We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Lightroom and Photoshop run natively on Apple M1 computers. We are testing and optimizing other apps for these new devices. When will Adobe release apps that run natively on computers with the M1 chip? Lightroom and Photoshop run natively on Apple M1 computers.
The reviews are in and they’re almost unanimous: Apple’s new M1 chip is blazing fast, but it’s going to take a while before the apps people depend on to do their work are optimized to take.
As of March 2021, Photoshop now runs natively on Apple computers using the Apple Silicon M1 chip with 1.5X the speed of similarly configured previous generation systems.
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Photoshop has minor feature differences when running under the native mode and the Rosetta emulation mode. Adobe is hard at work to reduce these feature differences in future updates.
Refer to the below list to determine whether to open Photoshop in Native mode or open using Rosetta.
To learn how to run Photoshop in Rosetta, see About Rosetta.
- Import, Export, and playback of embedded video layers
- Shake Reduction filter
- Preset Syncing
- Share an image button / Quick Share
- You can now access shared cloud documents under Home Screen > Shared with you and participate in collaborative editing but cannot send an invitation to edit a cloud document. To learn alternative ways to send invitations via Creative Cloud Desktop and Web, see Access and edit shared cloud documents.
- Opening or placing U3D formatted files
- Starting Bridge from Photoshop menus
| Issue | Workaround |
| Plugins not available | Intel-based plugins will not appear in Photoshop. Run Intel-based plugins with Photoshop on Rosetta to install and use those plugins until your plugin provider delivers Apple silicon-compatible versions. |
| Missing or unsupported extensions | To use extensions that rely on CEP, install and run them in Rosetta mode only. Once you launch under Rosetta, you may need to go to Window / Extensions (legacy) to open your CEP panels again. Note: You will not see the 'Open in Rosetta' option if you are right-clicking on an 'alias'. If you are a developer and would like to update your plugin to work with Photoshop in native mode, see UXP for Adobe Photoshop. |
Issues when exporting SVG files |
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| Photoshop freezes when starting up and the splash screen displays 'Loading Halide Bottlenecks...' | Update to macOS Big Sur 11.2.1. If Photoshop continues to freeze while starting up after updating to macOS 11.2.1, create a new administrator user account. For more help, see Set up users, guests, and groups on your Mac. |
Export As command produces an error “Can’t export to this location, select another location to continue.” | Remove the ‘#’ character from the folder name in the save destination path, or use the Save As command to export, or use the Rosetta emulation mode to Export. |
| Merge to HDR Pro workspace is too large when maximized | Hide or decrease the size of the macOS Dock. See Change Dock & Menu Bar preferences on Mac |
| Adobe Stock purchases will take place on the Adobe Stock web site | Important: Prior to making the stock purchase, ensure that you’re logged in with the same Adobe ID account in both Photoshop and the Adobe Stock website to ensure the licensed file correctly appears in your Libraries Panel. |
| Multi-app workflows, such as Copy and Pasting or Editing in Photoshop from Lightroom, between native and Rosetta emulation versions of Adobe applications will not work | Adobe recommends against running apps in different modes. Run both applications in the same native or emulation mode. |
| 3D features are not optimized for native performance | Adobe recommends opening Photoshop using Rosetta for 3D workflows |
| Black Screen when viewing a 3D document | Click the eyeball to toggle the layer's visibility |
The Photoshop engineering team is investigating the following compatibility issues while running in Rosetta:
- When exporting using Export As or Generator, you cannot export some formats (SVG, GIF)
- Differring selection results when using Select Subject
- You see magenta artifacts when using filters like Flame, Picture Frame or Tree
- Crash when using Select Subject, Object Selection tool, Remove Background Quick Action, or Magic Wand
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No. Unsupported versions of Photoshop were not designed or tested to work on Apple devices with Apple Silicon M1 processors.
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Adobe on Wednesday released Photoshop for Apple's M1-based Macs, a key software package for the new family of computers, and it runs 50% faster than on Intel-powered equivalent laptops .
'Our internal tests show a wide range of features running an average of 1.5x the speed of similarly configured previous generation systems,' Photoshop Product Manager Pam Clark said in a blog post Wednesday about the release of the M1-native Photoshop software. Those tests included opening and saving files, applying editing filters, and using automated tools for filling in regions and selecting subjects, 'which all feel noticeably faster,' Adobe said.
The results reinforce the strong performance and battery life advantages that reviewers have reported for Apple's new Macs -- and the serious challenge Apple poses to Intel after years of delays modernizing its manufacturing. Making a chip transition in computing product line is a massive endeavor, but so far it appears Apple has managed the change well.
Good Photoshop performance is important for the creative professionals who are a core Mac customer set. Even before the native Photoshop version arrived, CNET photographer Andrew Hoyle declared M1 Macs to be a 'safe bet.' Photoshop is widely used for editing and compositing photos but also many other design and publishing tasks.
M1 processors are more powerful siblings to Apple's A14 chips in new iPhones , and they take advantage of the circuitry miniaturization lead that TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.) has on Intel .
Adobe ran its tests on 13-inch MacBook Pros with 16GB of RAM, 2TB SSDs and Mac OS 11.2.2. The Intel-based machine used a Core i7 processor, though Macs don't ship with the latest models from Intel. Budget buyers should note that the M1-based MacBook Air likely offers similar performance. It lacks the Pro's larger battery, slightly brighter screen, cooling fan for sustained heavy work and, in low-end Air configurations, a bit of graphics processing performance.
© Dan Ackerman/CNETApple's new 13-inch MacBook Pro uses the company's M1 processor. Adobe released a version of Photoshop built for the new machines.
Apple has yet to release larger, more powerful MacBook Pro laptops, iMacdesktops and Mac Pro tower computers using its M series of processors. There, it's expected to offer chips with more processing cores than the M1's four powerful cores and four power-efficient cores. In that market, though, processors from Intel and AMD are more competitive.
For its part, Intel in February offered its own set of speed tests showing where its newer 11th Gen Core chips, code-named Tiger Lake, outdo M1 Macs. (Apple's Intel-based MacBooks use 10th Gen Core chips.) One specific test involved Photoshop's content aware fill technology, one of the tests Adobe cited. On Intel's test, its Windows machine using a 3GHz quad-core Intel chip was 1.5 times faster than an M1 Mac. On that test, though, M1 was running Photoshop through Apple's Rosetta 2 translation software, which isn't as fast as running native software built for the chip.
A few newer Photoshop features aren't yet in the new M1-native version, including the ability to edit documents stored in the cloud and to synchronize presets, Adobe said. Customers who need those can use the Intel version of Photoshop running on M1 Macs through Rosetta.
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There are no Windows PCs using M1 processors, although it's possible Apple's success with the M1 could spur Arm-family chip PC progress from Qualcomm or other chip designers.
Also on Wednesday, Adobe announced a new Photoshop feature that uses AI to quadruple photo sizes. The feature will soon come to Lightroom, too.