Screen flickers when highlighting text

[Conquest]

NEW UPDATE TO MY LAST UPDATE:  THE BUGS ARE BACK. I just installed ID's update 19.0.1 and now when I select text with the rulers visible...screen flashes white!  When I hide the rulers and select the text there is a slight flicker.  This no longer strikes me as a Mac bug, but how will we know until Adobe releases an update for the M2 chip. What is taking so long??

HOLD THE WEDDING!  I just updated Sonoma to 14.1. and SUDDENLY I was able to turn on GPU which was previously grayed out.  The flickering has stopped with the rulers visible in ID on my MacBook Air  M2 -- HOORAY. I suppose it was Sonoma and not Adobe's problem.  THIS IS NOT REALLY FIXED (see above)

This is driving me crazy. I have the latest version of InDesign on a MacBook Air M2; I have 32 GB Ram and 1 TB hard drive. Every time I selecr text by highlighting it in the text frame, the screen flickers like crazy then goes white util I release the mouse button.I just updated the OS to Sonoma. Hiding the rulers stops the flickering BUT I need to have the rulers visible, so when I drag a guide I can see where I'm putting it. The flickering makes guide placement impossible. I'd say this is a MAJOR bug that Adobe better be working night and day to fix. The bug also affects MacBook M1 which is supposedly compatable. 

[Conquest]

Rolling back the OS is not what I'd call a good solution when everything else is working fine with Sonoma. But I grant you that I ignored common sense by not waiting a few months before upgrading. Alas, usually Adobe is quick to update its apps for Apple's OS update. 

[BobLevine]

And, while I will grant you that it might be an Adobe bug, it might well be a Sonoma bug.

[Conquest]

Maybe.

I don't remember now, but I think I experienced this sporadically with Ventura. 

[Seth Levinson]

I turned rulers off and that solved it for now. Yikes. Super annoying. 

[Todditron]

Just adding to the pile, same issue here (macmini 2018, current OS), hiding rulers seems to have fixed it in light testing

[Conquest]

Watch out when you try to drag guidelines from the rulers...the screen turns white.

[clif_CROP]

Is this happening int InDesign 2024? I went back to 2023 after Adobe didn't figure out how to port the preferences over from 2023 on install and I'm on a new M2 Studio and BLINK BLINK BLINK!

[Seth Levinson]

In Design 19.0
Just updated it a week ago.

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[clif_CROP]

Seth - 

Sorry not understanding the context of your message. 

I'm asking if this is only occuring to people using 2023, or if people are experiencing it running 2024 (v19.0), are you confirming that?

I have both 23 and 24 (18.5 and 19.0) but as I mentioned I'm not going to use 2024 till they get the preference import fixed. If its an issue in 2024 then a new thread should be started since this one is somewhat erroniously marked as solved. 

[vanessaf83177691]

It happens with both 2023 and 2024.  I think it is a result of Sonoma.  I did not have any problems with 2023 until my computer automatically installed Sonoma.  I am using the no-ruler solution for now.  

[Seth Levinson]

Hey, sorry if I've confused things by posting in the wrong place. Yes, the
problem I'm having started when I updated to InDesign 19.0
Problem's definitely not fixed. I've turned off rulers which is a patch for
now but a drag if I need rulers.

Seth


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[clif_CROP]

@Seth Levinson and @vanessaf83177691 just confirming that you are not on a Pro machine or a Mac Studio? Others have mention MacBooks and MacBook Airs not having the ability to turn on the GPU Performance. But if you are on a Mac Pro, MacBook Pro or Mac Studio the trying goin in to Prefrences > GPU Performance and check the GPU Performance box. Personally I like to leave the "animate zoom" turned off. This does seem to fix the issue (and let you have your rulers back) for those that have a Mac that supports the feature.  

[vanessaf83177691]

I'm using a Mac Mini M1 2020.  I can find all kinds of GPU files in my Activity Monitor but I do not think there is a way to turn them on or off.

[Seth Levinson]

it seems on some systems (like my Macbook Pro) one can't turn the GPU off/on

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[clif_CROP]

Hey vanessa, sounds like that might not have been clear what I posted. You don't need to go in Activity Monitor. This is the Preferences for InDesign. towards the bottom. Attaching a screen image. 

GPU Performance in InDesign Preferences menu

[vanessaf83177691]

Thank you.  Went there but guess my there is no compatibility with my Apple M1.   Both options are grayed out.   Thank you, though!

[Seth Levinson]

Mine are greyed out as well.

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[Deb Haggerty]

Try turning on GPU

Count it all joy!
Deb Haggerty

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[LR331127488j6t]

had to look up GPU 😉

Macbook doesn't have that option. 😞

[clif_CROP]

Turning on GPU on my M2 Mac Studio seems to have fixed it. I did that last night before closing the document but the limited amout of time I've spent in InDesign today it has yet to blink once. 

There should be a way to report this as the CORRECT answer. 

Kind of annoying that the "correct" answer above is just, we don't support that hardware or OS. 

Well, that link above now shows M2 as being supported, and of course Sonoma is out offical now, not beta anymore, yet Adobe still doesn't support Sonoma a month after its release. Oh and of course they had Sonoma available to them since June...

[Conquest]

MacBook Air M2 does not support GPU, so that solution will not work for Air-users.

[clif_CROP]

Unfortunate. Seems its only on the MacBook Pros, Mac Pros and Mac Studios. 

[Seth Levinson]

It doesn't work (turning on/off GPU) for Macbook Pros either.

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[clif_CROP]

Wow that really odd. My MacBook Pro, an M1 on Sonoma has the GPU turned on and I'm not having the issue. It was my M2 Studio with Sonoma that for some reason had it turned off, guessing cause I recently move over from an old Intel Mac Pro and probably had it off in the settings. 

[BobLevine]

Again, until it's fixed there is no way to know who's bug this is. If an O/S update fixes it, then it's the O/S; if an InDesign update fixes it, it's an Adobe bug.

But it was indeed the O/S that changed, just as it was the O/S that changed when Apple updated Ventura to 13.5 and fixed all kinds of crashing issues with InDesign.