Sometimes I feel so clueless and totally out of touch with technology. While others are out there creating programs, I can’t even open files on my Mac. If something breaks, I’m helpless, like I’ve lost my hands or something. All I can do is restart the laptop, and this time, even that didn’t help. Seems like it’s time to call a tech specialist.

So your files just stopped opening on your Mac? That’s weird. I had something similar happen once—it showed an error like "Permission Denied" or something, though I don’t remember exactly. I couldn’t go to a service center at the time, so I had to search for a solution online. I can’t find that specific link now, but here’s an article https://setapp.com/how-to/zsh-permissions-denied-error I found that might help you. It has a few simple, step-by-step solutions, so try one of them.