Save dialog opens folder

Hi,
Has anyone else seen this behavior? I just switched to Snow Leopard and when I click the save button in a save dialog, it opens a folder. I'm sure this is different from Leopard. If I recall correctly, when the save field was the focus it would save. When the file/folder list was focused it would open a folder. But also the button would then switch between save and open. The only way I can get it to save is to use com-click to deselect the folder in the list.

It is still there and Logic did not remove it.
Did you do some trouble shooting.
Try to load a different video (with different codec) to see if it is video file related
Try a new (empty) project to see if it is project related
Try to remove Logic preferences (move the original back if this wasn't the problem because the file contains other info you might not want to lose)
Hope that helps
Edgar Rothermich
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Mar 6 13:28:49 iMac.local NetAuthSysAgent[858]: ERROR: AFP_GetServerInfo - connect failed 64
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This beachball freeze (for 9 min.) in Illustrator's Open dialog occurred every once and a while over the last several weeks, but now it consistently happens. And no, I've not installed any new software on my iMac other than Yosemite updates.
Once again, I would prefer to fix the root problem in my primary user account rather than migrate to a New User even though I now know a new Admin user account resolves the problem.
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With regard to my cry for help...
Pretty please?
Here are links to other apps which show the same Console Log messages that I am seeing, proving this is not an issue exclusive to a single app:
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