verifying Adobe Acrobat--

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I am not sure how often this happens--maybe once a month? but when I open my Acrobat Pro on my iMac I get a pop up progress bar window "Verifying Adobe Acrobat"  This takes at least 10 minutes to process before I can use the program. Extremely annoying--Why is this happening?  I like Acrobat but am not a power user and not using it for commercial use.   Is this some sort of security thing that assures that I am the lega; user?  I can't stress how annoying this is.  Am I overlooking something withing the preferences to bypass this  Similar frustration with the updating of the program.  With no warning the progress bar pops up at night when I am about to shut down the computer.   The message says, if you shut down while update in process, it could damage the computer.  I have tried to check for updates manually but lead to a page that cannot be found.  Acrobat is a good program but Adobe needs to come out with a version that is targeted for non-commercial users and not so finiky or pricy--looking for a substitute.  Thanks

[Amal.]

Hi there

Hope you are doing well and thanks for reaching out.

Would you mind sharing the version of the Acrobat you are using? To check the version go to Help > About Acrobat and make sure you have the recent version 24.01.20643 installed. Go to Help > Check for updates and reboot the computer once.

As described, when you open my Acrobat Pro on iMac you get a pop up progress bar window "Verifying Adobe Acrobat", Please check the similar discussion on Apple support page: https://adobe.ly/4axhcF2 and see if that works.

~Amal

[G5EF7]

Happens to me too. 

[G5EF7]

...and gums up my entire system. 9 times out of 10 right before a critical meeting.