Hi; off-topic question: Apple open command and/or apps in /Applications are half-broken now
I'm asking the question here because I think that there are lots of people who might know either the answer to my question and/or can help me find the answer by describing my problem more accurately/precisely. I don't think anything MacPorts did to my Mac via a port installation caused this problem. The problem: example problem: /usr/bin/open -F -a /Applications/Reader.app/Contents/MacOS/Reader some_file.pdf The Reader app comes up to the Dock but does not display the file, and no error. example problem variant: /Applications/Reader.app/Contents/MacOS/Reader some_file.pdf Same result. This happens with other applications which I routinely use the open command (in a script) to display files. Uninstalling the app and re-installing seems to have no effect. Rebooting does not change the problem behavior. I experienced this problem just recently. The problem did not appear right after the last time that I updated the MacOS via announced patch from Apple. When I launch Reader from the LaunchPad and use the file->open dialog to open a file and it works as desired. When I launch Preview from the Dock I am able to use the file->open dialog to successfully display a file. M1, Ventura 13.3.1 So, what did I do to screw up my M1 mac-mini? How to diagnose the problem? How to more accurately/precisely describe the problem? Thankfully I have xpdf from MacPorts which I can invoke in my script(s) to display my pdf files :-) Thanks, Ken Wolcott