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August 20, 2025
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Illustrator 29.7.1 unusable version

  • August 20, 2025
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I am surprised Adobe would release this version of illustrator. It is full of bugs to the point that it is unusable and it's the first time I've had to revert back to a previous version of illustrator to be able to use the software. Adobe should do a better job of testing before they release. I have the same swatch isseus as others. I also have a constant profile mismatch warning dialog that pops up in the middle of an open document when I edit a global swatch or in many cases it just pops up randomly and I must click cancel over and over before it will close only to pop right back up. I also can't change the name of an artboard in the export for screens window. I can change it and it will look as if it was changed until I export and then it will use the previous name when saving no matter how many times I change it will look as if it changed but does not. These are just a few of  the bugs that have made 29.7.1 worthless. I have a suggestion for Adobe… how about focusing on providing a version of illustrator that functions exceptoinally well instead of screwing the pooch by focusing on new features and enhancements at the expense of of usablility and basic functionality and in-turn causing your customers untold wasted hours trying to diagnose and overcome such a bug infested productivity desrotying version of illustrator. Or just do a better job testing the versions before pushing them out to customers.
Oh and BTW I talked with Adobe support and allowed them to take control of my MacBook Pro twice. They uninstalled all of the Adobe apps and related files, reinstalled only to have the exact same issues continue to happen.

 

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Known Participant
August 26, 2025

It literally killed an Ae project by making any changes to the original Ai document break the Ae comp (resizes all paths and shapes to 0,0 with no ability to resize). The untouched Ai file imports and executes fine. But once saved in 29.7.1 with or without any changes, the resulting comp in Ae breaks. The solution was to rebuild the Ai doc from scratch and replace every layer by hand. I exhausted every other possible solution inside Ae and Ai before resorting to this. That and the "getting saved" error cost me 6hrs work.

Ton Frederiks
Community Expert
Community Expert
August 20, 2025
Inspiring
August 20, 2025

I completely agree with you, 29.7.1 is proving to be an absolute pile of crap.

 

Every day, it seems that a new bug surfaces, impeding progress and wasting my time, forcing me to learn how to work around the bug until it's fixed.