Saving in Illustrator 2026 is killing my workflow lately
Hi! I’m curious if anyone else is experiencing this in Illustrator 2026.
Since updating, I’ve noticed that saving files can take over 5 minutes, even with relatively simple documents (few artboards and elements). It’s consistent enough that it’s starting to affect my workflow quite a bit.
For context, I’m working on a MacBook Pro (M1 Max, 64GB RAM), so I wouldn’t expect performance to be an issue.
I’ve temporarily gone back to Illustrator 2025 to keep working faster, but that version has been unstable for me and crashes randomly, so it’s not really a solution.
Not looking for official support—just trying to understand if this is something others are seeing too, or if it might be related to a specific setting, file type, or recent update.
Has anyone else run into this?