GPU support crashes reproducibly on different Macs (Mac OS 10.3 + Ai 25.x)
The hole GPU support with Illustrator 2021 is broken on the Mac with Big Sur since the release of CC 2021 (Mac OS 10.3 + Ai 25.2.3). GPU support works with a blank document. The GPU support crashes reproducibly: switch on rulers > GPU crashes, open document with guides > GPU crashes, double click on grouped elements > GPU crashes, resize artboard > GPU crashes. Several upates went by without help. Every (!) colleague I have spoken to has struggles with the same bug since the release of Ai 2021. Both of my Macs (iMac i9 with Vega48 & M1 MBP) have the issue.
Rainer Rressel
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Jörg Poser
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Same problem here since AI 2021. I work around it by saving the document with rulers off, then closing and reopening it. A second workaround works for me, too: turn rulers off, open a new window (Window -> New Window) with the same document then close the original window. As long as this bug exists, Illustrator 2021 for me is not really useable at all. Until then I will use Illustrator 2020. (iMac 27 2019, Radeon Pro 580 X, 64 GB RAM, OS X 10.15.7 Catalina)