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After effects warning: Unknown Exception MacBook Pro 15" 2019

Community Beginner ,
Oct 25, 2019 Oct 25, 2019

Hi there,

I have new macbook pro 15" 2019 with Mojave 10.14.6

while i'm trying to open my after effects there is warning:

Screen Shot 2019-10-25 at 21.53.25.png

when i'm clicking ok:
Screen Shot 2019-10-25 at 21.54.11.png

i tried to uninstall and install again all of adobe files,

i tried to use the cleaner, i cleaned the preferences and chache files and tried to change the permission for almost all Adobe folders to read and write.

 

i'm stuck and it's super frustraiting. please help!

 

 

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Community Beginner , Dec 07, 2019 Dec 07, 2019

Ok,

So i wanna end the discussion, I found a solution! (Finally!)

 

I had some corrupted fonts that prevent after effects from working over my mac.

 

when i cleaned it into system fonts - its worked like magic.

 

writing it to let everyone know

 

thnaks,

 

tomer

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New Here , Apr 25, 2023 Apr 25, 2023

It turned out to be a corrupt downloaded font for me, too. To get rid of it: Open up Font Book, got to All Fonts, do a select-all to garb all fonts, then go up to File > Validate Selection. Let that run, and then look for any fonts with red alert issues and delete those fonts.

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Community Expert ,
Oct 26, 2019 Oct 26, 2019

try to installed in new user and see if this can help

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Community Expert ,
Oct 26, 2019 Oct 26, 2019

Try to delete the preferences file before opening AE. As soon as you launch AE hold Command+Alt+Shift so you will be prompted to delete your preferences file. Click OK and continue. Also, if you are using third party effects be sure you are using the correct version for your AE version

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Community Beginner ,
Oct 26, 2019 Oct 26, 2019

I don't have any third party effects.

 

Still not working 😞 sorry

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Community Expert ,
Oct 26, 2019 Oct 26, 2019

Then try to use the Adobe CC Cleaner Tool. Follow this link instructions to remove completely Adobe CC and reinstall again.

 

https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/kb/cc-cleaner-tool-installation-problems.html

 

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Community Beginner ,
Nov 03, 2019 Nov 03, 2019

hi sorry, already tried it.. not working yet..

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Adobe Employee ,
Nov 25, 2019 Nov 25, 2019

Hi tomermialma,

 

You can try the following steps:

  • Press & hold the Option key. From the Finder menu bar, choose Go > Library > Preferences > Adobe > After Effects  and rename your After Effects version folder as your After Effects version.old (e.g. if you are using After Effects 2019, your After Effects version is 16.x.x).
  • Go to Documents > Adobe and rename your After Effects version folder as your After Effects version.old.

Here is how to know your After Effects version: https://community.adobe.com/t5/after-effects/faq-how-to-find-the-exact-version-of-after-effects-you-...

Let us know if it helps.

 

Thanks,

NKush

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Community Beginner ,
Nov 30, 2019 Nov 30, 2019

im desprate... anything?

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Community Beginner ,
Nov 30, 2019 Nov 30, 2019

please watch my new questions, maybe you can help!

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Explorer ,
Mar 02, 2023 Mar 02, 2023

I deleted the After Effects folder in Documents and relaunched After Effects. It rebuilt the folder andthe error was gone. Thanks for the solution!

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New Here ,
Mar 31, 2023 Mar 31, 2023

Sorry, a little confused. You deleted the AE app or the actual folder for the AE project? What do you mean by it rebuilt the folder? You just opened AE and it created the deleted folder?

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Community Beginner ,
Nov 30, 2019 Nov 30, 2019

so i posted a post about it:

[Link removed by moderator and threads were merged.  Please do not post duplicate threads.]

 

and i have news.. i need help

 

I tried to open a new user over my mac - and the after effects worked!

 

the installation is good i guess, but i dont wanna move to new user- all of my stuff are orginized well.

 

how can i use the aftereffects over my own mac user, i guess i need to change permissions or something..

 

I don't know

 

please help!

 

thanks

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Community Expert ,
Dec 03, 2019 Dec 03, 2019

So my first suggestion work 🙂 - really maybe yes it's a permission issue, try to check the AE permission folder from application check this link for more help https://support.apple.com/en-lb/guide/mac-help/mchlp1203/mac

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Community Beginner ,
Dec 03, 2019 Dec 03, 2019

yap, but its not permission stuff

 

already tried it 😞

 

any more ideas before i start bulding new user over my mac? 😞

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Community Beginner ,
Dec 06, 2019 Dec 06, 2019

Hi,

opened a new user. worked onced, and than came back to same problem!

 

please help,

 

It's Driving me nuts.

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Community Beginner ,
Dec 07, 2019 Dec 07, 2019

Ok,

So i wanna end the discussion, I found a solution! (Finally!)

 

I had some corrupted fonts that prevent after effects from working over my mac.

 

when i cleaned it into system fonts - its worked like magic.

 

writing it to let everyone know

 

thnaks,

 

tomer

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New Here ,
May 21, 2020 May 21, 2020

I got the exact same warning messages and had a similar solution

apparently Ae has different initialization process when compared to, for instance, Ps, Ai and Id

My MacBook just got back from a thorough maintenance due to SSD malfunction
OS udpated, formated HD and all

I manually reinstalled FontExplorer and for some reason it now uses back backup Fonts folder on my external HD instead of my local one
all I had to do was plug in my HD so all the font files were found when – I assume – requested on initialization



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Community Beginner ,
Nov 26, 2020 Nov 26, 2020

"cleaned it into system fonts" ?

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New Here ,
Oct 29, 2021 Oct 29, 2021

thnaks

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New Here ,
Mar 12, 2022 Mar 12, 2022

I appreciate all the replies on this thread! Very helpful at decoding the issue. For me, I found a single duplicate font in my fonts folder and deleted it. Problem fixed. 

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New Here ,
Jun 23, 2020 Jun 23, 2020

I did following to solve the problem: 

Open Terminal and type:

sudo atsutil databases -remove
(Enter System Password)
atsutil server -shutdown
atsutil server -ping

 

IMPORTANT: After that: Reboot the complete System!!!!

Thanks to this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQSvMiBknLs

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Explorer ,
Jun 09, 2022 Jun 09, 2022

I dont know what I just done but this definitely helped! Thank you

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New Here ,
Oct 28, 2022 Oct 28, 2022

It worked. Thanks bro!

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Community Beginner ,
Feb 10, 2021 Feb 10, 2021

This has been a problem for me in Premiere Pro for MONTHS! My motion graphics templates said they needed AE to run, but then AE wouldn't launch. Even Adobe tech support couldn't figure out why my motion graphics templates suddenly stopped working and why AE wouldn't launch properly. They even remotely took over my computer to troubleshoot and couldn't figure it out. I finally gave up, until this solution worked for me today. I had a bad font installed on my computer. In Photoshop, I kept getting an error message when I hovered over this font, so I deleted it from my Macbook. Problem solved! Big thanks to whoever figured this one out. Note: You may need to close and relaunch Premiere Pro if you've had the same issue.

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New Here ,
Mar 05, 2021 Mar 05, 2021

how to find which font is the problem? I deleted all that I had in "user" folder, but it still doesn't work. I can't even quit after effects or restart my mac. Please help.

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