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Opening Animate 2023 files in Animate 2024

Forum|Forum|2 years ago
October 17, 2023
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I'm getting this error when trying to open a file created in Animate 2023

Is anybody having problems opening files in Animate 2024?

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Michael30621428f7dz

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Okay, after messing around with this with our tech guy this is what we discovered: Animate 23 files will not open in Animate 24 if you double click it in the finder window on Mac (OS Sonoma 14.2 for me). What does work is while in Animate, select File>Open, select the fla file you are trying to open, then open.

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great

Michael30621428f7dz

Inspiring

I have the same exact issue. I cannot open any files I made in Animate 23 with Animate 24, I get the same exact message.

I'm switching back to 23, I ran into a few issues right off the bat with 24.

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is this a mac/animate issue?

Michael30621428f7dz

Inspiring

must be. MacOs Sonoma

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I have had no issues opening old files.

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no problem. i just test opening an fla from 20 years ago and it opened with no problem (except, of course, as1 wasn't supported).

Legend

This is an impressive message!

esp. the Animate cannot open files in the "Adobe Animate Document" format.

On Windows I haven't noticed problems with opening FLA files in AA24 so far.

Nick - Character Designer and Animator, Flash user since 1998 | Member of the Flanimate Power Tools team - extensions for character animation

libin31454269jgq9

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yeah, this is ridiculous. i can not open fla files i bought from others (probably be sold for serveral years).

But if i close animate and double click the fla file to start animate, it will open.

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so, what's the problem.