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Chris  G
Inspiring
June 3, 2024
Question

Need help with Illustrator lagging after isolating groups

  • June 3, 2024
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I recently upgraded my work Mac from iMac Pro (2017) to a Mac Studio (2022) and I notice a few quirky differences. Most are minor but this one really interrupts my workflow because of the lag (or delay) it causes. I want to see if anyone knows what is causing it so that I can stop interrupting myself when I work!

 

Ok, so the issue is when I want to edit something within a group. Typically I isolate the selected group so that it's easier to select the items I need to. Well, on the new Mac, Illustrator does this: https://youtu.be/kKAssq74X7E. This is just a sample document to show as I can't show our customer's artwork, but as you can see, even with simple shapes there is a noticeable lag after isolating the group.

 

I am working locally, no network issues should cause this. I have tried switching from GPU to CPU and that does seem to eliminate the problem, but everything else is slow to work with. So that's not a feasible option for me either. I have uninstalled and reinstalled Illustrator as well and no improvement. I don't really know what else to try! I am really leaning towards it being a computer problem rather than Illustrator but theoretically this Mac should be way faster than my old iMac. Just to be thorough, here is the info on both computers:

iMac Pro (2017)

Processor:3.2 GHz 8-Core Intel Xeon W
Graphics:Radeon Pro Vega 56 8GB
Memory:64GB 2666 MHz DDR4
MacOSSonoma Version 14.0

 

Mac Studio (2022)

Chip:Apple M1 Max
Memory:64GB
MacOSSonoma Version 14.4.1

 

Does anyone have any ideas on how to remove this lag (if possible)?

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Alanadeew
Participating Frequently
September 21, 2024

I have this same exact issue when locking and unlocking groups in Illustrator. It makes it really hard to work. I just updated to mac. Running Sonoma Version 14.4  128 GB Memory, Apple M3 Max. I feel like illustrator work's horriblly on this computer. It has so many weird performance issues.

Monika Gause
Community Expert
Community Expert
June 3, 2024

Is "Displays have separate spaces" turned on?

Community Manager
June 5, 2024

Hello @10720254,

I'm sorry to hear about your experience. I hope Monika's suggestions helped resolve the performance issues. If not, kindly try the suggestions shared in this help article (https://adobe.ly/3yHbUsA) to see if they help.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

 

Thanks,

Anubhav

Chris  G
Chris GAuthor
Inspiring
June 11, 2024

Thank you for the suggestions but none of them worked unfortunately.