Collapsed panels extremely slow!

[pookeyblow]

After using Illustrator for some hours, things start to slow down. The problem I have is that switching between the collapsed panels on the right hand side suddenly start taking a very long time. Everything else is smooth and quick. It can take a whole second to open a collapsed panel, when it previously opened immediately. If I restart Illustrator, the problem is fixed.

What is going on and how do I fix this bug?

[Monika Gause]

Which version?

Which system?

Which hardware?

Especially: which graphic card?

[pookeyblow]

Version:

Adobe Illustrator CC 2017.0.2

OS:

macOS Sierra 10.12.3

Graphics/Displays:

Intel HD Graphics

NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M

Hardware Overview:

Model Name:    MacBook Pro

Model Identifier:    MacBookPro6,1

Processor Name:    Intel Core i5

Processor Speed:    2,53 GHz

Number of Processors:    1

Total Number of Cores:    2

L2 Cache (per Core):    256 KB

L3 Cache:    3 MB

Memory:    8 GB

Processor Interconnect Speed:    4,8 GT/s

Boot ROM Version:    MBP61.0057.B11

SMC Version (system):    1.57f18

[Larry G. Schneider]

Try updating both AI and your NVIDIA driver to the latest version.

[Kevin Stohlmeyer]

8 gb is extremely low for AI 2017 and Sierra. You have to remember that is the TOTAL memory you have installled. Anything else runnin , including your OS takes away from that total. From what I've seen on Apple forums Safari running Sierra on a MB pro can suck most of the RAM leaving other programs lagging.

Id upgrade your RAM.

[Kevin Stohlmeyer]

Check this forum post out - there are a lot of answered posts about Illustrator being slow. It appears to be a known bug:

Re: Illustrator slows down pc