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Screen flickers when highlighting text

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September 26, 2023
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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.

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최고의 답변: BobLevine

Did you read any of the information here? Update Sonoma!

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CohenClarke

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Turned on GPU Performance on my Macpro M2 and this stopped for me. It was still happening as of latest update, Dec2024, and finally googled about it, and I tried that (actually wouold have assumed is was already turned on), and that stopped that bug. I lived with it for last year or so, def super annoying trying to select and edit text with that happening everytime.

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WriterJeff

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On an M3 MBP running Sonoma 14.3.1 the flicker can still make InDesign unusable on my external monitor. As I've mentioned before, setting Preview on CPU under the View menu fixes the problem, but it also significantly degrades InDesign performance.

@mgdibblee suggested a fix on her M3 MBP. She changes screen resolution and display gamut, and I don't want to do that. But one change she suggests is easy to make and does reduce the flicker enough that I can live with it.

The change is this: under Displays in System Settings, change the built-in display refresh rate from ProMotion to 60Hz. (This matches the refresh rate of my external monitor.) Sometimes with this setting the flashing and blackouts disappear entirely; mostly they are infrequent and I can work.

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stugent

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I'm on Sonoma 14.1.2., whenever I connect to an external display, I have the same issue. When I switch of the rulers (as someone in this thread suggested), it's resolved. But obviously sometimes you need the rulers.

BobLevine

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Did you read any of the information here? Update Sonoma!

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Lilian5C95

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It looks like Apple finally fixed the issue. Updated to Sonoma 14.3.1 and the flickering finally stopped!

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pikabill

Participating Frequently

I’m get nervous when updating Mac OS or Creative Suite apps nowadays. It all used to be so seamless.

Sam-Rios

Inspiring

Same here. A problem fixed usually brings along more problems caused.

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Michelle33882184penv

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Has anyone had seen a fix yet? I ended up reverting to an old systems update but now my computer runs incredibly slow. So I decided to break up with Macs. I have a PC on the way. I can't function properly and efficiently without the full use of Indesign and can't wait any longer. I tried turning off rulers and guides but I need those on a daily basis so wasn't working out for me. Hopefully Apple and Adobe figure it out, but they have lost a customer.

leo.r

Community Expert

Has anyone had seen a fix yet?

By @Michelle33882184penv

Did you update to macOS 14.3? It fixes the issue for many users.

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glennm66761046

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Yes, 14.3 fix the problem !

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Michelle33882184penv

Participant

Hello - I was having the same issue, I ended up downgrading my laptop back to Monteray to get Indesign to work since well InDesign is my entire career. Has this been resovled and if so how did you fix it? Can i finally do the Sonoma upgrade or not yet? thank you!

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glennm66761046

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Hello, I did as Marcoklobas (see up there) : I noticed that if I hide the rulers the flickering is mostly gone. Hope it helps.

And it's working for me 🙂

Good luck

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Michelle33882184penv

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Hello – unfortunately I need the rulers for my job, so that didn’t work. But thank you! I hope Adobe and Mac fixes this soon or I am going to have to toss my Mac and go PC. I can’t keep using the outdated system updates for much longer, my computer runs SO SLOW.

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Sam-Rios

Inspiring

I have the new Apple Macbook Pro M3 chip, this problem persists.

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WriterJeff

Participating Frequently

Hi Sam. I have the same MacBook. See my post below for how I fixed this issue.

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Seth Levinson

Participating Frequently

WriterJeff! I've been following this thread since last November. Yours' is the first suggestion that stopped the flickering (besides turning rulers off which only partially help) Thank you!

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Jane23095936koo7

Participant

I am having the same issue! so frustrating. Now reading Indesign is not yet supported on Sonoma. So question is how to Uninstall Sonoma?

BobLevine

Community Expert

At this point, you're probably better off waiting for Sonoma 14.2. Or...you can join the MacOS beta program and install it now.

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Conquest작성자

Known Participant

Somebody start a new thread...this one has cobwebs. WHEN WILL ADOBE SUPPORT APPLE'S M2 CHIP????

BobLevine

Community Expert

This has nothing to do with the chip. It's about a bug in Sonoma that has to be fixed by Apple.

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Conquest작성자

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Bob, if you read my post I said that a new thread should be started. You need to get a life.

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meegee

Inspiring

Im having same issues too - when I'm making edits to tables Ive created in Indesign. Every time I select a couple of rows to delete it flickers like crazy and I cant tell what I've selected. What's annoying is that I only upgraded to Sonoma because Indesign kept crashing on my macbook everytime I opened it, so I thought it was because my OS wasn't up to date!

BobLevine

Community Expert

The reason it was crashing was because there was a bug in Ventura that Apple fixed in 13.5. You zoomed right past that into the bugs in Sonoma causing the flickering. Roll back to Ventura and update it to 13.6.2.

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meegee

Inspiring

Ha! So Ive upgraded my bugs! Thanks for the tip, realistically I probably wont have the time/inclination to do it but at least know I now it wasn't me. Will hang out for hopefully for Adobe's Sonoma compatible upgrade soon-ish. Thanks again.