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Hello,
I'm not very computer saavy, so I'm not sure just by looking at the specs if my older Mac would be able to handle Adobe Premiere. Can anyone give me an idea?
iMac 21.5 in., Mid 2010
MacOS High Sierra 10.13.6
3.6 GHz Intel Core i5
16 GB memory
500 GB start up disk
Graphics ATI Radeon HD 5670 512 MB
Thank you.
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you're probably pushing your luck, but... I've got Premiere running on a 2009 macpro (which I had to do some fancy dancing to get it to load high sierra - no thanks to apple) and running on a 2012 macbookpro.
Since you can download the trial version, give it a shot. The proxy workflow is a lifesaver in this kind of situation.
Just realize that sooner or later Premiere will update past the your hardware's ability to run the necessary OS.
You might see if you can find someplace that can replace your internal hard drive with a solid state drive. It's made a big difference on both my macpro and my macbookpro.
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Thank you! I appreciate your help.
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well from reading many threads hear you'd think there's no way you can run premiere on your system and I think they'd say the same about my 2 macs but I run them with far fewer problems that many other people have. so I figure an encouraging word couldn't hurt. good luck and post back if you have any other questions.
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If we go by the official system requirements for Premiere Pro, it won’t work.
The first line says it requires an Intel® 6th Gen or newer CPU. But that 10-year-old iMac has a 1st generation Intel CPU.
How about older versions? Adobe lets you use the Creative Cloud app to install up to the last two major versions, but no further back.
Unfortunately, the previous version (Premiere Pro 2019) has the same CPU requirement.
Even if it did work, you would probably be limited to doing very simple projects, because like most current video editing applications, Premiere Pro takes advantage of:
You can see if the trial version of Premiere Pro installs, but just be prepared for it to either not work, or work very slowly.
If you just need to do some basic editing on video from recent HD or 4K cameras, you might try two other options: