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.
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.
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
Adobe Photoshop now optimised for Macs with the M1 chip
Adobe Photoshop will now run natively on M1-based MacBooks bringing huge relief for creators globally.
India Today Tech | March 11, 2021 | Updated 14:19 IST
MacBook Pro running Adobe Photoshop app natively. (Image: Adobe)
Highlights
Adobe claims that its internal tests have shown that Photoshop delivers performance gains across apps on the new M1.
The company released a beta version of Photoshop for Macs with M1 chips.
Adobe also teased that it would add new features for customers using M1 Macs in future updates.
Adobe has announced that Photoshop will now run natively on Macs that are powered by the new M1 chip. This is the second app that s getting optimised for M1 Macs after Lightroom. Adobe s Lightroom was released in December and could run natively on Macs with M1 chips. We have to point out that Adobe did release a beta version of Photoshop for Apple s M1-based MacBooks last year. Though, the new Photoshop version
First Tests: Adobe Photoshop for M1 Macs Is Quick, But Not Always 1.5x Faster
Still, the improvement is early evidence that M1-powered Macs can offer an advantage over competing machines for creative pros who use Adobe’s products frequently. By Tom Brant
12 Mar 2021, 7:02 a.m.
Adobe claims that the latest version of Photoshop, released on Wednesday, could run 50% faster on the Apple M1-equipped MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and Mac mini. The first benchmark tests including our own are now available, and they don’t
quite match this claim, but they do suggest that Photoshop users will see significant improvements over older versions of Photoshop that don’t run natively on the M1 processor.