Double clicking file opens app, but do not opens the file

Hello dzanella,

Thank you for posting to the Apple Support Communities. 

If you are unable to open certain files, please try opening these same files after starting your Mac in safe mode: Start up your Mac in safe mode. 

It may also help to restart your Mac and install any available software updates: 

• Shut down or restart your Mac. 
• Update macOS on Mac. 

If the issue continues, please reply back and let us know if this is happening with every file that you open with these apps. Do you notice the same thing with other file types, such as a Keynote or Numbers file? 

Have a great day! 

I noticed the same problem since I updated to Ventura. For me, however, it doesn't only occur with native apps, but with pretty much all programs.

Pdf, txt, zip, mkv, mp4 are just a few file types where opening with a double-click doesn't work, but interestingly only with some of them, with others it works fine.

These "problematic" files also do not open with a right-click and selecting the correct program from the "open with" dialog.

I can definitely rule out problems with the file permissions and the error also occurs in Safe Mode.

FWIW, there is a known issue with Ventura 13.3.1 and file names containing unusual characters. That should be addressed in Ventura 13.4 which is due to be released this week.

That sounds very promising, hopefully the problem will actually be solved.

The issue indeed seems to occur only with files that contain unusual characters. I have noticed it with filenames containing German umlauts as well as Japanese characters.

However, there is no discernible pattern, with these characters it sometimes works, but also sometimes it doesn't work.

I think so. Of course small delays are possible if there are last minute changes.