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November 20, 2024

Re: After Effects v25.0.1.2 Freezing and crashing

  • November 20, 2024
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I am having the exact same issues. Just navigating the UI causes freezing and the beach ball. 

 

MacBook Pro, 64gb RAM, M2 Max Pro and I can't even do basic AE work that was easy and quick to do 10 years ago.  Adobe's quality control is absolutely unacceptable. 

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    pentagramwookie
    Inspiring
    September 1, 2025

    Any updates on this issue? seems pretty bad today, every time I hover over the menu everything freezes from any where lik 30 seconds to 3 minutes.

    JohnColombo17100380
    Community Manager
    Community Manager
    November 20, 2024

    Hi @InfiniteWhale,

    Thank you for reporting this issue. I've moved your message to its own thread so we can focus on what you're encountering.

     

    A log file would be the best place to start to see what is causing the hang you are seeing. Please choose Help > Enable Logging, then restart After Effects as prompted, then perform the actions that are causing the hang. Then go to /Users/<yourUserName>/Library/Preferences/Adobe/After Effects/25.0/logs and share the contents of the "After Effects Log.txt" file, either here or in a DM to me.

     

    You mentioned navigating the UI—do you have a project open when the hang occurs? Are any of the footage or assets in the project on a network drive?

     

    Thanks again for reporting this issue and for any further info you can provide,

    - John, After Effects Engineering Team