InDesign 2025 SLOW

hi, same issues here for 3 months.

I bought a new computer because of this problem. maybe I said m2 air is so slow. i switched to m4 mac mini pro 24 ram. the problem is still the same.

is anyone working on this problem, is it adobe or macos side?

while other adobe programs run smoothly, indegin is killing me and unfortunately I have to use it every day unfortunately.

we haven't found a workable solution yet, have we?

itried everything, magnet app, font cache, contextual task bar, uninstall and install again. 

Do we really need this pain on top of the pain we already feel when we design?

adobe help us!!!!

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

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.

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 😞 

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.

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....

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.

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!

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?!! 

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