Just to link this all back to the original subject, this is genuinely the only way to get your new Mac Pro to work. For whatever reason, and there are many. After Effects does not take advantage of the power on newer Apple machines. Through extensive testing for 3 months in Fusion we have found massive advantages in compositing and applying effects especially. There is a learning curve if you have not used node based compositing before, but stick with it if you want any kind of return on the investment I'm sure you all made in your new macs. There will be people that stick with AE regardless of evidence, and probably down to the nature of their work and old habits also. All we can do is give clear evidence of issues we had and what we have done to improve our workflow, and get more from our macs. I think it is largely futile to keep second guessing Adobe, or hoping for a timely fix to this long running saga. I believe if you look at the timings of when this thread was first started, Blackmagic bought Fusion and got a ported Mac beta to market. Have Adobe managed to substantially improve AE on a Mac in that time? You just have to go with your own gut instincts and what works best for you. Hopefully a few people at least will see this as a help to answer 'why is AE so slow on my new Mac Pro' question, and see it doesn't have to be that way.
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