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beautiful_passion0D4C
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November 28, 2020
Question

File icons don't appear as they should!

  • November 28, 2020
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Hi guys,

The preview of files with After Effect files (.aep) does not look like it should be. It has been like this for a long time. I deleted Creative Cloud and installed it again, but there was no change.

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Warren Heaton
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Warren HeatonCommunity Expert
Community Expert
November 29, 2020

I'm guessing that you're running After Effects under Big Sur on an Apple Silicon M1 Mac?  The icons should get restored when there's a Universal version of AE (that is to say when you're no longer running the Intel version).  As far as I am aware, we have no official date on that yet.

 

Next time you add an image to a forum post, use "Insert Image" rather than "Insert/edit link" so that your image shows in the message thread without needing to be downloaded.

Warren Heaton
Community Expert
Warren HeatonCommunity Expert
Community Expert
November 29, 2020

I just had a chance to get back on my M1 Mac mini.  

The icon should look correct, even with AE running under Rosetta 2.

 

Get Info on the .aep and check what the "Open with" pop-up menu is set to.  If that doesn't resolve it, reinstall After Effects.

 

    Mylenium
    Mylenium
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    November 29, 2020

    Nothing to do with AE. You might want to read up on how to change file associations and icons on whatever is your operating system.

     

    Mylenium

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