# Open Site Shell no longer works in Mac BigSur **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Tags:** mac-big-sur, site-shell\ **Created:** [November 18, 2020, 1:56am UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/open-site-shell-no-longer-works-in-mac-bigsur/22984 "2020-11-18T01:56:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cliff](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/cliff/32/25260_2.png) [@cliff](https://community.localwp.com/u/cliff)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 1:56am UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/open-site-shell-no-longer-works-in-mac-bigsur/22984/1 "2020-11-18T01:56:58Z")
### Issue Summary _Right-click \> Open Site Shell_ no longer works, whether I have Terminal or iTerm in my Preferences No errors or anything, just nothing happens. #### Troubleshooting Questions - Does this happen for all sites in Local, or just one in particular? **All.** - Are you able to create a new, plain WordPress site in Local and access it in a Browser? **Yes but N/A.** #### Replication Start a site, right-click, Open Site Shell – I’d expect it to launch Terminal or iTerm, based on Local’s Preferences. #### System Details - Which version of Local is being used? **Latest: 5.9.2+5056** - What Operating System (OS) and OS version is being used? **Latest: macOS Big Sur 11.0.1** - Attach the Local Log. [local-lightning.log](https://community.localwp.com/uploads/short-url/2aLM4HlUayDweoAmadSgsV7ihK5.log) (377.7 KB) ### Same Topic (but closed to new replies): - [Nothing happens when clicking "Open site ssh" - Support - Local Community](https://localwp.com/community/t/nothing-happens-when-clicking-open-site-ssh/16261) - [Open Site Shell not working macOS Big Sur - Support - Local Community](https://localwp.com/community/t/open-site-shell-not-working-macos-big-sur/22270) ### Workaround - Find site hash from `~/Library/Application Support/Local/sites.json` - Open manually, per [Open Site Shell not working macOS Big Sur - #2 by ben.turner - Support - Local Community](https://localwp.com/community/t/open-site-shell-not-working-macos-big-sur/22270/2) ---
**Author:** ![ben.turner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/ben.turner/32/5366_2.png) [@ben.turner](https://community.localwp.com/u/ben.turner)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 5:03pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/open-site-shell-no-longer-works-in-mac-bigsur/22984/2 "2020-11-23T17:03:25Z")
Thank you for all the details with this! We don’t have a fix yet, but you might take a look at this reply that has a way to more quickly get the script for a specific site: > **[Open Site Shell not working macOS Big Sur](https://community.localwp.com/t/open-site-shell-not-working-macos-big-sur/22270/12)** > > Thanks for all the feedback everyone – we have some work planned to take a closer look at these things, but I don’t have an ETA for when it will be worked on and fixed. In the meantime, I hammered out this shell mess to hopefully allow you to... ---
**Author:** ![cliff](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/cliff/32/25260_2.png) [@cliff](https://community.localwp.com/u/cliff)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 5:21pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/open-site-shell-no-longer-works-in-mac-bigsur/22984/3 "2020-11-23T17:21:21Z")
That’s a valuable thread, but it seems I’m precluded from it since “Open Site Shell” is still required and yet that’s the part not opening/working for me… I’m fine with what I have for now but am hoping for a decently-timely fix in an upcoming release. Appreciate you and the team! ---
**Author:** ![ben.turner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/ben.turner/32/5366_2.png) [@ben.turner](https://community.localwp.com/u/ben.turner)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 6:50pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/open-site-shell-no-longer-works-in-mac-bigsur/22984/4 "2020-11-23T18:50:46Z")
Yeah, it’s a little odd how this bug is, and I get how it’s annoying. You’ll still need to click “Open Site Shell” at least once for every new site that’s created. This will create the shell script even if it doesn’t open a terminal window. Once that script has been created, it will stay there, and you should be able to use it reliably, even after restarts. ---
**Author:** ![luyendao](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9d8465/32.png) [@luyendao](https://community.localwp.com/u/luyendao)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2020, 6:19am UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/open-site-shell-no-longer-works-in-mac-bigsur/22984/5 "2020-11-25T06:19:32Z")
Just bumping this thread, came across this a few days ago. Running version 5.9.3+5100. ---
