Selection Tool Corners Glitching

[Jake Swink]

I have been experiencing this issue for months, and after updating Illustrator to each new verison it has still remained a problem. I have generally always used the selection tool to scale/rotate items, instead of the hassle of using the scale/rotate tools. The issue at hand is when I hover my cursor over the anchor points on the corners/middle of the edge, either nothing pops up OR the scale/rotate icons glitch out and won't remain stable, rendering me unable to use them unless I catch them at the exact point they appear which is nearly impossible. I have attached a video of what I have been struggling with. Show Bounding Box is on, I've messed with Preferences, I've updated/restarted multiple times...nothing works and this is getting infuriating. Currently using a 2015 Mac running macOS Monterey and Illustrator 2024.

[JessCampbell]

This is a tough one. I know I've seen this happen to me too, but it only happens when my objects are very small, and zooming in usually alleviates it. But I see in your video that you are zooming in, so I know that's not the solution. What is your screen resolution? Try setting it back to the default for your screen size and see if that makes a difference?

[Jake Swink]

I have the screen resolution set as default for display. I assume you are talking about Mac settings. If you are talking about Adobe settings I'm not sure how to do that.

[JessCampbell]

Yes, I was talking about the Mac itself. I'm sorry that I'm not sure what else to try, but I'll be following along to see if anyone else has any suggestions.

[Monika Gause]

Do you have the Magnet app installed? If so, disable it for Illustrator.

Other than that Sonoma can cause all kinds of issues on its own.

[Jake Swink]

No I do not have the Magnet app installed. And I am running Monterey, which is the latest OS my system will run since it is almost 10 years old. This problem just started recently though, so it could be a Monterey problem.

[Monika Gause]

You have a red cursor - where does that come from?

[Jake Swink]

Customizing my Mac cursor, lol. I even tried reverting it back to default colors to see if that was causing the glitch and it was not. Haha.

[Monika Gause]

Is that an extra app? It's affecting the cursor, so it can affect what the cursor is doing.

[Jake Swink]

No—you can customize your cursor from your Mac system preferences.

[Monika Gause]

I'm running Illustrator on the same system, but a newer Mac and it doesn't do this. 

What happens when you reboot and then open only Illustrator. Nothing else, not even your browser.