Adobe Photoshop Elements 2025 on Apple Silicon -- need download link for subscribers

Report · Feb 27, 2025

PSE 2025 is available in native binaries for Apple Silicon through the Mac Store (see https://apps.apple.com/us/app/adobe-photoshop-elements-2025/id6714463383?mt=12) and can be run on Mac OS without requiring the Rosetta translation layer.

However, I have bought the 3-year subscription to PSE 2025. When I download this version on the Mac, it gives me the intel .dmg which then prompts for Rosetta.

Given that I am a paid subscriber of PSE 2025, why can't I access the apple version for download through my account?

Report · Feb 28, 2025

The version here that includes the 2025.1 update says it's macarm64

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop-elements/release-note/update.html

Report · Feb 28, 2025

Indeed it does. I don't know if anyone else has tried to install from this link -- I have (I got the same link from the support chat engineers) -- it installs the launcher without an issue on Apple Silicon. However, when you click "Photoshop Elements Editor" from the launcher, it gives a warning that Rosetta needs to be installed. So I think either I'm doing something wrong or it's an x64 binary. What one would expect is for the download link: "Windows (x64)", "MacOS (x64)" and "MacOS (ARM64)". Presumably, they would need to add "Windows (ARM64)" if Adobe ever decide to support Windows ARM PC's.......

Report · Feb 28, 2025

I believe the actual photoshop elements 2025 editor and the organizer are Apple silicon , but some of the required functions like running certain filters, etc still require Intel code to run, which is why Rosetta is still apparently needed.

Report · Mar 03, 2025

What's interesting is that if you download PSE 2025 directly from the MacStore, it runs perfectly. No Rosetta warnings. It just works. Is it possible to get a link to that image directly?

Report · Mar 03, 2025

Adobe says the Mac App Store handles the download, installation, licensing, and updating of all products purchased through it, so i guess the download for the Mac App Store version would have to come from Apple, since even though the product name and version number are the same, a Mac App Store purchase is a separate build of the application.

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Indeed. The Mac store would handle the download/etc. My question is -- can Adobe make available a link to the same binary that the Mac store hosts? That would solve my problem with the regular download link which has the accursed x86 content...

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I wonder if the Mac Store download includes the Rosetta installation?

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Even if it did -- and I don't think it does -- like any other prerequisite, one would be expected to be informed about it and/or prompted to give permission at installation time. That does not happen with the Mac Store install -- leading one to infer that the Mac Store version is pure ARM.... Which is what I'm trying to get my hands on without paying twice ...