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Text editor (BBedit) in macOS Monterey is experiencing a curious issue in opening files.

Context: a folder with the same name/directory had existed previously, and was used for generating an application. At some point it was destroyed but may have had a terminal session running on that directory.

Subsequently, that directory was recreated and, for good measure, duplicated.

At present two directories exist directory_name and a duplicate directory_name copy.

Opening a file in the copy directory via double-click would open the file of the non-copy directory; only dragging the file from the copy directory over the application icon would open the proper file.

Additionally, the application is behaving in ways that allude to code that was probably in place from the original(deleted) directory, messing matters up royally. Even after a system re-start.

Can this be cleaned up and if so, how? Is the better course to start with new directory name and keep that directory off limits?

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  • Presumably, the terminal session has now finished? You're sure that the copy (or files inside) aren't a link or alias? How did a folder 'generate an app'? Have you run First Aid over the disk? What type of disk is it? What model of Mac? I would try a completely different name, and see if the behaviour persists.
    – benwiggy
    Commented Jan 9, 2023 at 14:17

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