Adobe After Effects users facing performance & crashing issues on M1 Mac devices (workaround inside)

‘After Effects’ is one of the many editing tools available in the extensive Adobe catalog.

Adobe After Effects focuses on VFX effects and motion graphics. It is a widely used tool among animators and special effects producers (both professionals and amateurs).

That said, currently, Adobe After Effects users on M1 Mac devices are facing serious performance and crashing issues.

According to multiple reports, Adobe After Effects is crashing for many users on M1 Mac devices. Crashing can occur at any time, whether accessing the software, selecting a tool, or loading a saved project.

AE crash dialogs on exit if the particle playground effect is used

AE 22.4 and 22.5 are popping up memory leaks dialogs when exiting the application if a project using the effect particle playground is used and the project is not closed before the application is exited.
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After Effect Crashing when opened (HELP)

Roto Brush crashes immediately on AE 22.5, works fine on previous versions

Since upgrading to AE 22.5, I can no longer use Roto Brush. As soon as I try to propagate the first frame, I get a message about loading Adobe Sensei and then nothing: the program eventually freezes and I have to force quit. This is on Windows 11.
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Many Adobe After Effects users on M1 Mac devices are also facing noticeable slow performance issues. The software will lag, perform extremely slow or get stuck during projects.

After Effects 22.5 won’t preview more than 5 frames

My AE for some reason after the latest 22.5 update has become extremely slow, and now won’t buffer more than 5 frames? The auto cache also doesn’t seem to work, unless I press the spacebar it won’t start caching frames

Until yesterday everything was working completely fine, I’ve been cracking my head for a solution but cant find anything online.
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After effects get stuck after a while

Hi Adobe,

I’m using After effects version 22.5 on my mac and I noticed that it keeps getting stuck.
I don’t get the chance to save my project and have to force quit the program. what results in keep make changes to my work over and over again. It’s very annoying and frustrating.
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There is still no official acknowledgment of the issues from the Adobe team yet. However, many reports agree that the Adobe After Effects v22.5 update brought the crashing and performance issues.

So, as a workaround, it is recommended to use an earlier version of Adobe After Effects tool (like v18) where everything works fine.

We will update this story once new events emerge on the matter.

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