Illustrator working slow and erratically.

Illustrator freezing and crashing on high-end Mac

System Specs: Latest-generation Mac (Apple Silicon)

Issue Description: > Illustrator is experiencing extreme performance degradation. Despite the hardware easily handling other heavy creative applications without lag, Illustrator is currently completely unstable.

Symptoms:

• Extremely slow response times during standard workflows.

• The application freezes randomly.

• Unexpected crashes/shut downs without warning.

Expected Behavior: > Smooth performance and stability expected from a modern, professional standard application running on top-tier hardware.

Additional Context: > This is severely impacting professional agency work. The level of instability feels reminiscent of the software's performance issues from 15 years ago. Please advise on how to resolve this memory/performance leak.