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I cannot open files(especially PDF files) after update ventura 13.2.1 to 13.3

I updated Ventura OS to newest ver. in yesterday.

After updating, I cannot open files by double-click.


Quicklook by click spacebar works normally, but when I try to open file by click, I can see executing of Apps(e.g. Powerpoint, Preview, Excel...).


For solve this problem I open files after change their name as a walk-around solution.

This symptom getting worse and worse.


How can I fix this?


Posted on Mar 29, 2023 4:19 AM

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Posted on Mar 31, 2023 2:06 AM

Select the file in Finder that you cannot open, press Enter to enter edit mode, and then immediately press Enter again to exit edit mode. Will this open the file? In some cases, you may need to do the same with the full path of the file.

The purpose of this sequence of operations is to convert NFC characters to NFD (editing a file name in Finder converts it to NFD). Apparently, Ventura 13.3 does not equate the filename passed as NFC with the NFD and loses sight of it when the application is launched with the open command or a double-click from Finder.

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I cannot open files(especially PDF files) after update ventura 13.2.1 to 13.3

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