File "Can't be Found" prompts after Ventura 13.1

13.4 did fix this bug for me !!!! YEAHH! :-)

yes, but i did a clean install of monterey (boot from a usb drive, need to set recovery security to allow external drives) and had to reinstall all software. My Data was on a external backup. So make sure you don't lose anything. No Problems so far on my Mac Pro. But it was just so annoying that I decided to go this way. Now I look first that I get my work done before I update anything again.

Have been using Ventura 13.2 for three days, and tried to replicate the error, but no problem at all. All working fine. 👍

FYI, this is on a MacBook Pro 2018 with Intel i5. I was only getting the error message on Dropbox folders fully synced locally (i.e. available offline on Finder), when trying to open files that had been moved/changed/renamed. Opening the same file a second time didn't give the error message.

Before the upgrade to Ventura 13.2 I also reindexed the entire SSD on Spotlight (I was also having problems searching within a folder in Finder). That and a restart might help. And maybe a pass with Onyx to check for disk/indexation errors wouldn't hurt.

My two cents.

opt+cmd+esc to bring up 'Force Quit Applications', select 'Finder' and click on 'Relaunch'. So that's three keystrokes compared with typing 'kill Finder' and the Return key, which is 11. Alternatively, wait until Apple fix the bug. 😏

For what it's worth... simply duplicating the file and opening the duplicate solves the problem for me. PITA mind you, but i dupicate the file, delete the original, remove "copy" from the duped file and away I go.

I also got my feedback from Apple support a week ago about the Problem and the problem probably didn't have enough people for it to be high priority and the support ticket was just closed without solution/resolution.

So, take your time and make an Apple support request, there please show that moving folders or renaming them often creates this error and file won't open at the first try. Also a screen video as proof, so that the Apple people see it every time. Maybe then enough support requests come together, so that they fix it. In 13.3 they did not fixed it.

super annoying error and mega embarrassing that the bug is also not taken seriously and that of Apple itself probably no one perceives. Pretty frustrating this iPhone company that leaves mac users in the rain.

i have made some short videos of them and share them here if not blocked (apple also has this stuff):

https://youtu.be/G6FDluPzHts

https://youtu.be/Scg9UvwgAzM

https://youtu.be/OdTw66aNA1o

https://youtu.be/64LUBUuSEjY

https://youtu.be/tOAowsLw1bI

I have Dropbox as well and wondered if it was the issue. However, the issue occurs inside of Dropbox nested folders, and on my desktop. The wrench here is that dropbox is backing up my Desktop. Perhaps I need to turn that off to try to isolate the problem further.

Hi

Seems that unmounting SMB, and disabling (re-enabling) file sharing fixes the trouble

Easier than that. Option-right click on Finder and select Relaunch.

It's clearly in the Finder, since restarting the Finder fixes it (for me and many other people here).

I can report back that on updating to 13.3 this problem MIGHT have gone away.

I tried opening a number of files that would normally give me that error and I had no problem.

Maybe it's fixed?

Hey guys,

I haven't noticed this issue again in the last 1 or 2 months. Very glad it's fixed.

I'm on Ventura 13.4.1.

Is it gone for everyone?

Same here. Hasn’t happened since updating to 13.4.1.

Thanks for your post, troyjack. The exact same thing is going on here, Mac Studio, Ventura 13.1.

It is becoming increasingly annoying. One thing I also noticed was that right-clicking and selecting "Open" consistently worked on the first try (I tested this with numerous files, but maybe not enough?). Nevertheless, this is something I wish Apple would address sooner than later. It is unfortunate that double-clicking is not a reliable way to open files; quite annoying. I much prefer to double-click instead of the right-click method. I think most, if not all, Ventura users would agree. Anyway, has anybody heard anything from Apple about this issue?

Thanks.

I have the problem, too. If I rename the file, I can open it. Clearly some sort of caching issue in macOS.

I saw the problem first in Monterey, but there was no error message from Finder. There, it would just silently ignore the file. The renaming trick worked fine there, too.

Btw, I'm on 13.2.