**Author:** ![dishitpala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@dishitpala](https://community.localwp.com/u/dishitpala)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 4:04pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/open-site-shell-no-longer-works-in-mac-bigsur/22984/6 "2020-12-14T16:04:31Z")
Check this out [https://github.com/dishitpala/localwp-cli](https://github.com/dishitpala/localwp-cli) ---
**Author:** ![afragen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/afragen/32/31_2.png) [@afragen](https://community.localwp.com/u/afragen)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 9:45pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/open-site-shell-no-longer-works-in-mac-bigsur/22984/7 "2020-12-14T21:45:43Z")
A couple of minor modifications to use Local Beta, but this is fantastic. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![cliff](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/cliff/32/25260_2.png) [@cliff](https://community.localwp.com/u/cliff)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2020, 10:07pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/open-site-shell-no-longer-works-in-mac-bigsur/22984/8 "2020-12-20T22:07:50Z")
@ben.turner I can confirm that [v5.9.6](https://localwp.com/releases/) fixes the “Open Site Shell” issue on macOS BigSur, but now “Reveal in Finder” does not work. Can you please confirm? ---
**Author:** ![ben.turner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/ben.turner/32/5366_2.png) [@ben.turner](https://community.localwp.com/u/ben.turner)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 5:30pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/open-site-shell-no-longer-works-in-mac-bigsur/22984/9 "2020-12-21T17:30:25Z")
I’m glad the “Open Site Shell” is working for you! The Reveal in Finder bug is a newer one we found and were able to work on a fix. That code didn’t make it into the 5.9.6 release, but it should be released soon! ---
**Author:** ![afragen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/afragen/32/31_2.png) [@afragen](https://community.localwp.com/u/afragen)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 6:47pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/open-site-shell-no-longer-works-in-mac-bigsur/22984/10 "2020-12-21T18:47:58Z")
Clicking on the `>` in the path does work ---
**Author:** ![ben.turner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/ben.turner/32/5366_2.png) [@ben.turner](https://community.localwp.com/u/ben.turner)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 7:01pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/open-site-shell-no-longer-works-in-mac-bigsur/22984/11 "2020-12-21T19:01:54Z")
That’s a great thing to point out! To help others visualize: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/lwpforums/original/2X/9/9f2f593599af884c67adb7f40481637b01c1469f.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![ben.turner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/ben.turner/32/5366_2.png) [@ben.turner](https://community.localwp.com/u/ben.turner)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 5:54pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/open-site-shell-no-longer-works-in-mac-bigsur/22984/12 "2021-03-08T17:54:19Z")
Split this topic on March 8, 2021, 5:54pm UTC A post was split to a new topic: [Open Site Shell not working in Lubuntu 20.04](https://community.localwp.com/community/t/open-site-shell-not-working-in-lubuntu-20-04/24739) ---
**Author:** ![ben.turner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/ben.turner/32/5366_2.png) [@ben.turner](https://community.localwp.com/u/ben.turner)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 5:53pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/open-site-shell-no-longer-works-in-mac-bigsur/22984/13 "2021-03-08T17:53:42Z")
I thought I’d follow up with this thread that the latest version of Local should have the “Open Site Shell” working in BigSur. The specific version that fixed this was `5.9.6` - [Releases - Local](https://localwp.com/releases/5.9.6) > - Fixed bug for macOS BigSur users that prevented ‘open site shell’ from working as expected. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/system/32/1_2.png) [@system](https://community.localwp.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2021, 5:53am UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/open-site-shell-no-longer-works-in-mac-bigsur/22984/14 "2021-03-10T05:53:46Z")
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