Files not appearing in app file dialogs.

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Files not appearing in app file dialogs.

Lately when I save a file to a directory/folder and then try to access the same file from an in app file dialog - for example if I take a screenshot and then try to access that file from a browser to include in an email then that file does not appear unless I reboot the Mac. I know the file is there because it appears in the finder but just not in the app - for instance if I want to include a file using gmail accessed via Safari.

Anybody come across this? Seems to me that it's a bug with the Mac OS caching system.

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Pete

MacBook Pro (2017 – 2020)

Posted on Mar 12, 2023 11:35 PM

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Randall_2023

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Mar 13, 2023 5:43 AM in response to ozllanito

I'm wondering if AFTER you save a file to a folder, if you closed Safari then reopen it to your email and see then, if the file shows up. I've seen this latent behavior as well in Ventura. It seems like the secondary applications won't re-read the folder unless they are closed and reopened. I know this isn't a fix but at least it's more tolerable than rebooting the entire system.

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dialabrain

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Mar 13, 2023 2:53 PM in response to ozllanito

Can't say I've seen this behavior but I may not be doing exactly what you are. If I take a screen shot saved to the Desktop, then choose to add an attachment when composing an email with Gmail in any browser I see the screen shot in the open dialog window.

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ozllanito Author

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Mar 13, 2023 2:38 PM in response to Randall_2023

Thanks but I tried that too with different browsers and restarting the browser didn’t work either. That’s why it made think it was an os issue rather than a problem specific to an app.

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ozllanito Author

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Mar 13, 2023 8:28 PM in response to dialabrain

Yes - that is pretty much it. I guess it's something specific to my environment. Are you using Ventura 13.2.1 ??

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Files not appearing in app file dialogs.

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