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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

Known Participant
March 15, 2022

This doesn't resolve the issue.

Participant
March 15, 2022

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

Known Participant
March 15, 2022

@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?

Participant
March 15, 2022

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

Known Participant
March 15, 2022

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.

Nevenko
Known Participant
March 15, 2022

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.

 

Participant
March 15, 2022

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

Known Participant
March 15, 2022

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.

Participant
March 7, 2022

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?

Monika Gause
Community Expert
Community Expert
March 7, 2022

Auf welchem System?

Participant
March 7, 2022

MacOs Monterrey 12.3 Beta 

Participant
February 27, 2022

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

chanaart
Community Expert
Community Expert
February 27, 2022

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

Chana