InDesign on Sonoma

[Michael3035086873ul]

Has anyone tried Indesign on MacOS Sonoma?

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[BobLevine]

Why not be the first and let everyone else know how you're making out?

[Steve Werner]

MacOS Sonoma is only available currently for developers. In another month, it will be available for testing.

[Steve Werner]

I had assumed that it was being done the way it was in the past. The developer beta program is now apparently free so anyone can sign up now to test Sonoma.

[Test Screen Name]

I suspect there is an NDA.  That means that people who say "yes, I am running Sonoma and InDesign info is --- " would be breaching the NDA, and could face unlimited fines for violating the NDA. It's not fair to ask. (No, I can't know whether there is an NDA, because the existence of an NDA is often one of the protected secrets).

[Test Screen Name]

Turns out I missed the announcement. Here is info from Adobe now they are allowed to speak - Utilizing Adobe desktop applications on macOS 14 (... - Adobe Support Community - 13848036

[jdwyer]

I updated to Sonoma last night. And the package feature results in InDesign hanging. InDesign is also very slow just to save. Definitely NOT working properly. It's not as if Adobe didn't have enough time to make sure this worked properly.

[Cptn.Morgan]

Same here. It's really a slug now on Sonoma. Hopefully a patch is coming soon.

[BobLevine]

There are all kinds of issues with Sonoma. I've read a couple of reports that 14.2 improves things.

[Oskars290239673bom]

Updated to Sonoma and InDesign 18.5 today. Now I have the strobe effect when I select parts of text in InDesign. Switching GPU on and off does not make a change. If updates will not solve this, will try move back to Ventura.

[jdwyer]

Not getting a strobe effect. But I also noticed that none of the "hamburger" menu items in the tabs show up on secondary monitors- they only work if I move them to my primary monitor. I keep all my frequently used tabs on a separate monitor to give me more screen real estate.

[sarah32569158mk63]

The same thing happens to me, that intermittency causes me displeasure.

[John Beeckaert]

I reported this to Adobe with a video to prove the second monitor issue. Let's hope it gets fixed. Mind you, it might a Sonoma bug. Sometimes I wonder why software gets beta tested. 🙂

[jdwyer]

I have been having secondary monitor issues with Adobe for a couple of years, TBH. Last year, I had tech support go into my machine to see the issue firsthand. They determined that since the problem did not occur under a root user, it was a problem with the user and they suggested I create a new user and migrate everything to it or start over from scratch. I thought it was unreasonable. And the problem does not occur with Illustrator and Photoshop. So I told them that perhaps it might be a good idea to see why that problem does not occur in the other apps. They didn't seem to care and once again told me to create a new user. I don't know of too many IT people willing to do that to a machine especially when the employee is remote.

[98756321]

Hi! Did you end up moving back to Ventura? I am getting the 'strobe effect' when workin in Indesign. Thought I'd wait for a new update to see if it would fix itself... nothing yet....

[Bertd]

The latest message here (page 3) I was told that InDesign is now compatible with Ventura 13.6 so everything should be solved.

[sevenK]

This thread actually is about the optimisation of InDesign with MacOS 14 Sonoma, not any issues related to Ventura. So nothing is solved yet 🤷‍:male_sign:

Not sure if anything had been addressed in the latest Apple update 14.1 … but I’m assuming we still have to wait for Adobe to finally get InDesign to work. We are almost three weeks in after the release of Sonoma, just in case someone has missed that. 

[98756321]

right. I thought there would be a new Apple release to fix this by now. I might have to downgrade to Ventura, so it doesn't conflict with Indesign.

[jdwyer]

I've also deleted Indesign and its preferences and re-installed it. Issues are the same: Package for Output does not work. Contextual menus and submenus in palettes will not show up on secondary monitors. It is slow- especially when saving files, almost to the point where it is unusable in a high-volume workflow.

[jdwyer]

I can confirm that side menus do not work in Indesign, Photoshop and Illustrator on Sonoma with multiple displays (if, like me, you keep your tabs on a separate monitor). They will only appear on your designated main display if you bring the tab on the main display.

[John Beeckaert]

It still doesn't work with Adobe CC 2024 … the panels on a secondary monitor.

[jdwyer]

See my comment on your other post. I am convinced it's an Adobe issue. It's maddening! Is it happening with Photoshop? Because if it's not, then it's not an Apple issue. For me, it was strictly an Indesign issue. Functionality in Illustrator and Photoshop was just fine. I mentioned it to the InDesign "support staff," and they dismissed it as a problem with the OS User.

[BobLevine]

I get your frustration, but you have no clue who's bug this is.

[jdwyer]

I may not have a clue, but I suspect that since this issue of side/contextual menus not appearing on secondary monitors in the past (and I've dealt with Adobe on this, I am pretty sure it's an Adobe problem, and so are they). Why? Because the problem occurred in InDesign at the time and only with InDesign. When I dealt with Adobe tech support, their solution was to create a new user since the problem didn't occur under the root user. Not exactly a good solution. Now, it's all across the board—pretty safe bet it's an Adobe issue.

[sevenK]

Of course it’s an issue Adobe has to address … like I have said before. And it’s been 3 weeks now and a 14.1 Sonoma update by Apple already without Adobe giving us at least a timeline of their optimisation process. In my 30 years of Adobe experience I really can’t remember that it has ever taken this long for Adobe to get a compatible version of their applications out after a major Mac Operating System update.