Severe image rendering corruption in InDesign on MacBook Pro M4 after macOS update
Description:
I am experiencing intermittent but repeatable image rendering corruption in Adobe InDesign on a brand-new 14-inch MacBook Pro (M4).
Symptoms:
Linked raster images (JPEG/PNG/PSD) initially display correctly.
After a short period of working, the images become corrupted on screen.
The corruption appears as vertical coloured lines, stretched pixels and black areas replacing the image content.
Vector objects and text remain unaffected.
The corruption affects multiple placed images within the document.
Relinking the affected image restores it temporarily, but the corruption returns.
The issue occurs across multiple InDesign documents.
Additional observations:
Photoshop has also displayed occasional graphical glitches.
The issue started after installing the latest macOS update.
GPU Performance has been disabled in InDesign with no improvement.
Adobe Creative Cloud, InDesign and Photoshop are fully up to date.
Files are stored on the internal SSD (not an external drive or cloud storage).
Projects are packaged with local linked assets.
Exported PDFs appear normal
Hardware:
MacBook Pro 14-inch M4
Apple silicon
Latest version of macOS
Diagnostics already completed:
Apple Mac Resource Inspector — Passed
Apple Display Anomalies — Passed
No hardware faults detected.
Request:
Could you advise whether this is a known compatibility issue between the latest version of macOS and InDesign, or if there are additional graphics-related settings or patches I should apply?
Kallie Christie
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