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InDesign 20.0.1 sluggish (horrendously sluggish) on Sonoma 15.1.1

Forum|Forum|1 year ago
December 12, 2024
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I recently had my 2019 mac pro go down and IT wiped and reinstalled everything including updating my OS to Sequoia 15.1.1. I then updated CC to ID 20.0.1. And man... what a nightmare. It is so incredibly sluggish. Open the app... wait... open a file... wait... move the window... nothing... move a window... wait... it moves a bit, then the spinning ball... then wait... I tried to merge a file, and that was a horrendously long process. What took seconds now I wait what seems an eternity. Anyone else having the same issues?

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Mike Witherell

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What happens when you turn off the Preflight profile?

Mike Witherell

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BACnOAKAuthor

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Unfortunately, it did not help. Thank you for your suggestion.

Robert at ID-Tasker

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@BACnOAK

Turn off Contextual Bar.

BobLevine

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Do you by chance have Magnet installed? If so, delete it.

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BACnOAKAuthor

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I don't know what our IT department puts on for security. I'm not familiar with "Magnet". Thank you for your input. I'll ask our IT gurus.

Robert at ID-Tasker

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https://magnet.crowdcafe.com/

leo.r

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Many users report the same issues with InDesign 2025 on any macOS version.

Try basic troubleshooting steps:

https://www.rockymountaintraining.com/adobe-indesign-rebuilding-preferences-cache/

While this did help some users, in most cases it didn't make any difference.

In this case, reverting to InDesign 2024 is the only known solution so far (you can look this up on the forum, there are multiple threads discussing this problem).

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BACnOAKAuthor

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Hi Leo, thank you for the info. Unfortunately, it didn't work. And when I down grade to the lower version, the files, even files i've never opened with the new version, won't open and say they need to be converted. I feel doomed right now. I don't get why they don't test more before they release this stuff. This feels like Quark back in the 90's when they flubbed up big time and we all ditched Quark for CC. now we have nowhere to go to with all our eggs in one basket. Shameful.

leo.r

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And when I down grade to the lower version, the files, even files i've never opened with the new version, won't open and say they need to be converted. I feel doomed right now.
By @BACnOAK

that's a standard situation where the files saved with a new major version have to be converted to be opened with an older version. i agree that it adds an additional level of annoyance in this case.

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