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July 22, 2026
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InDesign freezes, Save and Close become disabled, causing loss of work on macOS 27 Golden Gate Public Beta

  • July 22, 2026
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Hello,

I am a professional graphic designer and I use Adobe InDesign all day, every day, for client work.

Immediately after installing the macOS 27 Golden Gate Public Beta, InDesign became almost unusable.

The problem is intermittent. InDesign can work normally for a while, then suddenly freeze. It seems to happen most often when I am editing text or changing fonts, although I cannot reproduce it consistently.

When this happens:

  • Save becomes disabled (greyed out).
  • Save As becomes disabled.
  • Close becomes disabled.
  • I cannot save my work.
  • I cannot close the document.
  • The only solution is to Force Quit InDesign, which causes me to lose hours of work.

This happens with multiple InDesign documents, not just one file.

I have already:

  • Updated InDesign to the latest version.
  • Tested a previous version of InDesign.
  • Restarted my Mac many times.

The issue started immediately after installing the macOS 27 Golden Gate Public Beta.

Has anyone else experienced this issue?

Can Adobe confirm whether this is a known compatibility issue with the macOS 27 Golden Gate Public Beta?

If needed, I can provide screenshots, crash logs, screen recordings, or any additional information that may help reproduce and investigate the issue.

This issue is currently preventing me from working professionally, so any guidance or workaround would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you very much.

 

    3 replies

    leo.r
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    July 22, 2026

    Can Adobe confirm whether this is a known compatibility issue with the macOS 27 Golden Gate Public Beta?


    Yes, it’s publicly and officially known that Adobe’s software is not compatible with the versions of operating systems that have not yet been released.


     

    leo.r
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    July 22, 2026

    @Etienne Francey It’s a valuable report which, I’m sure, will help Adobe troubleshoot InDesign performance on macOS 27 beta.
     

    The only solution is to Force Quit InDesign, which causes me to lose hours of work.
    This issue is currently preventing me from working professionally, so any guidance or workaround would be greatly appreciated.


    I’m sorry, but these statements are not correct. InDesign has nothing to do with your losing hours of work, and it’s not what’s preventing you from working professionally.


    What’s causing you all these problems is that you’re working on a beta version of the operating system. Software betas are released only for testing. You shouldn’t do any actual work with beta software. 


    The only workaround for you in this particular case is to install a stable version of macOS and work from there.

    agapesmile516
    Known Participant
    July 22, 2026

    I've had the same issues… I am NOT on a beta version of the OS or using any beta versions of the software apps…. 

    leo.r
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    July 22, 2026

    I understand, and therefore your case is totally different. You may want to post a new thread with the detailed descriptions of your issues. Otherwise your posts will be lost in this irrelevant thread that discusses macOS beta experiences.  

    agapesmile516
    Known Participant
    July 22, 2026

    I have had this happen to me intermittently in InDesign, Photoshop AND Illustrator… I do NOT have a reproducible test case yet… and it is super frustrating.

    SOMETIMES, if I press ESC over and over again, it seems to free it up…

    I have found that the keyboard shortcuts SOMETIMES work …. just can’t click on any menu item…

    I am on macOS Tahoe 26.5

    InDesign 21.4.1

    Photoshop 27.8

    Illustrator 30.6

    any solutions/fixes would be great!