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Daisy5CF5
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May 16, 2022
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Indesign Flashing Screen When Moving Objects

  • May 16, 2022
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Hello

 

I am using indesign on my 14inch macbook pro apple m1 monterey. Each time I move an object the artboard & background workspace flashes. I have checked and both my indesign & macbook softwares are up to date. 

 

I have noticed it seems to happen when I drag the indesign window from my main macbook screen to my seperate monitor. That seems to activate the glitch and then it flashes each time I move an object on both my macbook & monitor screen.

 

Hoping theres a way to fix this thanks

 

    Correct answer Frans v.d. Geest

    Problem is fixed in Sonoma 14.3 released January 22.

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    Marcelo33525403p16j
    Participant
    November 10, 2023

    I have a MacBookPro M2 and when I go to Preferences - GPU Performance, the options are unchecked without the possibility of marking me.

    BobLevine
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    BobLevineCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    November 10, 2023

    Then you'll have to disable the rulers in InDesign or roll back to Ventura.

    haralds64176918
    haralds64176918
    Known Participant
    November 8, 2023

    It is now November 2023 and this annoying problem has still not been solved. This week's update has even exacerbated the problem. Now parts of the document are completely hidden when you try to select text. You have to hide the rulers to be able to work at all. But we need the rulers!!!


    Jesus Christ, what are those guys at Adobe actually doing?



    BobLevine
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    BobLevineCommunity Expert
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    November 8, 2023

    Apparently, they're waiting for Apple to fix their operating system.

     

    [macOS Sonoma]White Screen on drawing marquee/highlighting text in CPU and Overprint Preview modes – Adobe InDesign (uservoice.com)

     

    Apple pauses iOS 18, macOS 15 work for a week of bug fixing (appleinsider.com)

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      Marcus30397854yp20
      Participant
      November 20, 2023

      Yes, I'm running Adobe InDesign (Latest verison 19.0.1) on an iMac, intel processor i5, and the screen also flashes white, sometimes when selecting text and sometimes when zooming, or moving from page to page.

      I am tired of swiching rulers on and off and GPU performance on and off and restarting. Bearly a work around. 


      This only started to happen AFTER updating to macOS Sonoma. 
      Lets hope they fix this soon.

      Rachel.at.HeardCreative
      Rachel.at.HeardCreative
      Participating Frequently
      November 2, 2023

      Updating to OS Sonoma 14.1 and InDesign v19.0 has seemed to help significantly with this issue — even with the rulers on! Will report back if this changes.

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        Meagan2389073359dw
        Participant
        November 1, 2023

        Having the same problem every time I click the mouse, but unticking GPU performance didn't fix it.

        BobLevine
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        BobLevineCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        November 1, 2023

        Then turn off the rulers or role back to Ventura.

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        Meagan2389073359dw
        Participant
        November 6, 2023

        Oh weird. thank you.

         

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        defaultwx17578bvvo0
        Participant
        October 25, 2023

        None of the solutions below have worked for me. Has anyone found any other solutions?

        BobLevine
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        BobLevineCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        October 25, 2023

        So, you've turned off rulers? You've enabled GPU Performance? You've rolled back to Ventura?

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        defaultwx17578bvvo0
        Participant
        October 25, 2023

        I can't get back to Ventura as I'm on a company machine and they won't allow it, but yes, I tried the other two options. However, I finally updated INDD and it's gone! So I guess it was fixed in the newest update.

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          spotonjohnny
          Participant
          October 11, 2023

          Unfortunately, even in InDesign release 19.0 the white screen flashing persists. I found it can happen occasionally even without the rulers. Very disappointing. Adobe, please fix this bug!

            BobLevine
            Community Expert
            BobLevineCommunity Expert
            Community Expert
            October 11, 2023

            While it may turn out to be an Adobe bug to fix, this happened only when the operating system changed, so keep an open mind...this may well be Apple's bug to fix.

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              spotonjohnny
              Participant
              October 5, 2023

              InDesign Flashing Screen still present on 18.5 on M2 MacBook Air - very frustrating. Hide rulers seems to work, but this really needs to resolved.

                leo.r
                Community Expert
                leo.rCommunity Expert
                Community Expert
                October 1, 2023

                Another possible fix is reported here (set Live Screen Drawing to Immediate):

                https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/macos-sonoma-14-0-and-adobe-creative-suite.2404861/post-32586193

                danpinho
                danpinho
                Known Participant
                September 30, 2023

                What works for me:
                After a major OS update I always perform a clean install. Actually I work with Indesign daily on my Mac Studio M1 and my MBP M1 and never experienced a flickering window, Intel or ARM processor.

                Hope it helps.

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                Minnepolitan
                Known Participant
                September 29, 2023

                I'm having this issue too in Sonoma Running the 18.5 INDD update

                GPU is unticked

                Overprint is unchecked

                Display Performance is "typical"

                I need the rulers, so there has to be a fix where you can actyally use the tools you need.

                This is frustrating for me, but is a potential neurosensitivy issue for people that could be triggered by this. 

                Adobe...what is the fix?

                  leo.r
                  Community Expert
                  leo.rCommunity Expert
                  Community Expert
                  September 29, 2023

                  @Minnepolitan : The fix is to downgrade to Ventura as InDesign doesn't officially support Sonoma yet.

                   

                  You may find more info in this thread and the links there:

                  https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/indesign-screen-bug/td-p/14119986

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