File - Script menu is missing in my AE CS6

Hi, after reinstalling my OSX ML from a time machine I had some several crashing problems in Adobe suite, so I reinstalled them all,
My problem is that my Script menu is gone in After Effects...

Some security stuff at the operating system level is probably blocking/ hiding the respective folder from AE...
Mylenium

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on open some_items
and the dragged items are passed in as some_items
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