It seems to happen on my machine after I open FontAgent which automatically "opens at login". So I have to open System Settings and delete it from "opens at login" which seems to fix the problem.

UPDATE - sometimes this works, sometimes it doesn't. Ugh.

Unusable. I thought beach balls were a distant memory now, with all the processor advances in later years.. Now I see them in ID 25 doing any small action. Vibes of old PageMaker – maybe time is now ripe for a total re-write of the whole application? ID seems awfully creaky.

There's plenty of people referencing to the stuttering issues on Reddit, it seems to be exclusive to Macs, but I might be wrong.

https://www.reddit.com/r/indesign/comments/1g4vtwa/indesign_stutters_after_updating_to_2025/

https://www.reddit.com/r/indesign/comments/1h27jeo/indesign_2025_slow_and_buggy/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Adobe/comments/1g9w4j2/adobe_indesign_2025_slow_and_laggy/

https://www.reddit.com/r/indesign/comments/1guscm1/indesign_2025_is_horribly_slow/

The 1 key issue is kind of mad though, haven't ever seen anything like it. In hindsight, it might have been native to the file I was working on at the time, the person who built it has a habit of doing weird stuff when building documents. Either way, the stuttering/freezing is a much bigger issue.

I ended up reverting to InDesign 2024 because 2025 is such a mess. Hopefully, the stuttering/freeezing gets patched out soon. I don't like upgrading this early, but someone at my agency jumped the gun forcing everyone else to upgrade for file compatibility.

This issue is not limited to Mac. We are having it across our entire team - a delay of up to 3 seconds when switching between programs. This is a HUGE issue for productivity that caused my team to downgrade back to 2024. I keep coming back here hoping there is a fix, but I don't see it being taken as seriously as it should be.

This is a huge issue for my entire team. Please let us know if you are working on this.

This is a HUGE issue. Please take the numerous comments on this lag seriously!

I haven't experienced any of the issues you mentioned (granted I'm on Windows 11 but many of my colleagues are on Mac OS and aren't having any issues), and I work in an environment with strict IT protections, multiple servers, and a host of background applications. I wish I could offer better advice but know that the problem might be isolated and/or related to your system settings.

This is the worst update to InDesign I've ever experienced.

I'm about 15 years deep into my design career now, and this is the first time InDesign has been straight-up unusable. I've had to revert back to 2024 as it's impossible to work with 2025.

The issues are constant stuttering, scroll a little it freezes, select text it freezes, move anything it freezes. These little freezes add up and make it impossible to get into a good workflow.

I was happy to see there was an update recently and thought it would fix my problem, it only added to them. Now my 1 key no longer inputs the number 1 but it bolds the text instead, I have to copy and paste 1 from another app now.

I've uninstalled CC, and reinstalled it, I've updated my Mac OS and I've even done a complete wipe of CC, all preferences/cache/relevant system files with a fresh install. These bugs are still there.

How did this product even get signed off? This has massively impacted my work flow, and is absolutely inexcusable for a service with such a high price tag.

Sort it out Adobe, this isn't acceptable.

Shocker that a XX.0 and XX.0.1 have fundamental issues. This is another reason why we continue to use Affinity Publisher more than InDesign these days. We have a poster on the wall of a decision tree that boils down to: If you want to make cat memes then download the latest Adobe software—it might get the job done. If you must create professional materials with fundamental tools that have been a staple to the industry for years, use something else.

It's kind of like Harbor Freight tools vs. trusted name-brand tools. When you need to fix something and don't need to worry if the tool will ever work again after the first project, get it from Harbor Freight. If you need it to work more than twice, go with something else.

Unfortunately, with Adobe, you don't get what you pay for. Several other options are available for a cheaper price that just work.

Same issues here on a Mac mini 2018 i7, 64GB ram with an amd radeon 6800 16GB egpu. By accident I had Activity monitor open on the gpu tab. I clicked on Indesign and it showed the internal Intel gpu. That was weird, as in Indesign in the GPU performance showed the AMD card. I closed Indesign, right clicked on the app, and chose "prefer external gpu". Lo and behold after opening Indesign in Activity monitor was really running on the AMD now. And the performance in app was like it should be.

Unfortunately, the latest update did not resolve the delays occurring when switching between tools and functions.

I am working on an Apple Silicon Mac Studio with the M2 chip, 64 GB of memory, and a 2 TB internal SSD. My system is running macOS Sonoma 15.1.1 (24B91).

Even with a trivial task, such as switching between a text box (T) and the object itself (V), there is a delay of about half a second. I have never experienced anything like this, not even on my old MacBook Pro with an Intel chip running older Adobe CS versions. I must say that such performance is completely unusable for normal, everyday work.

When comparing the response speed to the latest Illustrator, the difference is staggering. Illustrator reacts instantly, as it should, without any delays.

I don’t understand what has been done to the latest versions of InDesign, but working on any document in this software has become unbearable, unsustainable, and, most importantly, impossible in the long term.

To clarify, I have uninstalled and reinstalled InDesign twice, cleared the cache, and reset preferences. The issue persists, and I am convinced the problem lies in the code.

I kindly ask for your advice or a fix as soon as possible.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Hi guys,
i'm using Dropbox and have noticed activity when the beachball starts spinning in InDesign. I've all files on my HDD and i'm only mirroring them on Dropbox for backup purposes. Maybe there's a connection or it has something to do with autosave in InDesign? Hope that helps—it really gets annoying ...
Cheers from Vienna, Benjamin

Having same issues. Seems related to switching away from the application and going back. I have tried many solutions listed and it will work well until I switch and then the issues begin. Really just 100% unusable at that point.

I turned off Contextual Task bar, turned off all my fonts (including most of my Cloud fonts), deleted my preferences, turned off "Auto-activate Adobe Fonts" , set Display Performance to "Fast" and Adjust View Settings to "Fast". Even tried working in Safe Mode. Nothing worked.

It works for a short time when I reboot my computer. Takes 3 clicks to get it to work (ie, to select a word in a text box, I have to click 3 times).

I'm running Sequoia 15.1.1 on a 2.4 GHz 8 Core Intel Core i9 with 64 GB of RAM. InDesign 20.0.1.

Unworkable...

HEllo, can someone from Adobe comment on this bug/issue please. I've ssen lots of people suffer from this. Reverting back solves everthing, but that is not an option for bigger studios with large teams working on the same documents.

After installing Indesign 2025 (20.1), there is now a 3-5 sec lag every time I click my mouse in and out of the program. This is becoming incredibly frustrating. I've uninstalled/re-installed the app multiple times and I've reset preferences on quit and nothing is changing. please help ASAP

I have the same issue! Super annoying. Also on Mac.

After update to indesign 2025, the program is laggy, even the file just simply text design. when move an object, it laggy and delay!!! pls solve this issue, I love indesign!

Every few seconds, indesign gets stuck for a few seconds, no matter what it does, it has confirmed that the computer's performance is sufficient.
mac mini m4pro 48GB RAM + 1TB hard disk
macos 15.1.1
In the indesign preferences, the GPU performance column says 36GB of memory, but it's actually 48GB, and I don't know what's wrong.