Photoshop 2021 22.5.1 Running Horribly Slow on MAC!

[Swainston]

Does anyone have answers on how to fix the incredibly slow lag and operation? It's so frustrating, kills my time and workflow but I can't find a direct answer on how to fix it.

For reference, I'm a photographer using photoshop for color grading and retouch on average size Canon 5DMK IV files. Photoshop lags no matter what size the file is, Tiff, JPG, 72dpi-300dpi, it operates at a snails pace. 

My computer is 2019 Macbook Pro 2.4GHz 8-Core, 64 GB RAM, AMD Radeon Pro 5600 8GB Graphics Card, 2TB SSD Drive. macOS Big Sur 11.2.3

And when editing Photoshop is the only program open. 

Would really love some help with this. It should not be this slow with a machine like I have. 

[defaultzjugcjch0v0a]

I am having the exact same problem

[JAKE5EB8]

same exact problem. Can someone from adobe please respond? I have iMac 2019 with 64gb ram on Big Sur 11.6 

[Jeffrey Tranberry]

What operations are lagging? Painting? Certain commands? Clicking on layers?

[ekeneriktion]

I have the same issue. Just moving an image on a low res document is a struggle. Also trouble saving to network hard drives

[D Fosse]

Network drives can be a problem all on its own. Try to take that out of the equation first, and work off a local drive.

[ekeneriktion]

Thank you for your answere. Unfortiunatly that doesn't solve the underlyng laggy problem.

[Jeffrey Tranberry]

If you go to Preferences > Performance... is "Use Graphics Processor" enabled?

[ekeneriktion]

Yes

[Jeffrey Tranberry]

It may help if we could see your Photoshop System Info. Launch Photoshop, and select Help >System Info...and copy/paste the text in a reply.

If you restore your preferences using this manual method does it work correctly?

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/preferences.html#Manually

If that doesn't solve it, you can quit Photoshop and put the Settings folder back.

[ekeneriktion]

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[Jacek Poplawski]

Photoshop 22.x performance is broken for very long time and I see many people report it but they don't do anything except answering "update your drivers", currently downgrade to 21.x works for me (I am on Windows), not sure what to do when 21.x will disappear https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-bugs/photoshop-22-x-gpu-performance-is-broken-for...

[Jeffrey Tranberry]

What's slow for you? The biggest difference between 21 and 22 is that Photoshop 22.x and later use native GPU support (Metal on macOS and DX12 on Windows) - so that's why we typically look at hardware/GPU - as slow downs reported tend to be machine/hardware specific.

[Jacek Poplawski]

I posted a link to detailed bug description and additional discussion, yes disabling GPU also helps but with disabled GPU PS works differently so I want to have it enabled. There is no progress with that issue for about a year, is there any way I could contact Adobe differently than via this forum?

[Jeffrey Tranberry]

You can work directly with an agent by going here and clicking the chat icon in the lower right corner: https://helpx.adobe.com/contact.html 

[Michael Elmkjær Madsen]

We've been testing this rigorously - and yes, ever since the shift to native GPU support - UI performance is horribly slow. 

This is on fast hardware. We've tested on Windows 10 i9900KS with both RTX 2070 and amd cards and its always the same. Manipulation curve points (especially curve points but other UI parts is affected as well) is slow to the point of becoming unusable. Disabling GPU support and everything is blazingly fast.

No combination of GPU setting in any way affect the issue. Enable GPU: Slow UI - diabling GPU: everything runs fast. No discernable diffs between releases 22.x -> 23.x 

Last usable version is 21.2.12. Which is what we recommend everybody and our clients to stay on until this is fixed. 

Native GPU support in PS 

DOES-NOT-WORK ! 

Either you fix the issue or u roll back or make (yet another) legacy option. 

[Jacek Poplawski]

Summary: visible performance of Photoshop 22.x is very bad when GPU is enabled, disabling GPU or using Photoshop 21.x fixes the issue.

My system is Windows 10 with RTX 2070.

Steps to reproduce:

- open big photo (6000x4000 in my case)

- create about 10 layers - typical photo postprocessing like curves, color balance, selective colors, etc, it doesn't matter what layers are that

- create curves layer under them (so changing this layer requires recalculating everything above)

- try moving curve points

Expected result (Photoshop 21.x or Photoshop 22.x without GPU): curve points move smoothly, image is updated without any issues

Actual result (Photoshop 22.x with GPU enabled): moving points work slow, there is visible stuttering

This is not problem with drivers or any temporary problem with the system, problem persists for about a year or even more, yesterday I reinstalled Windows and tested it again with all new drivers - no change.

