iMac 2021 M1 for indesign and illustrator

Question

Hi hi, has anyone been running indesign and illustrator on the new iMac? I'm not sure if I should get one of these or fork out a fair bit more for the new macbook pro 16inch when they come out later in year?

Cheers

Eugene Tyson · Answer

At the moment the Mac M1 chip does not meet minimum system requirements for InDesign and Illustrator.

https://helpx.adobe.com/download-install/kb/apple-silicon-m1-chip.html

It emulates the applications using Rosetta 2 - which have mixed results for users.

InDesign and Illustrator System Specs are noted here:

https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/system-requirements.html

Min requirements for Mac Os is an Multiprocessor Intel

Illustrator
https://helpx.adobe.com/in/illustrator/user-guide.html/in/illustrator/system-requirements.ug.html

Both require Intel processors - at the moment.

There are pre-release/beta applications - but nothing officially supporting the new Mac M1 chip.

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