Slow and buggy when running of Dropbox or Pcloud
When I use Indesign with Dropbox or Pcloud files, even really small files it lags and becomes unusable. I have raised this issue with adobe in the past a few times direclty and they have somehow managed to fix it but it seems like every 2nd or 3rd update it comes back. Now days people use cloud services as we need to work with global teams so we need to ensure that Indesign is always able to work with what ever links that we throw at it.
I know there is a fix, because 1x a few years ago I spent hours with Tech Support troubleshooting and then they eventually pushed an update a few days later and the issue went away.
I just wish you could make sure that the same fix you did back then was always just implemented by default, I know most cloud providers save file structures in diffferent ways and there are many different operating systems etc, but still I just feel like it should just work.
Photoshop and illustrator are fine with working from links and files on Pcloud and dropbox its just indesign. I have a feeling its the way the autosave or file referencing system works.
I know its not just my machine, becuase when I save the file on my local hard drive, then its normal and smooth.
Apple M1 Max|
Sequoia 15.7.4 (24G517)
64GB
Indesign version 21.2
David Cuesta
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