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Indesign Flashing Screen When Moving Objects

Forum|Forum|3 years ago
May 16, 2022
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Hello

I am using indesign on my 14inch macbook pro apple m1 monterey. Each time I move an object the artboard & background workspace flashes. I have checked and both my indesign & macbook softwares are up to date.

I have noticed it seems to happen when I drag the indesign window from my main macbook screen to my seperate monitor. That seems to activate the glitch and then it flashes each time I move an object on both my macbook & monitor screen.

Hoping theres a way to fix this thanks

Correct answer Frans v.d. Geest

Problem is fixed in Sonoma 14.3 released January 22.

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Stephanie32025765jbgg

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This bug just started today at the end of working all day in InDesign. It looked like the app updated 8 days ago.

I'm Currently using InDesign v20.0.1 on a Apple M2, 8 GB, Ventura 13.5.2

I can not use the GPU check box fix as that is a grayed out setting. Help. I use ID all day at work and this bug makes my job at work impossible.

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dianal78711302

Participating Frequently

Same here - came online to see whether others are having the same issue. GPU is unticked, and disabling rulers hasn't helped this time. Pretty frustrating!

leo.r

Community Expert

Same here - came online to see whether others are having the same issue. GPU is unticked

By @dianal78711302

Did you try to turn GPU on? Because in some cases it solves the problem.

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RSDzine

Participant

I am having that problem and just updated to Sequoia.

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awitmer2

Participant

Same here - the problem appeared for me earlier today. I never had the issue before, though my coworkers did. Now all of a sudden after lunch, my machine has the issue, so I checked for software update and went up to Sequoia, assuming based on previous replies here that it was a compatibility issue between the new indesign 2025 and Sonoma.

> 2023 Mac Mini, Apple M2

> Running Sequoia 15.2

> Running Indesign 2025 20.0.01

> GPU performance is greyed out for me.

> Turning rulers on and off and on and off did not fix the issue.

> Uninstalling indesign, restarting, reinstalling, and re starting again did not fix the issue.

Really could use a solution for this, the flashing on mine makes it impossible to be able to lay things out effectively.

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Waldo35100592wtsf

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INDESING

Macbook Pro M2

Sonoma 14.5 (23F79)

DELL U2722D screen

Ticking / Unticking GPU Performance never worked.

Still flickering!! Very erratically. Drives me nuts...epileptic.

HARSHIKA_VERMA

Community Manager

Hi @Waldo35100592wtsf,

Sorry for the trouble using InDesign. Would you mind sharing the version of InDesign installed on your machine? I assume you're experiencing the similar issue mentioned here: https://adobe.ly/3ydd3Z0;

If so, we would need to check if the issue has resurfaced on 14.5.

If no, please share a screen recording of the flashing screen for investigation purpose. We will try our best to investigate.

Thanks,

Harshika

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awitmer2

Participant

The issue has resurfaced as of 12-11-24.

> 2023 Mac Mini, Apple M2

> Running Sequoia 15.2

> Running Indesign 2025 20.0.01

> GPU performance is greyed out for me.

> Turning rulers on and off and on and off did not fix the issue.

> Uninstalling indesign, restarting, reinstalling, and re starting again did not fix the issue.

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mike@mr&mrs

Participant

Turning rulers off fixed my screen flashing—THANK YOU!

leo.r

Community Expert

Turning rulers off fixed my screen flashing—THANK YOU!
By @mike@mr&mrs

Is your Sonoma updated to the latest version? Normally, this issue should be fixed since 14.3.

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mike@mr&mrs

Participant

No. Looks like I am on 14.1 now. So that will be nice to have rulers back after I update. I've been chasing answers for this glitch off and on for months, so I was happy for a quick work-around (but a fix is better).

kmmdesign

Participant

it worked! thanks so much!!

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kevinb83901078

Participating Frequently

Fixed huh? So the flickering I see today while moving objects in INDD at 10:32am CST. 3-21-24, must just be my imagination. It's still a problem.

