I've had the same issue with base editing since Wednesday the 28th. Before that, it all worked fine. I use a Mac too.
Is the official bug reporting found in the Development area? I just started using the CoH forums. I would post it myself, but I'm not sure where to do that, and someone else might beat me to it before I figure it out. I don't want to make a duplicate posting.
Issue 17 just came out, so I'm guessing it'll take at least a few weeks to get things ironed out. That happens. *shrug*
Meditating on patience...