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

[cg91002266]

I installed the new Indesign 2025 and it has been unsuable (I get the spinning beach ball everytime I try to scroll). So I have gone back to 2024 but now have issues with it crashing and I lost work. Anyone else having big issues with 2024 since the update of 2025? Or anyone know how to solve the 2025 issues so it is actually usable? (I am on a Mac, Apple M1 Max chip, 64 GB memory running Sequoia 15.0.1). Thank you! 

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[Frans v.d. Geest]

Nope. I'm in an environment where I am not allowed to connect during some sessions, and have no cloud-services running anyway. Does NOT make any difference. So it is not that...

[Dave Creamer of IDEAS]

Just a note--you could pause syncing with Google Drive rather than disabling the internet for the entire computer. All the major cloud servcies that I use (Google, OneDrive, Dropbox, Box) allow syncing pausing.

[Frans v.d. Geest]

I do not use ANY cloud syncing, not even Adobe fonts and no onedrive/googledrive/dropbox or whatsoever.

[Dave Creamer of IDEAS]

That's fine. I was replying to @John75230036 for his info. I use cloud backup all the time and never had an issue with them, even working on projects. I like them because if there is ever a problem, my files are always available. (I live in SoCal so always a fire danger.)

[alainsth]

Bonjour j'ai le même problème que vous avec Indesign 2025 . Pour chacune de mes commandes le ballon de plage tourne sans cesse . C'est inutilisable. Ça prend un temps fou pour assembler une maquette et  je ne trouve pas la source du problème.  Pourtaont au tout début de la nouvelle version tout allait très bien. Je en comprends pas ce qui a provoqué cette nouvelle procédure. Mon Mac est  pourtant en excellente condition. Je l'entretiens régulièrement contre les virus .Qui a trouvé une solution pour ce problème?  Merci.

[Greg Harbour]

Try downgrading to version 19.0. Has to be 19.0 though

MacOS version, or any conflicts nominated here, aren't an issue on Indesign 19.0.

Just be sure to export current version work-in-progress Indesign files to IDML before trying to open in 19.0 (or keep 20.x version installed to open and export to IDML to open and work with in 19.0)

[filipk94100262]

I love solutions from reblou, the slight problem I have that I cant see the whole post.. 😄 Adobe is trully terrible last years. 

The product team has outlined the following workflows to help confirm this behavior:

Workflow 1: Documents Font Folder + Contextual Task Bar

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[filipk94100262]

U cant even edit 😄 I meant Abhishek Rao post. 

[Frans v.d. Geest]

Sure you can edit, just click on the 'more' elipses under your post 😉

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

Sure you can edit, just click on the 'more' elipses under your post 😉

By @Frans v.d. Geest

I think the ability to edit posts depends on the "age" of the account? 

[susanc69215353]

Same problem - no MAGNET app on my Mac.
ADOBE - this needs to be fixed ASAP!!!!

[stephant61103071]

fixed the same issue here. (it´s not perfect now but much much better)

1) delete preferences
"While pressing Shift+Option+Command+Control, start InDesign. Click Yes when asked if you want to delete preference files."

2) set View => display performance => to "normal" (was set on "high")

[alainsth]

Thanks to you all for your feedback.

After many trials i finally clear my spinning ball problem.
I reset it and download a refresh 2025 version of Indesign.
Surprisingly, for now, Indesign works well. No bugs.

Back to normal. Still don't understand exactly what bugs my Indesign over the last months.
And ADOBE seems not to explain it either.

I would have like to know and understand what they did.
My guess; It's probably in link with Sequoia.

Alain

[Simon_Brunner8950]

Gleiches Problem - keine MAGNET-App auf meinem Macbook M1 2021 (32 GB Ram) MacOS Sequoia 15.2
ADOBE - das muss so schnell wie möglich behoben werden! 
Es mühsam und das Problem besteht seit Version 2025!!!!

[oeilcarre]

In Design 2025, Rallentisment insuportable.
Apple M1 Pro 2021 16 GB RAM 

Sequoia Version 15.1.1
Aucun souci avec la V2024 19.5.1

[oeilcarre]

La version Indesign Beta V 20.1 semble fonctionner 🙂  

[Mark Hutchens]

Any news on this?

I just updated to Indesign 2025 on my 2020 iMac 27" and can't use it. Reverted to 2024.

[cg91002266]

In case this information help troubleshot the issue: I can't use Indesign for any document in a Dropbox folder. The lag is too long to even have the application be useable. I have to download the Indesign document to my desktop, then restart Indesign to work on it, then afterwards, reupload to Dropbox. Any one else notice this issue?

[Richard-Without-last-name]

Is it me or is the performance of Indesign 2025 a lot better after the last update to 20.1

[oeilcarre]

Beta 20.1 ?

[Richard-Without-last-name]

No Beta, normal release sinds yesterday.

[leo.r]

No Beta, normal release sinds yesterday.

By @Richard-Without-last-name

...just not available in all countries yet; it's being released gradually.

[oeilcarre]

En france toujours pas diponible 🙂

[Janne2596680603pr]

I have been using since this morning and it seems a lot better.
Weirdly, I have also been using the pre-release, and the pre-release was even more smooth.
In the official 20.1 release, I still have some minor lags when tabbing back to Indesign.

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

InDesign 2025 (version 20.1)

https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/kb/fixed-issues.html