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Zaldy MDF
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September 23, 2025
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Mac OSX Tahoe 26 - Is it okay to update now?

  • September 23, 2025
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Dear All,

 

There is an available OS update for Mac - Mac OSX Tahoe 26 - Is it okay to update now?

All Adobe apps will still work?

 

TIA.

7 replies

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jussi_5192
Participant
October 1, 2025

NO - do NOT update. I updated and Adobe Photoshop Elements 2022 stopped working. They just give the following error message:

 

Adobe Photoshop cannot run on this computer because the minimum system requirement is Mac OS X version

 

My mac os version (after update) is Tahoe 26.0.1 and it runs on Apple M1 Max.

 

Nancy OShea
Community Expert
Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
Community Expert
October 1, 2025
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Adobe Photoshop Elements 2022 stopped working.

By @jussi_5192

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Right. PSE 22 is an unsupported product, 3 years beyond its release date. If you need to run Tahoe, you'll have to upgrade to modern software to go with it. 

 

Modern versions of Photoshop Elements & Photoshop CC will run on macOS 26 (Tahoe).


Photoshop Elements (3 year license, no subscription needed).
https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop-elements.html

 

Hope that helps.

 

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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Sebi Seb
Participant
October 2, 2025

So Nancy, you say its safe to do the upgrade to Mac OS Tahoe ? Creative Cloud will run properly on it ? Is this 100% sure ? 

Nancy OShea
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Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
Community Expert
September 26, 2025

Is this the Final Public Release version?  

Personally, I always wait 2-3 months before committing to a new OS until all the bugs are sorted out. 

 

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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Zaldy MDFAuthor
Participant
September 25, 2025

Thank you all for the reply.

kglad
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kgladCommunity Expert
Community Expert
September 25, 2025

you're welcome. (and good luck!)

Jeff Arola
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Jeff ArolaCommunity Expert
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September 23, 2025

You can look for updates to this Adobe Kb, hopefully, before too long for macOS Tahoe issues:

https://helpx.adobe.com/download-install/apps/system-requirements/apps-compatible-macos.html

kglad
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kgladCommunity Expert
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September 23, 2025

there's no guarantee so it's never wise to be early with updates unless you can tolerate problems.

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    Ben MCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    September 23, 2025

    As with any update, if you want to start on Day 1, it may be possible that there could be bugs or older versions may no longer work. If there are specific apps you are using it would be worth posting to see. Personally speaking I have started up DW, PS, ID, and Illustrator without issue, but it's possible with other plugins/etc. that there may be bugs uncovered. If you are nervous about upgrading as a rule with Apple wait for their first point release to update to the new OS so bugs on their side are worked out and then you can update if key applications you are using work without issue.

    Jeff Arola
    Community Expert
    Jeff ArolaCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    September 23, 2025

    So far, any versions of Adobe Photoshop Elements older than 2023 will not work on macOS Tahoe 26.

    Both Intel and Apple Silicon systems.

     

    If there is a particular Adobe application you use more than others you could visit the relevant forum and see if there are any reports of issues on macOS Tahoe 26.

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