Adobe Photoshop ships on Macs with Apple Silicon: Gains speedier selections, filters and performance boosts
Weâre excited to release the first version of Photoshop to run on Macs with the new M1 chip. Tests show that Photoshop delivers strong performance gains.
By Pam Clark
I am thrilled to announce that today we are releasing the first version of Photoshop to run natively on Macs with the new M1 chip. Our internal tests show that Photoshop delivers significant performance gains across the application for customers using these latest Macs.
We are also shipping two important new Photoshop on iPad features â Cloud Documents Version History and Cloud Documents offline access.
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Software major Adobe has released the first version of Photoshop to run natively on Macs with the new Apple silicon M1 chip.
The internal tests by Adobe showed that Photoshop delivers significant performance gains across the application for customers using the latest Macs.
According to the company, Photoshop for M1 Macs completes most tasks 1.5 times faster than on Intel chips.
Photoshop will now be available on the MacBook Air, entry-level 13-inch MacBook Pro and Mac mini.
“These great performance improvements are just the beginning, and we will continue to work together with Apple to further optimize performance over time,” Adobe’s Pam Clark said in a statement late on Wednesday.
Adobe Photoshop for macOS now runs natively on the M1
Adobe has announced that the macOS version of Photoshop has been updated to natively support the ARM-based Apple M1 chip on the latest Mac models. Native support means that the application no longer has to run within the built-in emulation software (known as Rosetta 2), which improves performance.
According to Adobe, the native Apple silicon version of Photoshop runs on average 1.5x faster than similarly configured previous generation systems . This was tested over a wide range of tasks such as opening and saving files, running filters, and compute-heavy operations like Content-Aware Fill and Select Subject. Adobe claims the updated version does these tasks noticeably faster than before, with some being substantially faster.
11 March 2021, 1:40 am EST By
On Thursday, March 11, Adobe officially released Photoshop for Apple s M1 chip. The company says that ARM-compatible versions would deliver significant performance gains for Apple s custom silicon users.
Photoshop is a much-needed software for any multimedia content creator. It is a powerful tool that utilizes your imagination in photo editing, digital painting, animation, and even graphic design. It has a simple interface that beginners can easily learn about and has enough functions that professionals use in their craft.
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Adobe had released the beta version for M1 Photoshop last November. Users have tested it and reported feedback on Photoshop s performance on the local computer.
Adobe released an optimized version of Lightroom in December that ran natively on the M1 Macs, and Windows on ARM machines too. Back then, Adobe also started beta testing M1-optimized builds of some of its more popular offerings such as Photoshop. Well, the product is finally ready for prime time. Adobe has released a
new version of Photoshop that runs natively on the new MacBooks powered by the in-house M1 silicon.
Preset Syncing and Invite to Edit Cloud Documents tools are yet to be ported for M1 Macs
Following internal testing, Adobe claims ‘a wide range of features’ offer