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January 8, 2023

P: MacBook Pro Apple M2 Max Laggy Liquify

  • January 8, 2023
  • 186 replies
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MacBook Pro Apple M2 Max 96GB RAM - Photoshop 24.2
I recently changed to this new computer and photoshop is super laggy in tools like liquify and other filters, the brush lags a lot!
Even the zoom is slow.
Even my 2015 MacBook is faster at these tasks.

I don't know what is going on but something can't be right...

186 replies

Known Participant
May 18, 2023

Yesterday Liquify worked well on Beta 24.6 but today it started acting up again.

Even after a restart to try to release all the resources it still stutters.

Why can't they fix it??? 

Known Participant
May 18, 2023

Didn't work for me. And just opening PS took about 15 seconds... 

Why buy a beast of a M2 Max and not be able to use it to its full potential.

Adobe has to get their act together. We are Pro's and need to be able to work

 

Participating Frequently
May 18, 2023

I changed photoshop 2023 to using rosetta and I still have the lag issue in liquify. I tried the beta photoshop (version 24.6) and the lag issue is still present for me. I do not have the lag issue when using photoshop 2022.

Participant
May 18, 2023

I had an Adobe advisor shared a great tip with me yesterday via chat, and it fixed the isse for me on a MacBook Pro M2 Max: go to the Applications folder > Find Adobe Photoshop > expand to see the actual *.app file > right click > get info > select "Open using Rosetta". Even though I have the Apple silicion version of Photoshop downloaded, the advisor mentioned Liquify uses the GBU, and because Apple silicon architechture is different in terms of graphics, Rosetta will help with processing it. It definetly fixed the issue for me! 😃

Known Participant
May 18, 2023

Download today's beta. It works 

Known Participant
May 18, 2023

Download the newest beta. It works as of today 

Participant
May 18, 2023

Also seeing the same issue on an Apple M2 Max

Known Participant
May 17, 2023

Well it seems that today's update for PS Beta 24.6 FINALLY fixes the Liquify issue on M2.

I have to say it's not exactly as smooth as it was on M1 but still works as well and I finally can work without all the aggravation...

I am not using the non-beta version and it seems there is no update for it so if u really need liquify and want to try out the amazing Remove tool, download the beta.

Cheers

Participant
May 17, 2023

My M1 Air is much faster than M2 pro. Both in photoshop and lightroom!

Participant
May 14, 2023

Disabling GPU is the only way to make this thing work but a lot of other things are slower. 
MacBook Pro M2 Max 14".

Please fix it ASAP