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I am following step by step the online tutorial on QGIS website to learn how to build a virtual raster using the images provided with the tutorial. I am on a Mac with QGIS 3.8, yet when running the algorithm 'Build Virtual Raster' I receive the following error "The following layers were not correctly generated" (see picture) and no layer is created... Any clue?

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    – Ian Turton
    Commented Mar 16, 2020 at 15:41
  • Can you show the settings you use when creating the virtual layer?
    – Bera
    Commented Mar 16, 2020 at 16:03

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Try saving to a location where the output path does not contain a period, i.e. the directory with this name: 'QGIS-Training-Data-2.0' The period may be interpreted as the beginning of the file extension which would cause the path to point to a non existent directory. Macs are usually tolerant of unusual characters in a file path but QGIS on a Mac has proven (to me at least) not to be so lenient.

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  • If I had enough reputation points I would have commented. I can comment on this because it's a comment on my 'answer'. Also, it's interesting that the welcome message to the OP states that this is not a discussion forum but that it what all the commenting becomes.
    – Richard Rasch
    Commented Jan 25, 2021 at 23:29
  • @RichardRasch I see no problem with this being an answer (considering it is posted as a potential solution to the question). If possible, though, could you please edit your answer to include some explanation why this could work
    – Midavalo ♦
    Commented Jan 26, 2021 at 20:48

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