Chaning screen resolutions is not necessary once I set up a workstation. You are stretching the concept of "configuring". The configuring you mentioned earlier is doing something like grekking your /unix/-r--f-s-t\\wini.ininini.config.sys files. Such is not required on a Mac. That's the actual point of a Mac. It's the same reason that I need not know how to rewire the phone closet jumpers in order to make a long-distance phone call: it's not my job. It's the job of OS and program makers to hide such behind-the-scenes fiddling.
The rest of your remarks amount to "dismantle your advanced workstation so it dumbs down enough so that AE works." Suggesting I use only one screen so AE works is absolute nonsense. I need 3 screens for my current project (cutting and pasting between 4 spreadsheet files). Further, every other non-Adobe program works with no problems on my current configuration: C4d, RealFlow, Vue xStream, Parallels, Dictate, and even MS Excel. Ergo, its AE that's the problem, not my "configuration". Nor is it Quicktime components that's the problem. Nothing esle has a problem with QT. Once upon a time AE worked flawlessly on my Mac. In recent years, it has become problematic. When Adobe added Almighty Flash capabilities to AE (and who in their right mind uses Flash as a source file format?), QT and AIFF stopped working in the timeline. Huh? AIFF which pre-dates AE? QT which works on everything else? Look, Ma, no QA or beta testing.
I am looking for rational suggestions as to why AE doesn't work on my Mac. A third-party clipboard utility, perhaps? Reasonable. Multiple screens? Not reasonable.
Can anyone esle shed light on poor Adobe programming?
PS: Mylenium, if you don't use a Mac, why do you leap to AE's defence and offer advice on how to trouble-shoot Macs?
