Move Tool Issues in PSE 2026

I’m so sorry life got in the way and I didn’t see this until now….
Here is what I saw when I did what you suggested - (Help>System Info)

Sorry it’s so long, I hope I did ir correctly….  And again, I apologize for answering so long after the question…..  

Adobe Photoshop Elements Version: 26.2 (20251203.PSE.3f67e119)  arm64 Operating System: Mac OS 26.3.0 System architecture: Apple M1, HybridCPU(4:4) Physical processor count: 8 Built-in memory: 16384 MB Free memory: 8780 MB Memory available to Photoshop Elements: 13676 MB Memory used by Photoshop Elements: 70 % Crash Handler: Adobe DCX Version: 7.24.8 SAM SDK Version: 9.1.0.1-fio ACP.local Status:  - SDK Version: 4.0.0.5  - Core Sync Status: Unknown  - Core Sync Running: Unavailable  - Min Core Sync Required: 4.3.4.2 Live Edit Client SDK Version: 4.0.4 OpenColorIO version: 2.3.2 Content Credentials is not available NGL Version: 1.42.0.5 Touch Bar Property Feedback: Enabled. Image tile size: 1024K Image cache levels: 4 Font Preview: Medium HarfBuzz Version: 7.3.0 TextEngine: Unified Text Engine  ======= GPU
Native API stable: True OpenGL API stable: True OpenCL API stable: True GPUDeny:               0
GPUForce:              0
useGPU:                0
useOpenCL:             0
isGPUCapable:          1
isGPUAllowed:          1
GPUName:               Apple M1
GPUVendor:             APPLE
Apple M1  UNKNOWN, APPLE
IsNativeGPUCapable:    1
IsOpenGLGPUCapable:    1
IsOpenCLGPUCapable:    1
HasSufficientRAM:      1
  GPU accessible RAM:                12,713 MB
  Required GPU accessible RAM:        1,500 MB
UseGraphicsProcessorChecked:   0
UseOpenCLChecked:              1
Display: 1   Display Bounds: (0, 0) -> (2880, 1800)   Display scale: 2   High DPI Monitor   Main Display   Display Type: WCG  ------- Sniffer output
[0 ms]
  Launch GPUSnifferThread

[1 ms]
  Start RunAllAPIs

[1 ms]
  "/Applications/Adobe Photoshop Elements 2026/Support Files/Adobe Photoshop Elements Editor.app/Contents/MacOS/sniffer" 

[1 ms]
  Start GetSnifferResult

[199 ms]
  Start sniffer 2026-03-21 06:42:58
  sniffer
  
  {4220542 ms}
  Start platform native
    # displays:                   1
    Display 0
      Display:                      1
      Main:                         TRUE
      Built in:                     TRUE
      Stereo:                       FALSE
      Bounds:                       (0, 0) -> (2,880, 1,800)
      Dimensions:                   (2,880 1,800)
      Display scale:                2
      Physical size:                (286.871 179.294)
      Pixel size:                   (0.0996078 0.0996078)
      Dynamic range:                (0 2)
      Attached Device:              (DeviceID name=Apple M1 index=0)
    
    # devices:                    1
    Device 0
      Name:                         Apple M1
      Preferred:                    TRUE
      Power Envelope:               DISCRETE
      Attachment:                   EMBEDDED
      # attached displays:          1
        1
      GPU accessible RAM:               12,713 MB
      VRAM:                                  0 MB
      Dedicated System RAM:                  0 MB
      Shared System RAM:                12,713 MB
      API version:                  1.0 (1.0)
      Device version:               1.0 (1.0)
      Vendor name:                  APPLE
      Driver date:                  UNKNOWN
      Driver age:                   UNKNOWN
      Driver version:               UNKNOWN
  End platform native
  {4220657 ms}
  
  {4220657 ms}
  Start platform OpenCL
    # displays:                   0
    
    # devices:                    1
    Device 0
      Name:                         Apple M1
      Preferred:                    TRUE
      Power Envelope:               INTEGRATED
      Attachment:                   UNKNOWN
      # attached displays:          0
      GPU accessible RAM:               12,713 MB
      VRAM:                             12,713 MB
      Dedicated System RAM:                  0 MB
      Shared System RAM:                     0 MB
      API version:                  1.2 (OpenCL 1.2 (Jan 16 2026 07:22:26))
      Device version:               1.2 (OpenCL 1.2 )
      Vendor name:                  APPLE
      Driver date:                  UNKNOWN
      Driver age:                   UNKNOWN
      Driver version:               UNKNOWN
      Bandwidth:                    2,302 GB / s
      Compute score:                11,306.1
      Device name string:           Apple M1    
      Device vendor string:         Apple       
      Platform name string:         Apple       
      Platform vendor string:       Apple       
  End platform OpenCL
  {4220722 ms}
  
  Exit code kExitNormal
  End sniffer 2026-03-21 06:42:58
[kStatusNormal, kExitNormal]

[199 ms]
  Finish RunAllAPIs

[200 ms]
  Finish GetSnifferResult

 ------- Sniffer output
 ======= GPU
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If in the the Photoshop Elements 2026 Editor you post the contents of Help>System Info, we might see something from that.

One thing i can suggest to try is a PSE 2026 preference setting that can be done by going to 

Adobe Photoshop Elements 2026 Editor>Settings>Performance and under Use Graphics Processor

click Advanced Settings then in the next dialog check GPU Compositing and restart the Photoshop Elements Editor and see if that makes any difference.