And I was wondering if I should update because before everything worked more or less fine. Having the same issue on a macbook pro 2017, just after updating to Monterey, the bug started appearing. I am using a couple of plugins in Indesign, which may contribute to crashes, but I also have an Intel Mac with the same version of Indesign, and the same plugins, and am having no such issues there.

Having to restart the computer multiple times a day has not happened to me since the days of OS 9. The issue usually occurs after Indesign crashes, something which unfortunately happens multiple times a day using Indesign on M1 Pro. The issue may be OS related, but it only occurs in Indesign, and only on my M1 Pro computer, not my older Intel mac. The issue is persisent: Restarting Indesign does not fix it once it starts occuring, but restarting the computer will fix it. A second click AND hold will pull down the menu, but all the sub-menus remain unavailable, they will not pull out.

On a regular basis the pull down menus in Indesign will stop reacting properly: Clicking menu item will select the topic (screenshot 1), but not pull down the menu.

Indesign mac