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Feb 2, 2022 9:02 PM UTC
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P: Photoshop 23.2.2 Can't open/update vector smart object in Illustrator

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

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Known Participant
Mar 15, 2022 4:06 PM UTC

This doesn't resolve the issue.

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Participant
Mar 15, 2022 3:59 PM UTC

Sounds like my workaround might have to be work from home on my iMac still running Big Sur 😕😕

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Known Participant
Mar 15, 2022 3:58 PM UTC

@anthonyk98004095 when you say "rebuilt" did you rebuild with MacOS 12.3 or an earlier version? and did you erase your startup drive in this process?

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Participant
Mar 15, 2022 3:54 PM UTC

I ended up complete rebuilding my Mac - But that solved my problem Aiiiieeee

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Known Participant
Mar 15, 2022 3:25 PM UTC

I've contacted both Adobe Support and Apple Support about this and, in short, they both say it's the other's responsibility to fix, so yeah, I think this will likely be added to the pile of perpetually unresolved frustrations.

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Nevenko
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Mar 15, 2022 1:38 PM UTC

Macos Monterey 12.3 breaks dinamic link between Photoshop and Illustrator. I try to open a vector smart object created in Illustrator and it gives me error:

The application “Adobe Illustrator 2022” can’t be opened. -1703

This error did not show up on Monterey 12.2.

 

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Participant
Mar 15, 2022 6:23 AM UTC

i got the same mac error message !!  Adobe pls help us....

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Known Participant
Mar 15, 2022 6:05 AM UTC

I'm going to second this in hopes that it adds more attention. I'm getting this exact same error on both machines that I updated to MacOS 12.3 today. I'm up to date with the Photoshop 23.2.2 and Illustrator 26.1, but this also happened when I went back to the last available 2021 versions of Photoshop (22.5.6) and Illustrator (25.4.1).

 

I realize this was something caused by the MacOS update, but i don't know if this is Adobe's or Apple's problem to fix. It's killing my ability to complete a project and update previous projects.

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Participant
Mar 7, 2022 9:59 AM UTC

Ein im Photoshop angelegtes Smartobject mit Doppelklick erneut im Illustrator öffnen und bearbeiten, funktioniert nicht. Es erscheint immer "Das Programm „Adobe Illustrator 2022“ kann nicht geöffnet werden.-1703"

 

Kennt jemand eine Lösung dafür?

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Monika Gause
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Mar 7, 2022 10:22 AM UTC

Auf welchem System?

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Participant
Mar 7, 2022 10:47 AM UTC

MacOs Monterrey 12.3 Beta 

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Participant
Feb 27, 2022 9:12 PM UTC

Hello

I suddenly started getting this OS message last night when double-clicking Smart Objects
in my layer palette to open/edit in Illustrator (as usual!)


Any advice?
I reinstalled back to Photoshop 23.2.0

 

The application “Adobe Illustrator 2022” can’t be opened. - 1703

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chanaart
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Community Expert
Feb 27, 2022 9:26 PM UTC

Try again. Close every thing and double click on the smart object. I jsut tried it and it is working.

Chana

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