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BK_Rowen
Dec 5, 2025 6:22 PM UTC
Question

Photoshop 2026 crushingly SLOW

Photshop 2026 is INCREDIBLY SLOW! I'm at a loss with the update to 27.0.0. Both my work Adobe CC PS account and personal PS account are running Photoshop like it's 1990 (yes, I was a user the year when it came out). Buggy, slow, rainbow, waiting forever for simple tasks. Have rebooted so many times, but nothing works. I've increased the allotted RAM and tried to optimize both computers for this new version, but it continues to negatively affect my workflow. Both iMacs are newish, running Tahoe and loaded. This should not be happening. Anyone else? 

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    bellevue scott
    bellevue scott
    Inspiring
    Oct 26, 2026 9:31 PM UTC

    We had this with one machine. Mac. PS 27.11.0 and Mac OS 26.5.2. Updating the OS solved the massively slow PS issue. 

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    Ro1812
    Ro1812
    Participant
    Oct 26, 2026 11:53 AM UTC

    I encountered this problem with my newly downloaded Photoshop 2026 (latest edition) on Windows 11 and, after a bit of investigation, I identified the problem - Photoshop was not using the appropriate graphics card it had identified in its System Information report. The quickest way to correct this is to open Settings>System>Display>Graphics and check if Photoshop is listed under Customised settings for applications. If it is not, you need to add it by clicking on Add desktop app and navigating to  C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop 2026\ and selecting Photoshop.exe (assuming you followed the standard installation process). Once Photoshop is added to the list, open the settings for it and in the GPU preference option, change “Let Windows decide” to you graphics card - which should be there as an option. Close down Photoshop (if open), open it, and all should be tickety-boo.

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    karenb2
    karenb2
    Participant
    Jan 5, 2026 6:36 PM UTC

    I have the same problem...agonizingly SLOW.

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    Sameer K
    Community Manager
    Sameer KCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    Jan 6, 2026 3:59 PM UTC

    Hey, @karenb2. Welcome to the Photoshop Community. I'll help you figure this out.

    We haven't heard back from the OP, and we're interested in learning more. Please share the system information from Photoshop Help > System Info > Copy and paste it into a text document > Upload and attach it here.

     

    Please share more details, such as screenshots of the Layers panels, and video recordings of your workflow. At this point, the given information is insufficient for us to assist you.

     

    Thanks!
    Sameer K

    (Type '@' and type my name to mention me when you reply)

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    karenb2
    karenb2
    Participant
    Jan 6, 2026 4:17 PM UTC

    I needed to uninstall the latestes version on install 27.0.0 for it to work.

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    jane-e
    Community Expert
    jane-eCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    Dec 5, 2025 7:29 PM UTC

    @BK_Rowen 

    Please go to Help > System Info > Copy. Then paste the entire contents into a Reply window in this thread.

    Jane

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    MassC
    MassC
    Legend
    Dec 6, 2025 12:26 AM UTC

    I also wanted to add that I can't find a crash report using the email address you used to register for the community. Have you been able to submit a crash report? If so, can you DM the email address you would have used for that?

    Here is an article on how to submit a crash report: https://adobe.ly/3Mv7gVv


    ^CM

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