Why do I need Rosetta with native M1 Apps?

[GorkEnterprises]

just launching the installer for Photoshop and After Effects gives me a dialog box saying I need to install Rosetta first. Why is this, if both of these apps are native, according to the adobe webs site. I'd rather not install something for intel based software if I don't have to.

[jane-e]

@GorkEnterprises 

"Rosetta 2 enables a Mac with Apple silicon to use apps built for a Mac with an Intel processor."

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211861

There are some Photoshop features that do not work with the M1 chip yet. If you use these features, you will need to run Photoshop through Rosetta.

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/photoshop-for-apple-silicon.html

Jane

[TheDigitalDog]

Installer for what version? You should be using the Creative Cloud application to install Photoshop which is native.

And the screen capture you provided speaks of "Blender"; what's that?

[jane-e]

@TheDigitalDog 

"And the screen capture you provided speaks of "Blender"; what's that?"

Blender is a free open source 3D application. @davescm uses it to create his scenes for the bi-weekly photo challenge. Here's an example from this week's challenge:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/something-for-the-weekend-part-159-go...

Jane

[davescm]

Blender is not Photoshop or After Effects, why is your screenshot referring to a third party application

Dave

[Test Screen Name]

1. The installer is NOT native yet, so YES you need Rosetta.

2. It might surprise you to know that the M1 Native code in Photoshop is still missing a lot of things, like video support (!!) This means you may need to switch Rosetta on and off to use the features you need in Photoshop.

[Lumigraphics]

I recommend installing Rosetta regardless. Having said that, the Adobe installers are not yet M1-native AFAIK.

[Guest]

Why? - I wouldn't want unnecessary intel software on my shiney new mac either. Installers are the first thing that should be updated. It's now almost April 2023 and they still want us to intall Rosetta just to download Acrobat. Given the price of admission and the fact that Apple silicon couldn't be considered new technology any more, I think it's a bit rude to expect users to do that.

[Lumigraphics]

You understand that Rosetta comes from Apple and is part of the operating system? And yes I agree that developers should be 100% Apple Silicon-native now, but we can be realists or we can be mad.

[Guest]

Or we can be both - those options aren't mutually exclusive... and I was being a realist - we have M2 computers now, so there's no excuse for still needing an intel processor emulator at this stage of the game - no matter where it comes from.

[Lumigraphics]

And? We can't answer why questions here, we can only point you to the correct answer. At this time you apparently have to use Rosetta for some installation steps. Bottom line.

[Guest]

You mean YOU can't answer why questions here - but as a community member this is where we can make our views known to the mothership and I won't be loading any programs that require rosetta to work...and from the looks of it - both here and on other forums, there are many others feel the same way. Hardware and software companies are constantly pushing consumers to update, update, update or become obsolete - you update hardware and old software no longer works.....you need new software but it no longer works on the old OS - or the latest OS no longer works on your old hardware. Now I've updated everything and I'm being expected to use old intel software for it to work - it's a scam and it's infuriating. Bottom line.

[Lumigraphics]

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[Guest]

seems like a ridiculous comment - nobody's dying anywhere.

[Guest]

Photoshop doesn't ask for rosetta - I can't speak for after effects - people know what rosetta is and what it's for - but this thread was started a year ago and we now have M2 computers and still no silicon based verson of acrobat (still requires rosetta). The only work around would be for Adobe to release updated versions of their products... which isn't an unreasonable expectation given that silicon macs have been around since 2020 and Adobe subscriptions aren't cheap, especially for casual users and students.