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redtechtigerr77610447
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March 4, 2019
Question

AE not responding and the video isn't saved

  • March 4, 2019
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Hi!

I've worked for hours and hours making a cool video in After Effects, but suddenly it stopped responding and I haven't saved since I started the project! I really wanna know if there is any way I could restore that composition. No, I don't have autosave on. I haven't closed After Effects because I'm too scared it will delete the video...

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denis-ish
denis-ish
Participant
February 5, 2024

hey, You can a trick from this video → link

works for me (on mac)
essentialy all you have to do is open terminal and close AE typing % kill -SEGV *NUM*

*NUM* is the process number (PID) of AE in activity monitor 

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    rashan29610806
    Participant
    May 27, 2025

    this was really helpful! thanks so much

    dj.summitt
    dj.summitt
    Inspiring
    March 4, 2019

    Nope, you could try to see if it will un-freeze but if you did not save, there is no way to recover. It's a good habit to start a project & the first thing you do is save the file - before you do anything else. Then at the very least let AutoSave take over.

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      redtechtigerr77610447Author
      Participant
      March 4, 2019

      I saved it a couple of times when I started the project... but that can't recover my progress now right?

      Dave_LaRonde
      Dave_LaRonde
      Inspiring
      March 5, 2019

      redtechtigerr77610447  wrote

      ...that can't recover my progress now right?

      I'm sorry, that's right.  Everyone gets burned at least once on getting so involved in AE to save.  But you'll soon save like the joke says people vote in Chicago -- early and often.

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