Thank you so much!
I picked the new version up (it was time to upgrade already!) at ComicCon 2011 last weekend (yeah, I know you're jealous LOL) and decided to install it this evening.
After doing all the usual "good housekeeping" stuff on my Mac Pro (repair permissions, update software, reboot, repair permissions again, reboot again) I then spent the next few hours trying to get the darn thing to authenticate. I got all sorts of interesting messages, including the rather odd, "Animation Master: No errors" (huh?!?! This one would show up without fail every fourth try.)
I thought maybe it was firewalls or antivirus problems, disabled all of those; deleted and reinstalled several times, all with the same results. I never would have thought it necessary to universally allow read/write permissions but in desperation I came to the forum (thank you Captain Obvious) and Voila! Like magic, the solution appeared before my eyes. I once more deleted and reinstalled, enabled universal read/write, and entered the activation code. The heavens opened, the angels began to sing, and I saw the lovely Animation Master splash screen on my desktop.
It seems like it would be easy enough to include that in the ReadMe instructions, doesn't it?
Thank you again. You are AWESOME!
Lois