InDesign Crashing When Opening Story Editor - Mac M1

I hear you brother and I have a feeling it has nothing to do with your machine, you have the one of the best Apple has available. I don't remember ever having this many problems when the Adobe products were purchased and owned outright on disc or stand-alone pieces of software.

By @dtrayne

Firstly, it might be the best Apple have to offer, but it's not the best out there. It's a good machine and matches performance of a lot of mid-high range processors in the Intel and AMD range.

Do you remember having this many problems before you got a Mac with their own M1 chip? Maybe that's the problem? Just a guess.

You never owned the software out right - it was always licensed. The only change is that it is a yearly fee now rather than an upfront payment. The pricing model is very sustainable for most people. 

It seems the more cash we fork out, the more frustrations and problems we have. Mo Money/Mo problems!! 

By @dtrayne

Have you spoken with Apple support - for all the cash you forked out? 

There is a good chance it is just that particualr file as I went through a similar scenario.

By @dtrayne

There is no indication it's even remotely related to the issues you faced (and were able to salvage thanks to the help from the forum of Users - who are just Adobe users like you - we do not work for Adobe.

I was able to get around this by totally uninstalling InDesign (used that Adobe Cleaner app these guys go on about)

By @dtrayne

Great to hear that you were able to fix the issue this way - it may not be the same for the OP. And this Cleaner Toll that 'these guys go on about' is a tool supplied by Adobe we are simply pointing in that direction. 

There's a whole support centre that you can use

https://helpx.adobe.com/support/indesign.html

And in the bottom right is a chat icon to get in touch with Adobe support.

If it is, try the usual fixes that are suggested in most of these threads. (IDML export, Delete preferences, Uninstall with Adobe Cleaner, etc. etc) The file got corrupted somehow, I don't why (which is part of the frustration) but it did. Clients don't care about the reason either so you just have to do whastever you can to get back on track. 

By @dtrayne

These are the usual fixes - and work well in most scenarios. 

File>Export and Choose IDML - open in InDesign and save as a new file name.

Adobe Cleaner Tool is a last resort or when multiple issues are arrising.

The other fix is to reset preferences - all mentioned already.

Corruption can occur in files from outside sources. A damaged image file supplied. A font supplied that is damaged. Or 

An unsupported colour profile, or an unsupported image compression. Files with complex compound and clipping masks - or far too many paths copy and pasted into a document. 

There are so many reasons outside of Adobe why files can get corrupted.

And while I want to remain impartial and on the fence as why these occur - I have to say - in the last year I've seen more and more people who are switching to M1 Macs and having issues. 

Yet the blame is squarely on Adobes shoulders? I suggest you take up some of the issues you're having wite the M1 Mac with Apple.

InDesign has worked perfectly well for me for over 20 years on Intel based Windows machine and also an Intel based Mac (that's about 9 years old now).

I am not upgrading to M1 Mac until all the issues are resolved. And it's absolutely a general consensus that you don't upgrade to a new platform or a new version of software until you see a lot of kinks ironed out - usually about 6 months.

However, it's been about a year since M1 Macs and the issues still persist. I will hold off on this 'amazing' mid-high end ranging machine that costs 3x the amount of a computer that performs just as well - no, better - than the M1 Macs that have so many issues.

If I trash my preferences, then I have to reconstruct my workspace, right?