screen is open, the File → New Project command will be grayed out. That’s expected: the New Project command launches the template screen, you can’t have two of them open at once. Is that the behavior you’re seeing, or something else? ---
**Author:** ![JoeGibbs](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@JoeGibbs](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/JoeGibbs)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2026, 5:40pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/unable-to-create-a-new-project-option-is-greyed-out/154946/6 "2026-10-25T17:40:31Z")
Hmm. When I open scrivener it opens to the Project templates screen. When I cancel that screen, the file → New Project is enabled. Sounds like that is the expected behavior, I will pass it on to the person on the facebook that is having similar issues. Thanks for the excellent reply. Joe