Illustrator 2020 takes long time to save file on macOS

Hi,

Thanks for reaching out and sharing the details. That's not a typical experience with the application. 

When you say that files are saved locally, do you mean system HDD or external HDD? Try saving a new sample file on Desktop and let us know how it works? 

If it shows the same behavior, please try resetting preferences for Illustrator:

• Close all Adobe applications. 
• Go to locations 
• ~/Library/Caches 
• ~/Library/Application Support/Adobe 
• ~/Library/Preferences 
• Rename  Adobe Illustrator, com.adobe.illustrator and Adobe Illustrator 24 Settings folders to   Adobe Illustrator.old, com.adobe.illustrator.old and Adobe Illustrator 24 Settings.old 
• Launch Illustrator from the Creative Cloud. 

Please note that resetting preferences will remove all the custom settings and Illustrator will launch with default settings. You can also take a backup of the folders in case you want to. Location is mentioned in the article.  

Reagrds,

Srishti

I've noticed this too and was wondering if the newer version of Illustrator was cleaning out old invisible temp files that got stuck, causing the extra time lag?

Hi there,

Thanks for reaching out. Would you like to share some more information like:

1. Version of OS.

2. Is it happening with just 1 specific file or multiple files?

3. Do you have multiple links in your file?

4. Are you trying to save it locally or on a network?

This information will help us understand issue better and work accordingly.
Also, I'd recommend you to update the Illustrator to the latest version 24.0.1 and check if it helps.

Looking forward to your response.

PS: As of now, v(24.0.1) is released only in Germany, Canada, France, Italy, India, Australia, Netherlands. It will be rolled out to all geos soon.

For more details please take a look at this post:  https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator/new-update-for-illustrator-24-0-1/td-p/10757029

Regards,

Ashutosh