Illustrator Beta Keeps Crashing - Tahoe MacOS 26.2
Illustrator (Beta) installs and launches once, but after a system restart or letting the machine sit overnight, it stops opening. The app hangs at the very start of launch and never reaches the UI. A clean reinstall fixes it only for one session. After the next reboot, the issue returns.
Repro steps:
- Install Illustrator (Beta) from Creative Cloud.
- Launch it — it opens normally.
- Restart macOS Tahoe (or wait until the next day).
- Launch again — the app hangs on startup.
Troubleshooting already done:
full reinstall of Creative Cloud Desktop
removal of OOBE, SLCache, SLStore
deletion and clean reinstall of Illustrator (Beta)
ran Adobe Log Collector immediately after failure
This behavior began only after upgrading to macOS Tahoe. Illustrator (release) still works; only the Beta build becomes unusable after Tahoe’s system integrity checks post-restart.
Looking for confirmation from Adobe whether the current Illustrator Beta build is compatible with macOS Tahoe, and if there is a known workaround until an updated Beta build is available.
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