Photoshop / Premiere Elements 2021 and Apple Silicon / M1 support ?

Both Version 19 for Windows 11

@louistog, as I said, I know very little about Macs.  The latest information I can find on the Adobe support pages is this one which was updated a couple of days ago, so it would not contain any information about the newly released Elements 2022.  I note that even Photoshop CC has some known issues with the chip running it in Rosetta mode.  With that said, I suggest you download the free trial and see how it works for you.  Meanwhile, I will make some inquiries of Adobe and see if I can get some better information for you.

Elements 2022 has just been released (today).  I know very little about Macs but it is my understanding that it will support M1 machines.  You can download a free trial and determine whether it works for you.  It is highly unlikely that any further update will be provided for prior versions.

I have same question.  Is Adobe Elements 2022 ready to run NATIVELY on Apple Silicon / M1 computers or does it only run on them using Rosetta?    I have an older version of Elements that does not run natively and it is SLOW.   I won't upgrade unless the 2022 version runs on Apple Silicon Natively. 

Really concerned that no one from Adobe has bothered to answere this simple question. YES or NO?

Hi,

Nice to see that two months later and no one from Adobe has bothered to comment here.  There is a trial version which runs through Rosetta 2.  I suggest you download and try it.

I can tell you that the organizer part of Elements 2021 is awful.  Even with only 400 photos (jpgs mind you, not RAW), the scrolling is extremely laggy on a MacBook Air M1.  To the point of making it almost unusable. Scrolling from the top to the bottom of my grid of images causes stuttering and delays of anywhere from 5-30 seconds depending on how fast you try to scroll.  The editor (for photos, haven't tried video) seems to be ok but if you have tried the Lightroom version designed for Apple silicon there is no comparison in terms of speed, smoothness and overall polish. Without knowing for sure that there will be update to Elements 2021 for M1, it's a waste of money right now.  

Either wait for an annoucment of an update and purchase it then, live with the frustrating performance, get Lightroom or step away from the Adobe ecosystem all together.  There are many good choices out there.  Many have thrived thanks to Adobe's forced subscription service for 99% of their products.

Good Luck!

Frank