P: Photoshop 23.2 freezes on macOS while changing layer styles/opacity on a PSB file

Because I use Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, Premiere, and am exploring Substance. 

Why are you paying $50 a month – that's for the whole Creative Cloud suite – for Photoshop the Photography Plan costs around $10 a month?

I did the upgrade, but now, my Photoshop ask me for a RAM memory... can u help me?

Resetting preferences manually worked for me. PS 23.2.1 was incredibly slow to do anything. I did the process where you hold down cmd, opt and shift and restart PS. The dialog about deleting preferences came up. I clicked Ok. PS has behaved properly since then. MacOS Monterey, 12.2.1 on 2017 iMac.

same issue on windows here

Aktually, for those with a body of work from this century—efficient is best.
By @salty31337

Actually, some of us here have actually been working with Photoshop this and last century (32 years); from a few months after it was actually released.

And we actually know how to fix many issues within PS and other applications, products, and so forth.

I think some people enjoy complaining almost as much as they enjoy doing nothing about it. 

Enough said.

Aktually, for those with a body of work from this century—efficient is best. The MOST efficient fix is to unistal the most recent update and to go back to a previous version where the bugs were not present. 

“There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult.” -Warren Buffett

Having to reset preferences is not quick and easy if you actually use photoshop for more than editing family photos.

Community Beginner salty31337

Having to reset preferences is not quick and easy if you actually use photoshop for more than editing family photos. 

Having to reset preference is as fast and easy as taking a backup you made while everything was working fine, then replacing it when Photoshop crashes since this is one of the first steps to overcome the crash and the first step Adobe and other's recommended before moving to other possible fixes. But you can of course find other ways to waste time and avoid a possible fix.