InDesign CS2 and Leopard

After upgrading to Leopard (including the latest update) we noticed a few issues with InDesign. It would crash whenever you wanted to save a file or even save a pdf, which seemed to stem from opening up the “OS Dialog” window. After searching multiple forums to find a workaround or a complete solution there were few to be found. Some mentioned that this CS2 problem wouldn’t be fixed by Adobe or Apple. Also read that some CS3 users are having the same problem. Why?

One workaround was to use the “Adobe Dialog” window instead of the “OS Dialog” window. Open InDesign then select File and Open, at the bottom of the screen there’s a button listed as “Use Adobe Dialog”. This seemed to work at first but it still crashed when saving pdf files. Clearing your InDesign prefs file seemed to work at first, but after opening and closing multiple files crashing continued.

Fast forward a few weeks…
Taking notice of how I was opening InDesign files I found that opening files directly from withing InDesign (still using the Adobe Dialog) instead of double clicking on the file from Finder produced surprising results. No crashing when saving or creating pdf files! We’ll keep tabs on how this works over time and update this posting.

Another issue I’ve noticed since upgrading to Leopard is that Dreamweaver, InDesign and Photoshop don’t want to minimize when asked to. Usually have to close the application then reopen. Annoying but at least they’re not crashing. Any fixes to this problem let me know.