Illustrator CS stalling halfway through save as pdf process?

I'm running 17.0.2 on a Macbook Pro and I trying to create a pdf (any type of) from my artwork that is 8.5*11 and only 2 MB. Everything goes smoothly till half way through the pdf creation process then the progress bar just sits there? Any thoughts? I can create pdf's from other artwork that are even larger files no problem?

That would indicate you are using an effect or feature as an appearance that cannot be expanded or flattened to retain appearance. you would then have to do so manually before saving or even re-create e.g. a specific transdparency-based effect manually with opaque colors...
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