aftereffects bug on mac

[nomad_girl]

i need a little more info to answer--

i work on after effects constantly on both pc & mac-- every so often ae hangs for a bit & the mouse freezes-- i just wait about 5 sec then it recovers itself-- happens on both platforms-- happens mainly on pretty heavy files-- in half & third resolutions too as well as full--- but i never have a problem that the program just hangs and i have to move the mouse to recover---doesn't sound like this is the same problem--

question-- while rendering are you hitting caps lock to stop the window from generating each frame?

question--- maybe i am not understanding you correctly--why are you linking files which are not on your local hardrive? is it a disk space problem? i have found that aftereffects sometimes does strange things when you are in this situation-- both rendering and compositing-- this is asking for trouble. if at all possible you should copy all files to your local & work from there--- if you have to do this for networking reasons--- well--- that is unfortunate.

firewires are very finicky and weird-- both my firewires worked fine until about 2 months ago-- one day i plugged in the camera & no go-- they were both shot-- no response at all--- after i reformatted a few weeks later both ports are up & running again, like nothing ever happened. i have done some research online & from what i can gather they are unpredictable. good luck!

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