The ExManCmd tool Contents folder does not contain the file 'ExManBridgeTalkCmd' file

[maryb8148554]

I am trying to install an extension to After Effects on Mac Catalina 10.15 using the command-line. These are the instructions I am trying to follow:

https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/kb/installingextensionsandaddons.html#Install_extensions_comm...

After downloading the ExManCmd tool, you are supposed to copy the Contents folder to the Desktop. Then, in Terminal, you enter this command:

xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine Desktop/Contents/MacOS/ExManBridgeTalkCmd

The problem is, the Contents folder does not contain the file 'ExManBridgeTalkCmd'. 

I followed these same steps earlier this year and the Contents folder DID have that file in it...I think it was updated and the new source files were corrupted or something. I have tried contacting support to no avail, and I cannot see any way to open a ticket with the knowledge base team to get this fixed.  Help!

[Manan Joshi]

I have added the issue to Adobe's Github project page, lets hope someone addresses the issue soon.

https://github.com/Adobe-CEP/Getting-Started-guides/issues/29

-Manan

[Remc]

Did you try skipping that step to see if ExMan works? If you simply want to install extensions, try the aescripts zxp installer.

[maryb8148554]

I did, but unfortunately it does not work. The next step is to double click the ExManCmd executable and without the quarantine step I get a warning "ExManCmd can't be opened because the identity of the developer cannot be confirmed". I was able to get around this easily, but then when I get through to the final step the Terminal throws a few ExManCmd errors...

But, I will give the ZXP installer a try as well, thanks!

[Rick Gerard]

This might be a dumb question but did you enable Allow Scripts to Write Files and Access Network in the Scripting & Expressions section of preferences?  Alt/Option + Ctrl/Cmnd + ;