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Re: InDesign CC 2017 slow performance

Explorer ,
Mar 31, 2017 Mar 31, 2017

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I have tried all the fixes mentioned here including this most recent plug-in. Nothing has fixed my issue. Saving, clicking, select all, moving from one page to another, zoom, every action I try results in a 20 to 30 second lag watching the spinning beach ball. Every once in a while I get 3 or 4 actions in before the beach ball starts again.

My gut tells me this is document specific some how. Some documents that have VERY large file content lag more than others. Also I'm suspicious that reusing older files that have sizes, etc set up hold on to old links that can drag down InDesign. I had hoped, as was suggested here, that saving as an .IDML then opening that to start working with would fix the lag.  No luck there either. I agree with everyone here that this is unacceptable from Adobe. This thread was started back in late 2016. It is past time that there should be a fix for users who depend on Adobe InDesign to make a living.

my Mac Spec's below:

Mac Pro (Late 2013)

Processor: 3.5 GHZ 6-Core Intel Xeon E5

Memory: 64 GB 1866 MHz DDR3

Graphics: AMD FirePro D700 61144 MB

OS: 10.12.3

1 TB Internal drive

3 TB External drive

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Community Beginner ,
Dec 04, 2017 Dec 04, 2017

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Just a quick update from my end: After many months (close to a year, actually) of beating my head against the wall, it seems the 2018 InDesign (ver. 13) release has fixed the problem. My company hasn't changed anything on our network, but once I upgraded to the 2018 version, the beach ball has FINALLY stopped spinning every 5-10 seconds.

I've been using the 2018 since it was released, and I'm happy to report that although I have zero idea of what the issue was, it seems to be fixed. I hope everyone else has the same luck, because none of the previous suggestions worked for me.

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New Here ,
Dec 08, 2017 Dec 08, 2017

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I don't know how much time I've wasted using InDesign! Even when creating simple 1-page, text-only documents. Every time I moved the cursor or cut/pasted text I got the spinning ball of death. It's been maddening that Adobe has been unable to help and keeps creating this program in ways that bog it down. I was ready to cancel my subscription.


I had tried several of the fixes posted in the forums, but they did not help. And last time I upgraded InDesign, the problem got much worse, so I was hesitant to upgrade again. But...I just installed the latest upgraded and it's working again!!!

(I am hoping this is a permanent change and InDesign won't bog down again, as it has for some other folks...) 

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New Here ,
Jan 24, 2018 Jan 24, 2018

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I am having same problems. I am using Indesign CC 2018. I am working off of a server. Any move i make results in beachball spin for about 20 to 30 seconds. I have tried purging cache and prefs. Starting in Safe mode. Clicking my heels together 3 times and saying " There's no place like CS6" but nothing works. I may switch over to Quark.

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