Long pause verifying Photoshop - macOS

[siegeavar]

Opening up an image in photoshop from lightroom, or just opening photoshop alone, and dealing with the 15 minute bar that barely moves forward in order to "verify photoshop" -- this must come to an end, Adobe.  This is absolutely killing me.  Only if I had another optoin... I'm longing to jump off this ship.  Figure it out, please.  

Thanks,

A weary photo editor

[Lumigraphics]

Apps on a spinning hard drive do take much longer than apps on an SSD. I strongly recommend replacing hard drive storage with SSDs, especially the startup drive.

[carlacryptic]

Gatekeeper takes forever to verify applications from Microsoft and Adobe... gee, I wonder if that's some kind of nudge to just give up and use only applications from Apple...?  To think, I once proselytized for Apple in every work environment.  Problem is, I got on the Mac bandwagon when Macs were still 'the little guy'... "power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely" (Lord Acton).  

[Gregory29336970vwcb]

I have the same issue only the verification process is not ever completing, stuck at about 95% through the process.

Mac OS 12.5.4. would appreciate any fix! Thanks.

[Gregory29336970vwcb]

update - it did finally open!

[Jeff Arola]

I've found on some of our older Macs, if one gives Full Disk Access to the relevant Adobe

applications, then the verification process time is substantially reduced.

https://support.intego.com/hc/en-us/articles/360016683471-Enable-Full-Disk-Access-in-macOS

[Edwin27522103e3kp]

Same here, using MAC and I am sitting every morning for 15 to 25 minutes waiting for this "verifying" [cursing removed] 

[Lumigraphics]

You have some other serious issue. Verifying should only happen once when an app is first installed. Can you give us some idea of your system details? Are you using any automated "cleaner" software?