Pink Screen in InDesign

I'm an Apple Consultant and have a lot of design clients - we first encountered this issue on June 26 2025 with an end-user's M3 Max MBP running Sonoma 14.7.6 with InDesign CC 2024 (v19.5.4), and with 2 2023 Apple Thunderbolt Studio Displays with the 2 external displays mirrored to each other (but as extended displays to the MBP's built-in display)  Toggling GPU performance acceleration off/on didn't make any difference, and all updates available at the time for CC 2024 had already been applied.  Restarting the system made no difference.  Creating a new macOS user account so that we had a completely fresh environment to test with resulted in precisely the same problem.  The pink/magenta screen came up on only one specific Apple Studio display out of the 2, and only when an open or save dialog box was triggered inside InDesign.  Not finding anything about it with a little research at the time we assumed it was a GPU problem with the logic board of the above mentioned MBP (software update was checked at the time and no firmware updates were available for either of the 2 displays in question), albeit a highly specific and unusual one.  Today we ran into the exact same issue with an M1 Max MBP connected to the same displays, with the same mirroring of the 2 external displays but the MBP built-in display as a separate display.  We checked Apple SW Update again, and this time the firmware update for at least one of the displays came up as available so we ran it and restarted for it to apply, but the exact same behavior persisted within InDesign when triggering an open or save dialog - so not a display firmware problem.  While researching this today again I also came across this  Reddit post wherein it was suggested that upgrading to Sequoia might fix the issue.  I've just upgraded to Sequoia 15.6 on the M1 Max MBP and I'm happy to report that this seems to have resolved the issue!  While our case specifically involved Apple Studio displays connected via Thunderbolt, other comments in the Reddit post mentioned lots of different display types, including HDMI & USB-C, and also specified that mirroring seemed to be the common denominator like in our case.  Hope this info helps others!  I will post back here again after upgrading the other M3 Max MBP to Sequoia.

Hi I have had this issue for the last year with InDesign and getting the grey then to pink screen. I have to close the file then re-open, its a pain in the arse to be honest. No other adobe app does this.

I am running on a practically new macbook pro maxed up to the hilt with ram and space so no idea what is going on??

I am on the adobe cloud so software is updated whenever there is an update?

Updated new to Mac Studio adding additional ram to work more efficienlty with Adobe software, than what I had on my older 2017 27" iMac. Only since updating does this exact same thing happen to me with InDesign only. I see an update to Sequoia 15.4, which I will update now and see if any improvement.

Same problem here. I have a brand new Mac Mini with Sequoia running and the latest version of InDesign. Help!

I have the same problem. Have to turn off the GPU to get the image back. Upgrading from an old Cinema display 27 to a new Studio Display 27 did not help.

Apple M2 Pro
16 GB RAM
Sonoma 14.6.1
Apple Studio Display

This happens to three of us in our design Studio. It only happens in InDesign. Two of us are using the latest version of InDesign 2025 and one still using 2024. All of us have a Mac Studio, the latest macOS Sonoma and 27 inch Apple Studio Displays.

I have exactly the same thing happening. I've updated system software and Adobe software to try and see if they're fixed it but no joy.

I'm having the same problem.. InDesign pink screen, continually quitting out to fix. Did you manage to resolve the issue? 
Am running latest OS 14.4.1 and latest InDesign

@Eric24088433ssya 

ONLY InDesign is affected?

It would help to have your system and hardware specifications.