Since updating to 2025... text thread problems

Forum|Forum|1 year ago
February 28, 2025
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Hi!
Since updating to InDesign 2025 (20.1) I can no longer break text threads without the application giving me the beach ball of death and then completely crashing.

I have tried uninstalling and reverting back to 2024 versions, clearing my preferences, and creating a completely new document... however, nothing has worked.

This is super frustrating, especially when working on books of 300+ pages.
Do anyone have any tips?

Abhishek Rao

Community Manager

Hi @imashleysantoro,

I hope the suggestions from the experts helped! Were you able to resolve the issue after updating macOS, clearing preferences, or checking for font conflicts? If not, did quitting any font manager apps make a difference?

Let us know the update.

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Abhishek

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imashleysantoroAuthor

Known Participant

Hi! Sadly, nothing has worked so far.

However, I can use splitstory and breakframe from the applescript and javascript options - these aren't the best options, but they seem to work at least.

Robert at ID-Tasker

Legend

@imashleysantoro

Do you use "APIDToolAssistant_ from Rorohiko"?

https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/indesign-2025-performance-issues-on-mac-m1-spinning-beach-ball-and-crashes-in-2024-version/m-p/15187197/page/4#M613653

m1b

Community Expert

Hi @imashleysantoro it sounds like this known bug. If you read that page you might get an idea of how to fix it. I had the problem and it might have been related to my font manager RightFont which I don't use any more. Honestly I'm not sure if that was the issue, but it does seem to be font-related. You might need to try a few things, such as closing fonts, or quiting font manager apps and see how you go. Good luck.

- Mark