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March 2, 2023
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Illustrator 2023 crashing

Hi, my Adobe Illustrator crashes all the time. I can't work on it.  I've updated to the latest version and I don't have any tablet connected. It worked perfectly 2 weeks ago, and now it's impossible. I try to create a new file to start working and crashes.

 

Is it a bug? What I can do? 

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Participating Frequently
March 14, 2023

I am also experiencing similar crashing issues, and they happen without warning, even when just opening a document and moving an element! I've noticed it with the 2023 version, so I am going back to the 2022 version. I have over 100GB of space, with 32GB Ram Intel Xeon, with a very good graphics card. I believe it's definitely a glitch in the recent updates- it crashed on me about 10 times yesterday and I lost a few hours of work because of it, even though I regularly saved! Grrr! 

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Participating Frequently
March 14, 2023

Update: It's just crashed again, only it took a bit longer to.  😞

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Kevin Stohlmeyer
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Community Expert
March 14, 2023

Hi @user7515711 how large are the files you are working on? With only 100 GB free space, if your document is using up temp space as you work that would cause an eventual lock up/crash if you run out of disk space.

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Anubhav M
Community Manager
Community Manager
March 3, 2023

Hello @fcoschuler,

 

We understand how frustrating it can be to experience crashes. Would you mind following the steps in this help article (https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/kb/fix-crash-on-launch-issues.html) and checking if it helps? Also, kindly share the crash report using the steps in this article (https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/kb/crash-next-steps.html) and use the same email account as your community account for quick tracking. We appreciate your time and efforts in resolving this issue.

 

Looking forward to your response.

 

Thanks,

Anubhav

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Monika Gause
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Community Expert
March 2, 2023

So this is version 27.3.1?

And which system? Which hardware? How much RAM?

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Participating Frequently
March 2, 2023

Yes, it's the latest version, just updated. iMAC M1 hardware. 8 GB RAM. Even I shut down all the apps, but it still crashes though.

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Ton Frederiks
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Community Expert
March 2, 2023

8 GB is not very much RAM. If it worked a few weeks ago, try to go back to that version.

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