Does Photoshop Elements 21 still run on macOS Tahoe 26

[Enchanting_Mirage9545]

Hello everyone,

I'm currently using macOS Tahoe 26 on my Mac mini (M4) and tried to install Photoshop Elements 21. Unfortunately, the program won't launch; instead, I just get a message saying the version isn't supported.

Has anyone managed to get Elements 21 to work on macOS Tahoe 26? Are there any workarounds, or is upgrading to a newer version the only option?

Thank you for your help!

Best regards,
Patrick

[AuburnBoy]

It might depend iff you already have a prior version of PSE installed. I installed PSE 2026 on both my iMac (running Sequoia) and MacBook Pro M2 (running Tahoe), works great! But it was an upgrade version on top of PSE2020.

I’ve also received poor advice from the Adobe phone staff. One guy said Adobe no longer sells a perpetual version of PSE when I was having trouble finding it to buy and download. While listening to his “advice”, I found, downloaded and installed the PSE2026 upgrade and it worked fine. But I’m not sure about a fresh install with the full version. In did see purchase options for the full version of PSE 2026 for Mac so I must assume it does work.

[Randolph II]

I do agree. 

Upgraded from PSE 2021 to PSE 2026 on my MacBook air M3 (Tahoe 26.0.1) works  smooth and without any trouble so far.

[franz_6409]

How did you "upgrade"? 
i had 2020 installed, bought 2026 (as upgrade) downloaded and the installer fails with error code 1....

[Randolph II]

How? Well, maybe just the way you tried, but with proper results. No Error. No problem at all.