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December 19, 2020
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will Photoshop elements 2021 work with the new M1 chip and big sur

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will Photoshop elements 2021 work with the new M1 chip and big sur I am thinking of buying a mini mac that has the new M1 chip in would it work.

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Greg_S.
Community Expert
Community Expert
December 27, 2020

I know almost nothing about Macs.  Here is the latest Adobe Help article regarding Elements and Big Sur

 

I don't think anyone yet knows about problems with the M1 chip and Elements, but in my quick Google search, it looks like Adobe is not currently supporting it with any of its software.  I expect that will change in time.

 

This does not mean that Elements will not run with this hardware and OS.  But if you are an early adopter, you should not be surprised if you run into problems.  If you have already bought a computer with the M1 chip, you can download a free trial of Elements before buying it.

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March 26, 2022

 I downloaded a free trial of photoshop elements for my m1 mac air. It does not open and there are no answers on the net or in any forums. 

Medha_Sharma
Adobe Employee
Adobe Employee
March 29, 2022

Hi Medha. Thank you for your reply.

I have a Mac Air - macOS Monterey, version 12.3 with an Apple M1 chip. (not really relevant here, but I have elements 18 working on my previous mac but elements 2018 cannot be loaded on the new one. That's why am trying to load the elements 22 version. I am so used to working on elements that it's hard, to adjust to affinity.)

Attached is the screenshot you requested, of the folder which has been renamed.

I get no error message at all. The icon wiggles a bit as it's going to open and then the editor is supposed to be "loading" but nothing happens. It doesn't open.

 


Thanks for sharing the details, @Nitajk 

 

Can you check if the application is already running in the Activity Monitor? If so, please quit it and then try relaunching it again.

 

In case you don't find it running in the Activity Monitor, please try the following steps:

1. Navigate to Applications > Adobe Photoshop Elements 2022 > Support Files > Adobe Photoshop Elements Editor

2. Right-click on the application and choose 'Show Package Contents'

3. Navigate to Contents > MacOS 

4. Double-click on the executable file named 'Adobe Photoshop Elements Editor'

 

Some logs would be printed on the terminal after performing step 4. If the application doesn't open even now, please share these logs with me for further investigation.

 

Regards,

Medha Sharma

 

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December 27, 2020

I have the same question.