Slow illustrator and EXTREMELY laggy

[alyssajerome]

Hi guys,

I do simple graphic design (flyer at the moment) on illustrator and it keeps lagging and going extremenly slow. At first, I thought it was a problem from my mac but now I also have a PC and it is doing the same problem. It's lagging at EVERY click. I did every step on the ''Improve Illustrator performance'' page and I checked for memory issues. I am so not a itech pro so please help me!

[Anubhav M]

Hello @Rafael27534418s7rt,

I'm sorry to hear about your experience. I hope Michael's suggestions helped resolve the problem. If not, kindly share more details, like the OS/Illustrator version and whether Illustrator behaves this way when working with a particular tool/feature/file, so I can better assist you.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Anubhav

[aslancan32]

If you're using mac quit Magnet App. 
Magnet app cause lagging.

Update: In magnet preferences Ignore illustrator and swich off the green button option. It work for me.  Have a great day.

[Ákos5E11]

Hi,
I have a lagging issue as well. I have 5 layers and every click is pain. Zoomin in or out takes 3 seconds. I have 64 gb ram, i-513400F processor. I tried restarting the computer, illustrator and updating drivers. Does anyone have any tips?

[Anubhav M]

Hello @Ákos5E11,

Would you mind trying the suggestions shared in this help article (https://adobe.ly/3Dl6Nkz) and let us know if they help?

If the problem persists, kindly share the system report (https://adobe.ly/3DcX53L), a small screen recording of the problem, and check if Illustrator behaves this way with all files, so I can investigate further.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Anubhav