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P: Photoshop unusable after updating Intel macOS 26 Tahoe

  • September 18, 2025
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Hello everyone,

Is anyone experiencing Ps not running properly after updating their Macbook Pro to Tahoe 26.0?

Every action takes 10 seconds to load, it's super laggy and literally unusable. I purged, I restarted, I reinstalled, I did it all - nothing. 

Any ideas? Is this a bug Adobe/Apple have to sned an update for?

16in 2019 i9, UHD 630, 32GB RAM, 500GB

Thanks, have a good day

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    최고의 답변: Kevin Stohlmeyer

    ALL - Adobe MAX starts next Tuesday (10/28) and with that historically comes new product updates including Photoshop. Expect that version to be compatible with Tahoe. 

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    Diana1011
    Diana1011
    Participant
    February 12, 2026

    💅🏻 soo, it was working bad until now(I have Tahoe 26.2) but I turned off "Automatic Graphics Switching"  and this fixed it for me!!!!!!!💃🏼

    go to Battery > Options(at the bottom) > turn off "Automatic Graphics Switching”

    and also 

    System Settings > Accessibility > Display and enable the "Reduce Transparency" (only this by itself didn't work for me☹️ )

     

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    Joris320638539h40
    Participant
    February 12, 2026

    nothing solved so far

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      katiehphoto
      Participant
      November 11, 2025

      Photoshop 27.0.0 release is performing very poorly on Mac OS Tahoe (26.1 and all versions) that it is almost unusable. It is causing so many issues with working on imagery, both for quality of life, performance and speed.

       

      This is really poor from you, Adobe. please work on a fix for this urgently - it's not just me that is having this problem if you google it!

       

      Apple released their betas so you had time to make sure the new versions funtioned properly. We're paying a lot of money for this and we're not getting the service we're paying for.

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        ExUSA
        Legend
        November 11, 2025

        Many of us are working just fine with lower configurations. There is one known issue with crummy Electron apps, you might check that. It does NOT seem like a Photoshop bug, but more likely a problem on your computer.

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        eschempf
        Known Participant
        November 11, 2025

        Yes, I'm having the same problem. Incredible delays with my Studio Pro M2 max

         

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        ExUSA
        Legend
        November 11, 2025

        Do you have the problem with Electron apps slowing the system?

        Kevin Stohlmeyer
        Community Expert
        Kevin StohlmeyerCommunity Expert답변
        Community Expert
        October 23, 2025

        ALL - Adobe MAX starts next Tuesday (10/28) and with that historically comes new product updates including Photoshop. Expect that version to be compatible with Tahoe. 

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          Erin_Lacienski7132
          Participant
          October 24, 2025

          Thank heavens!

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          Kris_K
          Participating Frequently
          October 23, 2025

          did you find solution? I have the same problem: PS is unusable with Tahoe

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          ExUSA
          Legend
          October 23, 2025

          Check the link I posted. I'm not having problems on either Intel or Apple Silicon with Tahoe and Photoshop.

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          ExUSA
          Legend
          October 22, 2025

          There is a known issue with Electron apps, apparently the framework developers did something stupid and used a private Apple API which then changed and caused slowdowns.

           

          https://mjtsai.com/blog/2025/09/30/electron-apps-causing-system-wide-lag-on-tahoe/

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          tommarcello
          Participant
          October 20, 2025
          Adobe Photoshop cannot run on this computer because the minimum system requirement is Mac OS X version
          Jeff Arola
          Community Expert
          Jeff ArolaCommunity Expert
          Community Expert
          October 20, 2025

          What version of Photoshop do you have?

          jane-e
          Community Expert
          jane-eCommunity Expert
          Community Expert
          October 20, 2025
          quote

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

          By @tommarcello

           

          The last OS X version was Catalina 10.15, released in 2019. The current version is macOS Tahoe 2026.

           

          Do you have an older computer and mean OS X, which started with 10.0 and ended with 10.15? If so, please tell us which OS X you are using.

           

          Jane

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          Jordiboy
          Participant
          October 9, 2025

          Yes, having the same problems. Especially Photoshop and Illustrator.

          Kevin Stohlmeyer
          Community Expert
          Kevin StohlmeyerCommunity Expert
          Community Expert
          October 9, 2025

          @curt.gallery @Jordiboy many users are reporting doing a full uninstall and reinstall of the applications (not betas) has resolved any issues opening PS (or Illustrator). 

            curt.gallery
            curt.gallery
            Known Participant
            October 4, 2025

            So an Adobe empoyee is sending us to Reddit for help. 

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            ExUSA
            Legend
            October 6, 2025

            I'm generally willing to accept help from whatever source can supply it. Adobe has been clear that their apps are not yet officially compatible although many of us are working daily in Tahoe without major problems.

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