After upgrade to Monterey, "Save" and "Save As" don't work when Sidecar is being used

Since installing Monterey today, I am seeing some odd behavior on some of my apps.

In all apps I have tried (Apple and Adobe apps) I can't save files with either "save" or "save as."

Strangely, it only acts that way when I am using Sidecar to support an iPad as a second display.

When I disconnect Sidecar, and quit / restart the affected app, it goes back to normal.

Mac mini, macOS 12.0

Posted on Oct 25, 2021 8:57 PM

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gretsch_apple

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Posted on Dec 6, 2021 7:54 AM

Hi all.

I have the same issue. No "fix", but I have a workaround that works for me. Hopefully it helps someone here until the bug is patched.

I only get this when using a secondary display. If you get this on a single display then my fix doesn't help.
Go to Settings - Displays and set your laptop as your Main display. I usually have mine as my Secondary and my big screen as my Main.
Quit the app not working and try again.

I find the screen switching annoying. Thankfully these M1s screen switch quickly.

FWIW, the apps that don't work properly for me until I do this are:

Audacity (anything to do with file handling, so open, save as, export, import, etc.) - always
Filemaker (making pdfs) - always
Numbers (save, save as) - not always, only sometimes

BTW if I set my displays to "Mirror" then I get the weird oversized modal with swathes of grey blank in the "finder window" part of the modal that Matthew was first flagging.

Hope that helps someone! I was getting colleagues to pdf my Filemaker reports until now 😂

-Andrew

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