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• • November 17, 2023 at 1:19 pm #14397269
    Stephen Burdick

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    Hi all, I’m getting a total ‘white-out’ screen effect when selecting text. Dragging across a line of text, the screen goes white, making it difficult to see where I’ve selected. (This doesn’t happen if I click at the beginning of the text and hold down shift and click at the other end to select the targeted text. But it’s super annoying). I’m working in InDesign 19.0.1 on a MacBook Pro running OS ‘Sonoma’ 14.1.1. Looking at the Apple support page, there’s a conflict with Sonoma and InDesign, but I haven’t seen any answers or solutions on the way. Anyone find a work-around? A plug-in? Some ‘GREP’ (just kidding, love you Erica!)? Let us know. -Steve in Boston

  • November 17, 2023 at 1:49 pm #14397273
    Terence McAteer

    Member

    Honestly as David said on the last podcast … never do a dot zero update.… in saying that if you haven’t already try disabling the gpu and that might (might ) do it … that’s on preferences or now settings.

  • November 17, 2023 at 1:57 pm #14397281
    Stephen Burdick

    Participant

    Thanks Terence! (I know! I heard David’s ‘never download a dot zero update’ advice the day *after* I went and did it!) I’ll try disabling the gpu setting. (The option is grayed out on my monitor, but maybe with monitors off it will work.) Also, I got another tip – ‘turn off rulers’ – that seems to solve the ‘white out’ problem. If I don’t have to measure anything! Cheers! -S

  • November 17, 2023 at 3:24 pm #14397296
    David Blatner

    Keymaster

    Wow, turning off rulers fixed it? That’s crazy. Fortunately, you can turn them on/off with Command/Ctrl-R.

  • November 26, 2023 at 10:32 pm #14397488
    lynda

    Member

    Executives with ADHD seldom want to bring their planners to me. They’re embarrassed. They’ve already tried using every kind of planner to organize themselves, but nothing seems to work. So they limp along, believing that planners just aren’t for them. But eventually, when they’re overwhelmed enough, they’re ready to acknowledge that something isn’t working for them — and it may not be the planner.

  • December 7, 2023 at 1:46 am #14398014
    Deborah

    Member

    The white-out screen issue during text selection could be related to compatibility between InDesign 19.0.1 and macOS Sonoma 14.1.1. Try updating InDesign to the latest version or check for patches addressing this specific problem.

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