illustrator 25.3.1 Crashes on launch macOS Big Sur - iMac

[1960sgal]

This is a continuing problem since the beginning of the year - I have kept up with every CC update, but just as the versions before it - Adobe Illustrator 25.3.1 Crashes on launch I am on an iMac Desktop - macOS Big Sur.

I don't think I should have to stress about this and waste my time getting AI CC to launch...ever.

Your ideas for what might be causing this will be greatly appreciated.

Here are a few workarounds that SOMETIMES work for me when ILLUSTRATOR WILL NOT LAUNCH:

• Launch Photoshop first. Then launch AI 

• Go to Creative Cloud. Uninstall Illustrator. Reinstall AI. Restart from CC

• Go to user/library/caches and remove the folder "com.adobe.illustrator", restart your mac.

Go to Finder > Go. Press the Option Key. If you release the Option key, the Library option disappears from the menu. Select Library. Your user library opens.
• Restart computer - again.

[Mike_Gondek]

How much ram do you have and are you running Big Sur because you have a newer M1 chip mac?

Reset Prefs Thoroughly (Mac)

• Quit Your Adobe App (100% you must do this)
• Finder >> Go (hold down option to show hidden) >> library 
• Preferences >> Adobe  >> (Program Name) rename to (Program Name) .old
• Library- >> Caches >> com.(Program Name) rename to (Program Name) .old
• Library >> Application Support >> Adobe >> (Program Name) rename to (Program Name) .old

OOBE RESET MAC

• Quit the Creative Cloud desktop app  (100% you must do this)
• /Users/<user folder>/Library/Application Support/Adobe/OOBE
• The \Users\<user folder>\Library\ is hidden by default for macOS 10.7 and above. See Access hidden user library files | Mac OS 10.7 and later for instructions to access it.
• Delete all the files within the OOBE folder, but do not delete the folder itself.
• Restart the computer and launch the Creative Cloud desktop app again.
• Delete all the files within the OOBE folder, but do not delete the folder itself.
• Restart the computer and launch the Creative Cloud desktop app again.