Hi everyone,Since the latest macOS update on my MacBook, Adobe Illustrator gets stuck on a blank gray screen with the spinning rainbow wheel (beachball) on launch. Other Adobe apps (Photoshop, etc.) work completely fine.Exact behavior: After a hard/cold reboot of my MacBook, Illustrator launches normally with GPU Performance enabled. If I quit Illustrator (Cmd + Q) and reopen it right away (even 4–5 times in a row), it opens fine. However, if I leave Illustrator closed for several minutes and then try to open it again, it hangs on the gray screen with the beachball and will not open until I reboot the Mac again.

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Illustrator stuck on gray screen with spinning beachball after macOS update — opens once after cold boot, fails after sitting closed

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Hi everyone,

Since the latest macOS update on my MacBook, Adobe Illustrator gets stuck on a blank gray screen with the spinning rainbow wheel (beachball) on launch. Other Adobe apps (Photoshop, etc.) work completely fine.

Exact behavior:

After a hard/cold reboot of my MacBook, Illustrator launches normally with GPU Performance enabled.
If I quit Illustrator (Cmd + Q) and reopen it right away (even 4–5 times in a row), it opens fine.
However, if I leave Illustrator closed for several minutes and then try to open it again, it hangs on the gray screen with the beachball and will not open until I reboot the Mac again.