Paint Bucket Dump Won't Anti-Alias

I made a selection with the magic wand (with the anti-alias box checked), made a new layer, and dumped a color in with the paint bucket (anti-alias box is checked). But, the edges are not anti-aliased. I am running Photoshop CC on Mac OS 10.6.8, and this problem occurred in a .tiff file and a .psd file. I can't imagine what I am missing here. Help!

Probably because of the selection. The fill can not blend beyond the selection and therefore gives you a hard edge.
What you can do is feather the selection which can be done in the refine edge dialog box or From the menu Select>Modify> Feather or Select>Modify>Expand.
Using expand will push out the selection so your anti-aliasing can work better.

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