Photoshop Performance Issues on 2019 iMac – Tools Freezing, Lagging, Unresponsive
Hi everyone,
For the past 10 days, I’ve been experiencing serious lag and freezing issues with Photoshop. It started suddenly and affects pretty much every action now, though it’s especially bad when using tools like the Healing Brush, Clone Stamp, and Patch Tool. After a while, even saving or exiting the program takes several minutes and can only be done via keyboard shortcuts.
I’ve tried rolling back to older Photoshop versions, but it didn’t help. I’m working on a 2019 iMac, which I know is getting older, but it still meets the system requirements and had been running Photoshop beautifully up until a couple of weeks ago.
So far, I’ve:
Cleared caches multiple times a day
Kept other apps/tabs closed
Increased Photoshop’s RAM usage to 85%
Followed all Adobe support recommendations I could find
Despite all this, the issue persists. Has anyone else experienced something similar or found a solution? Any help would be hugely appreciated!
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