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Jean-Pierre5C9A
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February 16, 2022
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Allocate more memory for Acrobat

  • February 16, 2022
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I have 32 GB of RAM. When I open 3 very large PDF files (about 1000 pages), one of which includes a comparison, the system becomes very slow. I see that Acrobat doesn't seem to use much ram. How can I allocate more memory for Acrobat DC?

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    Braniac
    February 17, 2022

    What version of Acrobat? Like 2016.124.98765

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    Jean-Pierre5C9AAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    February 17, 2022

    I have a subscription to Creative Cloud, and everything is up to date.

    More precisely, Adobe Acrobat Pro DC, continuous release, version 2021.011.20039.

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      defaultu47p0puh2ell
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      March 1, 2024

      Hi, I'm having the same problem. Thank you for raising this issue.
      I am an academician working at a university. I spend all day working with PDFs. However, Adobe Reader tires me more and more every day. Adobe is slowing down my work. I use 24 GB RAM but Adobe reader constantly freezes. It crashes constantly. I'm tired now. I have an Adobe membership and everything is up to date, but I feel like I'm in 2005 when using Adobe reader. What I understand is that Adobe engineers never read books, never do research, never use Adobe Reader / DC. Since they don't use it, they have no idea how this program is supposed to work. They just write code and go home in the evening.

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      Braniac
      February 17, 2022

      In which operating system is Acrobat on?

       

      Depending on the OS, there may be a few tweaks that you can experiment with at the OS level.

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      Jean-Pierre5C9AAuthor
      Participating Frequently
      February 17, 2022

      Edition Windows 10 Pro
      Version 21H2
      Installed on ‎01-‎Aug-‎21
      OS build 19044.1526
      Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 120.2212.4170.0

      try67
      try67
      Braniac
      February 16, 2022

      I don't believe you can do that yourself.

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      Jean-Pierre5C9AAuthor
      Participating Frequently
      February 17, 2022

      Thank you very much for your reply.

      Would it be possible for you to forward this suggestion to the product manager please?

      Recent computers often have 32 GB of RAM. I guess that this would go along with making it a 64 bit software (I just read that it could be 32 bits, but I didn't check myself).

      Have a very good day.

      try67
      try67
      Braniac
      February 17, 2022

      > Would it be possible for you to forward this suggestion to the product manager please?

      No. I don't work for Adobe. You can make a feature request here:

      https://acrobat.uservoice.com/forums/590923-acrobat-for-windows-and-mac

       

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