- Photoshop 22.x is compatible with macOS Big Sur (version 11) with these known issues
- Photoshop 21.xand earlier have not been tested for compatibility with macOS Big Sur (version 11)
Photoshop is particularly fast on the M1 MacBook Pro (Image credit: Apple) On the new M1 MacBook Pro, Photoshop opens instantly, and huge image files can be edited faster than ever before. Even when working with an image file containing numerous layers, Adobe says selecting a subject is 8 times faster on M1 Macs. Hopefully TNT will get a working Zii version up soon. There isn't a functioning version of Photoshop 2021 for the latest M1 chip. Adobe Photoshop CC. Adobe Photoshop CC 2021 is the latest version of the popular computer graphics editing software. It is this product that allows you to create incredible masterpieces. Make your dreams come true, make a beautiful interior design, edit the image on a professional level, and this is not the limit of what this tool allows. In Response To John Waller. All Macs with the M1 chip have Rosetta which allows Intel-based application, like Photoshop Elements 2021 to run on the M1 computers. Hower, the application is not optimized to run straight to M1 chip. When a version that is optimized for the M1, we should see a big boost in performance. Patch with Adobe Zii 6.1.1, (although photoshop and 2 other programs already run natively with m1 chip, after patching it will only open enabling the option, open with ROSSETA), 5. Edit the hosts file and add the following addresses so that adobe does not update. (I recommend the free GAS MASK utility to make this very easy).
- Photoshop 22.3 runs natively on Apple devices with M1 processors with these known issues
- Photoshop 22.x will run under Rosetta emulation mode on Apple devices with Apple Silicon M1 processors with these known issues
- Camera Raw 13.1 or later will run natively or under Rosetta emulation mode on Apple devices with M1 processors.
The following known issues are specific to macOS Big Sur.
Important! Until these issues have been resolved, you may want to remain on your current macOS version or test in a non-production partition to ensure all your software and hardware is compatible.
If you do encounter issues not already documented here, feel free to report them on our feedback site.
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Photoshop freezes when starting up in macOS Big Sur and the splash screen displays 'Loading Halide Bottlenecks...' Background information: This can be caused by changed user account permissions and happens after upgrading to Big Sur from a previous macOS, or after migrating user accounts to a newer computer using Apple Migration Assistant. | 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 help with this, see Set up users, guests, and groups on your Mac |
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Photoshop freezes when attempting to overwrite a file using Save for Web | Use unique file names when saving with Save for Web. |
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Photoshop crashes when you use filters like Flame, Picture Frame, Tree, or Liquify | Uninstall Photoshop and reinstall to the standard installation location. This crash is a result of the Photoshop installation path being in a custom location that contains non-latin ASCII characters. |
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The Pattern option is grayed out when choosing Edit > Fill. | The Photoshop engineering team is investigating a fix for this issue. |
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While syncing Creative Cloud files or cloud documents, one or more files remain in a syncing state for too long or changes do not seem to sync | See Why is file sync not working or appears stuck for Creative Cloud on macOS? |
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When typing with the Apple Color Emoji font in Photoshop, the font faces get cut off at the top. | The Photoshop engineering team is investigating a fix for this issue. |
Photoshop 22.3 runs natively on Apple devices with M1 processors. See Photoshop for Apple Silicon.
For the latest on features and limitations while using Photoshop in native mode, see Photoshop for Apple Silicon.
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No. Unsupported versions of Photoshop were not designed or tested to work on macOS Big Sur (version 11) or Apple Silicon M1 processors.
Older versions use 32-bit licensing components and installers and will not be able to be installed, uninstalled, or activated after upgrading to macOS Big Sur.
If you have already upgraded to macOS Big Sur, use the Creative Cloud Cleaner Tool to uninstall older versions.