BobLevine

Community Expert

Since you've given us no information to go on, there's no way to even guess.

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kevinb83901078

Participating Frequently

I was simply responding to the OP. It's a frustrating thing as others have posted. I do beleive turning off the GPU option fixed it for now (and should be listed as the 'correct answer'. But thank you for responding Bob! BTW, my profile may claim I'm a beginner, but trust in the 30+ years of experience from this guy, my frustration isn't from being an amateur and not knowing how to fix things. So I do appreciate easy fixes. I just hope Adobe doesn't turn into a Pagemaker or Quark full of problems.

Frans v.d. Geest

Correct answer

Community Expert

Problem is fixed in Sonoma 14.3 released January 22.

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Norma5C5D

Participating Frequently

Let's see .. took at how long to fix it and I'm gonna just trust it was fixed? I had to revert back to Ventura so I could actually work efficiently, I'll wait ... You guys let me know 😉

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SchmidtH

Participating Frequently

The annoying flashing in InDesign when selecting objects, but especially when selecting text, has disappeared to the extent that the window only flashes once when the cursor is first positioned in the text. But then no more.

However, the annoying problems with Photoshop have not been eliminated.
There is a display problem there too. Images are always opened with partially transparent areas. Either a third, half or even a quarter of the image is transparent. Alternatively, the content of a previously edited image is displayed, which has long since been closed. The content is displayed correctly in the layer icon. If you zoom into the image, the content is also displayed correctly in the file window. This problem also occurred for the first time with Sonoma.

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Jimmy Palacios

Participant

Hey Guys,

UPDATE: I just updated my Sonoma to the 14.1.2 - I believe this fixed this issue! I turned the rulers back on and I didn't get the annoying flickering.

haralds64176918

Known Participant

I have also updated to Sonoma 14.2 and installed the latest updates for InDesign and Photoshop. The problems in InDesign (flashing screen) and Photoshop (incorrect image display) have not been resolved.
Apparently we don't pay enough money for this software junk that the guys at Adobe don't finally get to work and fix these annoying bugs. I really wonder why I should put myself through this hassle any longer. There has been enough time to fix the bugs.

BobLevine

Community Expert

The bug is in Sonoma! That much as been established.

I suggest letting your feelings be known to Apple.

andrewharrisan

Participant

I've experienced the same problem with my new 14" M3 Max laptop. Even with this good spec, I was still getting the white flashing when moving objects. Unticking the GPU Performance didn't work for me.
What DID work for me was to change the [ Preferences > Display Performance ] from the 'high quality' Default view to 'fast'.

Frans v.d. Geest

Community Expert

You have to turn GPU rendering ON and rulers OFF....

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markd70743250

Known Participant

Guys--once again--some of the Macs out here do not allow you to change the GPU rendering setting such as the M1 Mac Mini. Again, the flashing screen *did not happen* before this new Mac OS X Sonoma update. Turning off rulers also does not stop it on a majority of computers out here.

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markd70743250

Known Participant

I'm experiencing the screen flashing issue with Adobe InDesign version 19.0.1 on my Mac Mini M1, which is running MacOS Sonoma 14.1.1. This problem began after updating to the new MacOS version, and I didn't encounter it prior to this update.

Here are the specifics of my setup:

Computer: Mac Mini M1
Operating System: MacOS Sonoma 14.1.1
InDesign Version: 19.0.1
Additional Setup: I use DisplayLink software to run two additional monitors. (updated that software today, no change)

The Mac Mini has the GPU option grayed out/not supported. Rulers on or off has no effect. Tried all the Display Performance/General preferences tricks mentioned here. Everything is 100% udpated. Cannot roll back (company computer).

Screen_Recording_2023-11-21_at_10-18-04 AM.zip

BobLevine

Community Expert

The rulers are still on in that video. Turn them off.

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markd70743250

Known Participant

I just turned them off (that was a new example document in the video and I forgot to hide them)--it may be 10-20% better, but it's still doing it with the rulers off in both example and real documents.

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