Saving the file trough File > Save (or Cmd+S) (the project file is NOT being updated).

When I check the folder where I saved the file to, no new project files appeared. Then when I click save, the 'save progress' dialog box opens and quickly disapears (I can see it not reaching 100% but staying at. When I try to save my project file trough Save As, the save dialog box opens, and I can choose a path to save my file. I'm running After Effects 22.4.0 on my 13' MacBook Pro (2020) running MacOS Monterey 12.1.

I can 'fix' it again by deleting my preferences again but this is obviously not a sustainable solution as it just repeats every time you close/reopen AE. But as I quickly discovered if you close After Effects the fix is gone the next time you open it.

Enabled Read & Write Privileges for ALL USERS in /Library/Preferences/Adobe/After Effects/22.4 and applied changes to all contained subfolders/files (this is not necessarily recommended but I thought if there was a permissions hang up anywhere then this would open it up)ĭeleting AE Preferences game me SOME new information.Īfter deleting the preferences and creating a new project everything SEEMED to be working properly again. Uninstalled/Re-Installed Creative Cloud Granted After Effects Full Disk Access in 'Security & Privacy' System Preferences But selecting yes/save just closes the save window and project without actually saving the changes made to the existing project file or creating a new one. When attempting to close an unsaved project AE does the normal 'would you like to save?' prompt. Autosave is enabled but it doesn't do anything. When I select/click them they become highlighted and respond as normal as if the AE recognizes the input but there is no resulting action. The options are not greyed out in the menu. Keyboard shortcuts for any of the above Problem: None of the AE 'Save' functions work including:

After effects project files