OS X 10.10 Yosemite Won't Launch AE CS6

[RSVlabs]

I believe I had the same problem with Mavericks when it was released, but it's also with OS X 10.10 now (I know it's soon but just reporting it).  Yosemite won't launch AE but all the other Adobe CS6 apps work great though.  Had to get Java for Illustrator but that's it.

Just a heads up for AE artists that are also developers. 😃

[ofek.dan]

try the public beta OS X Beta Program

[Jim Curtis]

I just launched Ae CS6 on 10.10.4, and did a couple things with it.  Seems to be working.

[Lennert Schrader]

Since AE has a problem with the new default font of Yosemite, I just changed the Default Font back to Lucida Grande.

I found this article:

osx - Can I change the font systemwide (10.8.3) - Ask Different

And just entered these commands into the Terminal:

defaults write -g NSSystemFont LucidaGrande

defaults write -g NSMessageFont LucidaGrande

defaults write -g NSLabelFont LucidaGrande

defaults write -g NSToolTipsFont LucidaGrande

defaults write -g NSTitleBarFont LucidaGrande

defaults write -g NSPaletteFont LucidaGrande

And then, without the need to restart, AE CS6 is starting and running just fine.

Also, I don't see problems like issues with text in finder etc. yet.

I don't know too much about these things... So I just hope, that by changing these things, nothing gets messed up. But so far, everything seems to work as usual.

[ofek.dan]

BETA 3 FIXED THAT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[scawelti]

Does Beta 3 Yosemite now work with After Effects CC too?

[ofek.dan]

I'm not sure, i'm on CC 2014, OS 10.10 beta 3 and it works great

[MaximillionPowerline]

So this is 100% confirmed it has been fixed?

[ofek.dan]

Yes

[nancyd43489548]

Thanks, thanks, thaanksss!!!! I have tried many things, even the Adobe costumer service that refuses to give some help for the ancient versions of the suite. I have tried to install   Developer Preview 3.1.0 f but I don't have succes in it. Finally I've decide to try your advice and it works very well on my new Yosemite machine 

[jcpatwork]

Definitely not working for me today on OS X 10.10.5 (14F1021), the latest available Yosemite version.

I'm not using a beta of Yosemite and never did. My AE CS6 fails to open, showed an error message:

You can’t use this version of the application “Adobe After Effects CS6.app” with this version of OS X.

You have “Adobe After Effects CS6.app” 11.0.

Kudos to Apple for providing dialog boxes that you can copy the text from, to paste it when you search for help!

[Szalam]

moonatwork wrote:

Definitely not working for me today on OS X 10.10.5 (14F1021), the latest available Yosemite version.

I'm not using a beta of Yosemite and never did. My AE CS6 fails to open, showed an error message:

You can’t use this version of the application “Adobe After Effects CS6.app” with this version of OS X.

You have “Adobe After Effects CS6.app” 11.0.

Kudos to Apple for providing dialog boxes that you can copy the text from, to paste it when you search for help!

You have to update your AE to version 11.0.4

[sma_film]

First there was this (I'm running OSX Yosemite 10.10.5):

Then there was this (these):

[url track as follows - After Effects CS6 (11.0.4) update: bug fixes for ray-traced 3D renderer and Spanish version on Windo... then Adobe - After Effects : For Macintosh : Adobe After Effects CS6 11.0.4 Update : Thank You ]

Then I got this when I tried to install the update:

Creative Cloud doesn't give me an option to update. It just shows an icon that says 'Open.' ::

Hence, returning me to problem number one.

Please help me solve the age-old question: What's the frequency, Kenneth?!

[Szalam]

There were a couple of different solutions to this, as I recall.

One here: Mavericks and AE 12.0/12.1/12.2

One here: https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1702779

One here: Unable to upgrade to 11.0.1 for AE CS6

[sma_film]

Short of uninstall/reinstall... Creative Suite Cleaner Tool, I've tried the following suggested fixes and they do not work for me:

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Step 1. Delete or rename the  <Startup Disk>/Library/Application Support/Adobe/AAMUpdaterInventory/1.0/AdobeUpdaterAdminPrefs.dat

Step 2. Download and install the manual update from Adobe's download page: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=5704

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launching the After Effects render engine (not the full AE)... [For whatever reason I don't have a render engine for CS6... only an old CS5.5)

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install the update in Safe Mode on my Mac (hold shift key while rebooting)... [my Mac just wouldn't boot up - turned off]

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-Mount (open) the Update DMG file.

- Right mouse click on the AdobePatchInstaller and select Show Contents

- Expand the Content folder to show MacOS folder, inside it should be the AdobePatchInstaller file

- Right click on AdobePatchInstaller and select Open With > Terminal

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I do not have my CS6 software with me... locked up in storage. Is there ANY OTHER option before I have to go dig it out??

[Szalam]

I think you can install it from Adobe's website as long as your software's serial number is registered to your Adobe account.

[jcpatwork]

The update to 11.0.4 worked for me.