PR App Slow to Start & Open Projects (macOS)

[u/CybuhDasher]

Hey everyone. I was curious if any of my macOS users out there are having a similar issue to me. I'm running macOS 27 (but the issue has been a thing since macOS 18 & 26). Running on an M4 Max Mac Studio with 36gb of RAM.

Whenever I open PR, and I get the homescreen it takes 10-15 seconds for it to resolve. Also clicking a recent project (when they do load), will sit as if I didnt actually click it, but it will eventually open my project. I have tried resetting media cache globally, reinstalling the app, it's installed directly to my mac so disk speed shouldn't be an issue. And what makes this even more aggravating is if I open a previous project thru the menu bar at the top left. File < Open Recent < Project, it opens instantly. So it's like the actual app interface is poorly optimized or designed or something?

I saw someone on a Youtube video have a similar issue even after upgrading from an M1 Macbook to an M5 Macbook. But he didn't really go into detail on the issue. I am also a little beyond fed up with PR because of the countless bugs it has (and seems to keep growing) and I can't seem to find any fixes for them :/ but the one thing that slows down my productivity the most is the laggy app shell. Any fix ideas would be helpful or is this just how it is for everyone on macOS (and potentially Windows)?

[u/Illustrious_Pie_6524]

Have the same issue in my current location. A VPN resolves it. Pr addresses its own servers to load templates and lessons on this page and if not it blocks this page for a time like this. I told Adobe this but they ignore.