Adobe Premiere 26.0 is constantly freezing and crashing on my iMac Intel

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I’m running into serious issues with my Adobe Premiere workflow, and can’t seem to find any solutions for it.

Whenever I work on anything in Adobe Premiere Pro on my iMac, after a while I’ll suddenly get the spinning wheel of death and my computer will freeze. The spinning wheel will eventually disappear after 4-5 minutes, but the computer will remain frozen and eventually shut down after another 4-5 minutes.

No specific action seems to prompt this, nor does it occur after any specific span of time. It appears completely random when the crash occurs. This happens with multiple projects of varying length (files sizes are between 268 KB and 1.9 MB.

The system I’m running on:

iMac Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2020
Processor: 3.8 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i7
Graphics: AMD Radeon Pro 5700 XT 16 GB
Memory: 40 GB 2133 MHz DDR4
Startup Disk: Macintosh HD
macOS: Sonoma 14.6.1
Storage Space: 572.63 GB available of 1 TB.

I started encountering this when working on Adobe 2024, and upgraded to the latest version, 26.5.1. After I kept encountering the issue, I downgraded to 26.0, but the problem has persisted.

I am not having any other issues with the iMac; everything else operates smoothly.

I have attempted all of the following, but none of them have fixed the issue:

Clearing media cache
Confirmed RAM settings are optimized (12GB currently reserved for Premiere)

This has become a serious blocker with my workflow - if anyone can please provide any help or insight I would seriously appreciate it.

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avid_contributorea81

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I have a similar issue with Adobe Premiere Pro 2026 edition; my video keeps logging, and after some time there is a glitch on the playback screen .so its creating a big problem. i am using a MacBook Pro i9, 32gb ram memory, 1tb ssd harddrive.
Please help to find out the solution

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Sumeet Kumar Choubey

Community Manager

Hi Jacobmca,

We’re sorry to hear about this. We’ll get it checked. Could you please confirm if you’re using any third-party effects or plugins with Premiere? Also, have you submitted any crash reports recently? If so, could you please DM me the ID used to submit the report? This will help us diagnose the issue more effectively.

Thanks,
Sumeet

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JacobmcaAuthor

Participating Frequently

Hi,

This project is not using any third-party effects or plugins. I do not get the opportunity to submit crash reports - Premiere does not prompt it as it freezes up before recognizing there is an issue.

As an update, this issue is continuing, along with a new issue now that seems semi-related - attempts to render a specific portion of my timeline are automatically causing Premiere to crash:

Any attempts to view the error just causes the spinning wheel of death.

Any help would be appreciate as this has become a huge blocker for my workflow.

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derekwatson

Community Expert

Are you using any complex mogrts or effects?

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Derek Watson

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JacobmcaAuthor

Participating Frequently

I am not. This uses a lot of key frames and nested clips but nothing more complicated than I’ve done in the past under this set-up.

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Kevin-Monahan

Community Manager

Hey Jacob,

Thanks for the post. I sent your Adobe ID to the product team who will look up your case to see if you generated a crash report with them. I'll let you know what they say after I hear back. I hope I can assist you as soon as possible Sorry for the hassle.

Thanks,
Kevin

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