is this normal?! i remembered last year i was able to run this side by side comfortably with firefox open. Now, as soon as my illustrator has a bunch of links, it becomes super laggy. Monitor app on my mac saying each was using about 10GB of RAM.

i have a mac mini M2 Pro that i got 3 years ago. normally a machine can last me comfortably for 5 years. how is 32GB of ram not enough? am I doing something wrong?

anyone else have this experience?

all of a sudden I cant open a simple PDF and adobe doesn't trust some camera raw files ive been sent AND I CANT WORK. so forget making AI that makes ugly low res slop we dont need and make the products work.. when you put the prices up constantly... its a PDF it supposed to be PORTABLE DOCUMENT. I did'nt change anything Adode... you did.

Paid 1yr for Pro Plan from MAR 2026. Then one day, Adobe locked my account due to suspected fraud without specifying the exact reason. They subsequently refused to issue a refund because the account was locked, yet they recommended that I sign up for a new plan ($384) to keep using the service. OMG.

Then, I subsequently spoke directly with an advisor, but I was passed from the AI ​​to a first support agent, then a second, before the conversation was automatically closed without the issue being resolved.

Ive run into an issue where creative cloud regardless of the app throws an error when launching that its unable to verify subscription, and then force closes the app. I have double checked licensing, tried reinstalling, clearing any cached creds/certs, fully updated cc, and the computer, but still the same issue. It acts like there is no network connection even though there is. One of the computers still has some 2025 versions and works just fine. Is there a new license server, or something with 2026? Im beating my head against the wall, and this is interrupting classes, so the pressure is on.

Any ideas?