Lightroom reflection remover tool failing on MacBook Pro

​@alasdair_2476 Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 630 1536 MB

That graphics processor doesn’t meet LR’s minimum system requirements, which require at least 2000 MB of GPU memory:

https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/system-requirements.html

Further, Adobe highly recommends GPUs with Passmark scores of at least 2000:

https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/kb/lightroom-gpu-faq.html

while the Intel UHD Graphics 630 has a score of just 615. LR’s AI commands (AI masking, Denoise, Remove, Reflections) rely on the GPU much more than the rest of LR, so your GPU is particularly unsuited to LR AI.

It might not be the age of your Mac overall, but reflection removal is very dependent on the power and compatibility of the GPU specifically. The Intel MacBook Pros of that era have a GPU that many users have reported problems with for some of the latest GPU-dependent features such as reflection removal.

You shouldn’t have any problem running reflection removal on any Apple Silicon Mac going back to the 2020 M1. What’s nice about the current M5 generation is that the M5 GPU is far more powerful than what was in Intel Macs or the M1, so the newest features like reflection removal and Denoise finish much more quickly, although they still aren’t instant. 

It would be helpful if you showed us the image BEFORE you tried to remove the reflection.

Hi, ​@alasdair_2476, well, yes, that doesn’t look good. 

Can you please share what year you bought your MacBook Pro and what OS you are using. Is it an Intell or one of the newer M-series? 

I’m using a Mac Studio, M1, 64 GB ram and am not having anything like what you are seeing.