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Duderonomy Jones
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January 30, 2026
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Cursor and Undo bugs in InDesign 21.2 (Mac)

  • January 30, 2026
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I’m running the latest version on a MacBook Pro with Tahoe 26.2.

So far I've noticed:

  • Undo is unavailable (grayed out in the menu)
  • Extreme lag time when importing large images
  • Cursor gets stuck in the previous mode. (For example, if I switch to the magnifying glass to  enlarge the view then go back to the regular arrow, it stays in the magnifying glass. 

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    Abhishek Rao
    Community Manager
    Abhishek RaoCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    January 30, 2026

    Hi ​@Duderonomy Jones,

     

    Thanks for sharing the details and sorry to hear that you are experiencing this issue. To start with, I’d recommend manually resetting the InDesign preferences by following the video in this Helpx here: https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/setting-preferences.html. 

    If that doesn’t resolve it, please test the behavior in macOS Safe Mode to help isolate whether any third-party plugin or background software might be interfering with InDesign. Ref: https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/mac-help/mh21245/mac.

     

    Please let me know how it goes and what you observe after trying this, so I can take it forward.

    Abhishek

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      Duderonomy JonesAuthor
      Participating Frequently
      January 31, 2026

      That seems to have done it. Can you offer any insight as to why that happened in the first place?

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