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InDesign 2025 SLOW

Forum|Forum|1 year ago
October 16, 2024
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Just started using ID 2025 this morning and I'm noticing a LOT of lag time with pretty much any activity. I'm running a Mac Studio with an M2 Ultra, so it's not my computer. I've tried some simple troubleshooting but it is simply not responding like ID 2024. Help!

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Correct answer Mike Witherell

Here is a thorough compendium of InDesign troubleshooting.

This allows you to try multiple ideas to solve your slow-down problems (which can be caused by many different things).

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johnfishlock

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Could you please fix this issue in InDesign, Adobe? Thanks!

Andee NG

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Had to chime in here, having the same problem -- basic copy/image editing and composition has a half-second-long lag with every movement, and it's like working through molasses. I reset preferences, which seemed to alleviate it (and rebuilding your workspace from scratch is ALWAYS a hoot), but the following day it was back to the way it was.

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stefang14945369

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I just had a conversation with Adobe support. I was advised to delete the ‘Magnet’ app (Apple) and restart the programme, now everything works again quickly and without problems, try that, maybe it will help you too

aniri5j9ox8tw2ln

Legend

Sorry.... What is this magnet app from Apple supposed to be? I don't have this app on my system...

BTW: the only thing that helped me was to uninstall and reinstall ID 2025. At least it's fast now and doesn't hang. There are occasionally some strange display errors, but otherwise it runs smoothly.

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Alexander34835793d58t

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Jup, same here, new mac, same problem. Everything works fast, only ID2025 is slow as.... hoping on a quick fix, because this doesn't work at all.... switching back to ID2024 is also not always possible 😞

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defaultmovq9b052dyz

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This is unacceptable. It has to be one of the worst app updates ever. There is no way this should have been released, and there is no way we should have to troubleshoot one thing. InDesign is known for being one of the most solid programs out there. Easy fix: Back to 2024. Adobe, find a way to let us know when 2025 is usable.

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micheletenaglia

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Adobe please do your job. Every couple release it's a mess, either InDesign, Photshop or whatever. The only softwares that crash on my Mac are only Adobe's software. And InDesign 2025 is totally unusable. I did the pref reset but still no luck. And there's also another interesting bug. When InDesing is opened I cannot drag and drop files on the Finder. Come on....

Dave Creamer of IDEAS

Community Expert

Mac's latest OS came out in September, Creative Cloud was updated in October. If you are on a work system, hold off any updates until 6-9 months.

David Creamer: Community Expert (ACI and ACE 1995-2023)

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micheletenaglia

Participant

Hello Dave, thanks for your quick reply. So Adobe is aware of the drag and drop bug? I am rolling back to InDesign 2024 version anyway.

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Janne2596680603pr

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This thread is flagged as "Solved" but clearly is not. Please, Adobe take action. Studios cannot willingly jump back and forth between versions. We need a fix for this buggy 2025 release.

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Haggi Hug

Known Participant

Same here. I work on an Imac M1 and just updatet Indesign. Totally crap! AGAIN! So often this already happened. Adobe, get your things done! Don't waist our time and send out this buggy shittty program versions again and again. I really really get the feeling nobody ever tested this anymore. I begin to hate all your silly updates with unnessecary KI work running in the background.

Now I will go and deinstall this piece of malware. Thank you for nothing!

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cyclopsdx

Inspiring

I've just reverted back to 2024 and it's so much better. What's interesting as well is that in 2024 the file is 51.2MB but in 2025 the file is 81.8MB. It's exactly the same file - why is it the file size over 50% bigger in 2025?!!

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Chantal2966126009xi

Participant

What must I do. This INdesign 2025 is driving me up the wall! PLEASE HELP! Should I reinstall 2024? How?

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Janne2596680603pr

Participating Frequently

If you work alone, you should revert back.

in the creative cloud app, in the apps tab, look for Indesign and click the three dots icon. There you can select "other versions" to install the 19.4 version.

I would advise exporting idml files of the documents you already opened/saved in the 2025 version.
Good luck.

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cyclopsdx

Inspiring

I'm getting random lagging back again today, so it hasn't been a permanent fix. I'm planning on switching back to 2024 but as working in 2025 has meant converting my documents to the latest update (why is that even a thing?), has anybody had any issues with reverting back?

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pabloporta

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Same here.... We hoped the new update would fix how unbearable working with 2025 is. So much focus on GEN-AI to "improve" workflows and they messed up the rest (don't get me to talk on the picker tool).

HATING ADOBE FOR RUINING INDESIGN AND NOT FIXING IT!

leo.r

Community Expert

Recent discussions on other issues make me wonder:

While highly unlikely, is it possible that Magnet plays a role here, too? Once again, it's unlikely as the issues are quite different, plus the slowness is only reported for InDesign 2025. And users on this thread don't report the problems that were ultimately determined to have been caused by Magnet.

Still, just in case: is anyone on this thread using Magnet, a window management utility?

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