P: Photoshop unusable after updating Intel macOS 26 Tahoe

[andyt99418240]

Hello everyone,

Is anyone experiencing Ps not running properly after updating their Macbook Pro to Tahoe 26.0?

Every action takes 10 seconds to load, it's super laggy and literally unusable. I purged, I restarted, I reinstalled, I did it all - nothing. 

Any ideas? Is this a bug Adobe/Apple have to sned an update for?

16in 2019 i9, UHD 630, 32GB RAM, 500GB

Thanks, have a good day

[ExUSA]

I'm generally willing to accept help from whatever source can supply it. Adobe has been clear that their apps are not yet officially compatible although many of us are working daily in Tahoe without major problems.

[Jordiboy]

Yes, having the same problems. Especially Photoshop and Illustrator.

[Kevin Stohlmeyer]

@curt.gallery @Jordiboy many users are reporting doing a full uninstall and reinstall of the applications (not betas) has resolved any issues opening PS (or Illustrator). 

[tommarcello]

Adobe Photoshop cannot run on this computer because the minimum system requirement is Mac OS X version

[Jeff Arola]

What version of Photoshop do you have?

[jane-e]

Adobe Photoshop cannot run on this computer because the minimum system requirement is Mac OS X version

By @tommarcello

The last OS X version was Catalina 10.15, released in 2019. The current version is macOS Tahoe 2026.

Do you have an older computer and mean OS X, which started with 10.0 and ended with 10.15? If so, please tell us which OS X you are using.

Jane

[ExUSA]

Is this Photoshop or Photoshop Elements? We have seen reports that older versions of Elements will fail on Tahoe with this error.

[ExUSA]

There is a known issue with Electron apps, apparently the framework developers did something stupid and used a private Apple API which then changed and caused slowdowns.

https://mjtsai.com/blog/2025/09/30/electron-apps-causing-system-wide-lag-on-tahoe/

[Kris_K]

did you find solution? I have the same problem: PS is unusable with Tahoe

[ExUSA]

Check the link I posted. I'm not having problems on either Intel or Apple Silicon with Tahoe and Photoshop.

[Kevin Stohlmeyer · Accepted solution]

ALL - Adobe MAX starts next Tuesday (10/28) and with that historically comes new product updates including Photoshop. Expect that version to be compatible with Tahoe. 

[Erin_Lacienski7132]

Thank heavens!

[vanjessin]

So I installed an update on the 28th, but Photoshop 2026 remains unusable on Tahoe 26.0.1. Is there another update coming or ...?

[ExUSA]

This is not true for many of us. I am running Photoshop on Tahoe with both an M1 Mac mini and an Intel MacBook Pro (low-end configurations at this point) and both are performing well. If you are having problems, something else on your computer is the issue.

Please post specifics about what is "unusable" along with a system report (Photoshop Help menu) so we can see your setup.

There is also the free EtreCheck Pro which does a similar system report and can help pinpoint problems, this is commonly a tool recommended on the Apple forums.

[eschempf]

Yes, I'm having the same problem. Incredible delays with my Studio Pro M2 max

[ExUSA]

Do you have the problem with Electron apps slowing the system?

[katiehphoto]

Photoshop 27.0.0 release is performing very poorly on Mac OS Tahoe (26.1 and all versions) that it is almost unusable. It is causing so many issues with working on imagery, both for quality of life, performance and speed.

This is really poor from you, Adobe. please work on a fix for this urgently - it's not just me that is having this problem if you google it!

Apple released their betas so you had time to make sure the new versions funtioned properly. We're paying a lot of money for this and we're not getting the service we're paying for.

[ExUSA]

Many of us are working just fine with lower configurations. There is one known issue with crummy Electron apps, you might check that. It does NOT seem like a Photoshop bug, but more likely a problem on your computer.

[Jordiboy]

I could not agree with you more. I've ran all updates now including Tahoe 26.1, and it's still lagging.

With all the resources Adobe has, and all the betas Apple released it really is unacceptable. I'm paying Adobe every month, and my workflow now is appaling and being noticed by clients.