Problem has been reported by multiple of people but when I read discussions people usually recommend to update drivers or say "it works for me" and it is not solved. I am reporting it now, because I don't see any progress on that for long time. So it doesn't matter which 22.x and which 21.x versions we are talking about it - the ones from early 2021 behaves same way.

system info:

Wersja programu Adobe Photoshop: 22.5.1 20210907.r.441 de74e1a x64

System operacyjny: Windows 10 64 bity
Wersja: 10 lub nowsza 10.0.19041.1202
Architektura systemu: Intel rodzina CPU:6, Model:14, Stopień:3 z MMX, SSE dla liczb całkowitych, SSE FP, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, HyperThreading
Fizyczny licznik procesora: 4
Logiczny licznik procesora: 8
Szybkość procesora: 3408 MHz
Wbudowana pamięć: 16288 MB
Wolna pamięć: 10431 MB
Pamięć dostępna dla programu Photoshop: 12007 MB
Pamięć używana przez program Photoshop: 70 %

(...)

======= GPU
Stabilny natywny interfejs API: Prawda
Stabilny interfejs API OpenGL: Prawda
Stabilny interfejs API OpenCL: Prawda
GPUDeny: 0
GPUForce: 0
useGPU: 1
useOpenCL: 1
isGPUCapable: 1
GPUName: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
GPUVendor: NVIDIA
IsNativeGPUCapable: 1
IsOpenGLGPUCapable: 1
IsOpenCLGPUCapable: 1
HasSufficientRAM: 1
GPU accessible RAM: 8,421 MB
Required GPU accessible RAM: 1,500 MB

UseGraphicsProcessorChecked: 1
UseOpenCLChecked: 1
Windows remote desktop: 0
Monitor: 1
Granice ekranu: góra= 0, lewa strona= 0, dół= 1080, prawa strona= 1920
Monitor: 2
Granice ekranu: góra= 0, lewa strona= 1920, dół= 1080, prawa strona= 3840

logs from PS which works:

Wersja programu Adobe Photoshop: 21.2.12 20210906.r.215 2021/09/06: 42f819acb35 x64
Liczba uruchomień: 0
System operacyjny: Windows 10 64 bity
Wersja: 10 lub nowsza 10.0.19041.1202
Architektura systemu: Intel rodzina CPU:6, Model:14, Stopień:3 z MMX, SSE dla liczb całkowitych, SSE FP, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, HyperThreading
Fizyczny licznik procesora: 4
Logiczny licznik procesora: 8
Szybkość procesora: 3408 MHz
Wbudowana pamięć: 16288 MB
Wolna pamięć: 10431 MB
Pamięć dostępna dla programu Photoshop: 14901 MB
Pamięć używana przez program Photoshop: 70 %

(...)

Zezwalaj na obsługę OpenGL na procesorach GPU starszego typu: Nie wykryto.
Tryb rysowania OpenGL: Zaawansowane
Zezwalaj na tryb normalny OpenGL: Prawda.
Zezwalaj na tryb zaawansowany OpenGL: Prawda.
AIFCoreInitialized=1
AIFOGLInitialized=1
OGLContextCreated=1
NumGLGPUs=1
NumCLGPUs=1
NumNativeGPUs=0
glgpu[0].GLVersion="2.1"
glgpu[0].IsIntegratedGLGPU=0
glgpu[0].GLMemoryMB=8192
glgpu[0].GLName="NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070"
glgpu[0].GLVendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
glgpu[0].GLVendorID=4318
glgpu[0].GLDriverVersion="30.0.14.9613"
glgpu[0].GLRectTextureSize=32768
glgpu[0].GLRenderer="NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070/PCIe/SSE2"

Discussion from February 2021: https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/could-you-point-me-to-workaround-for-...

Please tell me if more info is needed and where should I send logs.

[natelanephoto]

Same problem
Brand NEW 2021 iMac 
i7 8 core , 48G Ram, 5700 16gb GPU
Preview files not showing at all.  And Can't move between images. I mean It just doesn't work.
Toggled GPU on and off. 

Not useable at ALL. 
Could eb the iMac I guess but... 

[PECourtejoie]

Hello, did any of the users affected enable the Preferences/Technology Preview/Enable Content Credentials? One should try to install the latest version (Ps 23.2.2), or to disable that setting.