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February 2, 2022

P: Photoshop 23.2.2 Can't open/update vector smart object in Illustrator

  • February 2, 2022
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Just today, I updated to macOS Monterey and now I am having problems opening vector smart objects in Photoshop files. If Illustrator is closed, when I double click the smart object (or choose edit contents) Illustrator will launch but the file will not open. 

If Illustrator is open and I try to open the smart object, I get a Mac error window that says "The application "Adobe Illustrator 2022" can't be opened" with a -1703 error code. 

I'm using Photoshop 23.2.1 and Illustrator 26.0.3, which I went back to after seeing the problem first occur in 26.1. 

The computer is iMac Retina 5K, 27-inch 2019  |  3.6 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i9  |  macOS Monterey 12.3

Thanks in advance

191 replies

Participant
March 16, 2022

Are there updates to this fix?

Participant
March 16, 2022

I'm also experiencing the same problem, please have this fixed! I am also on Monterey

Participant
March 16, 2022

This is dumb and not a great solve but if you right click on the layer in Photoshop you can Export the Contents to your desktop and then open that in Illustrator. Servicable workaround, but this needs fixed ASAP

Nevenko
Known Participant
March 16, 2022

I have also tryed to do this in previous versions of photoshop and illustrator (version 2021 and 2020) and the same error ocured. So it is not presented only in new versions of photoshop and illustrator.

Participant
March 16, 2022

Photoshop won't open smart object anymore this happened after the last Monterey update.

Here the error message I get : The application “Adobe Illustrator 2022.app” can’t be opened. -1703.

Tried reinstalling illustrator and laptop but nothing work. Did a brand new ai files to do the work I got and still got the same problem when trying to open it from photoshop.

 

Thanks

Participant
March 16, 2022
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Just today, I updated to macOS Monterey and now I am having problems opening vector smart objects in Photoshop files. If Illustrator is closed, when I double click the smart object (or choose edit contents) Illustrator will launch but the file will not open. 

If Illustrator is open and I try to open the smart object, I get a Mac error window that says "The application "Adobe Illustrator 2022" can't be opened" with a -1703 error code. 

I'm using Photoshop 23.2.1 and Illustrator 26.0.3, which I went back to after seeing the problem first occur in 26.1. 

The computer is iMac Retina 5K, 27-inch 2019  |  3.6 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i9  |  macOS Monterey 12.3

Thanks in advance


By @jeremyc10817366

This Works - as a workaround

Participant
March 16, 2022

This works as a temporary solution.

Participant
March 16, 2022

Same problem just now. Updated macOS 12.3 2 hours ago.

elieassouline
Participating Frequently
March 16, 2022

Hey folks,

I am in contact with Adobe in a PM on Twitter, they have just replied to me after discussing the symptoms of the problem yesterday.

I'll keep you updated 🙂

Inspiring
March 16, 2022

I found an workaround, kind of, right click on the layer and "export content", it will automatically export a pdf file. Just drag-n-drop that pdf to illustrator, then, of course, copy-paste that b*** back.

Yeah Adobe, we're all badass :))