Can't edit example sketch in Arduino IDE

Question

I am new to arduino. I choose the example Blink and tried to change the times in the loop. The file is readonly. Following the tutorials I try to save it in my sketchbook folder.

File> Save as

is grayed out. I copy the example folder from its location in Arduino/content/examples to my sketch book. Same result. No editing possible. Whati s gooing wrong? Arduino nano Every Arduino 18.10 MacOS 10.14

Answer 1

If you select Use External Editor, it will gray out the screen and prevent any typing.

File | Preferences | Use External Editor

So just deselect this.

Have a look here