InDesign 2025 Performance Issues on Mac M1: Spinning Beach Ball and Crashes in 2024 Version

When you upgraded to CC 2025 did you use the option to import previous settings and preferences? Many times old preference files will cause poor performance in the updated program. Try resetting your InDesign preferences. This process will reset the program to its defaults. Hopefully, this will fix the issues.
To reset preferences on a Mac:
The User Library folder in which InDesign’s preferences are stored is hidden by default on most Macintoshes. To access it make sure that InDesign is closed and click on the desktop to launch a Finder Window (Command-N). With this window in column view follow the path User>Home folder (it’s the folder with an icon that looks like a house—it may have the user’s name rather than “Home”) and click on the Home folder. With the Option Key pressed choose Library from the Finder Go Menu. “Library” will now appear within the Home folder. Within the Library folder find the folder called Preferences and within it find the folder called “Adobe InDesign” and the file called “com.adobe.InDesign.plist” and delete both that folder and that file. When InDesign is next launched it will create new preference files and the program will be restored to its defaults.
The advantage of manually deleting preference files in this manner is that after you’ve reset up the program (make sure that no document window is open) to your liking, you can create copies of your personalized “mint” preference files (make sure that you quit the program before copying them—that finalizes your customization) and use them in the future to replace any corrupt versions you may need to delete.

Hey there, 

Does anyone having issue that InDesign stops and turns the rainbow wheel every signle move you make in InDsign? This is terreble and cant finish anything... 

Wonder if anyone found the solution or trick for this nightmare. 

I am running macOS Sequoia  15.0.1. MacBook Pro.

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