Very recently (within the last week) when running photoshop on my iMac I have been getting the Force Quit Applications pop up stating "Your system has run out of application memory". The following are the specs followed by what I have done to try and rectify the situation (without any luck).   Specs IMac, M1, 8GB Memory, OS Sequoia Version 15.2 Adobe CC, Photoshop 26.2 No files or documents stored on the computer. The ONLY applicatons on the computer are OS installed apps and Adobe CC and at the moment only Photoshop. Plenty of Storage and according to Adobe the minimum amount of "RAM" needed to run photoshop. Images I am working with are 46MB.  Big but not any bigger than any of the past images I've worked on.   For the last several months I was working on a BIG project with multiple Adobe apps running at the same time.  (Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign) along with several open active Browser sessions.  All of this without issue.     The project prior to the last was a HUGE photo editing project which lasted several months.  During this time Photoshop, with 8-10 High Res images were open at the same time, along with several web browsers.  All without issue.   The only thing that has changed in the last 6 months is photoshop upgraded from 2024 - 2025 and there may have been an OS upgrade at some point... neither of which caused any issues and were far enough in the past to not have been a direct cause of this issue.   The current issue is 2 RAW images opened in PS.  3 browser windows open, finder and possibly preview, and the error occurs.   1 image open - no browser, only finder running - error occurs System will freeze, go black and reopen to the log on/sign in screen. I could be working all day (like today) without issue.  PS, Browers, completed several images... all going great... even had safari open (this has happened with safari and firefox), it was a good day.  End of day, decided to work on one last image... the only image open and the browser window... error occured, froze and kicked me out of PS.   Things that have been done to correct. Called Apple.  They said it was an Adobe issue. - error still occurs Tried to contact Adobe, they were experiencing larger than normal volume and I got kicked out of the Que. Monitored "Activity Monitor" which shows green until it doesn't.  Nothing out of the ordinary is running. Even shut down apps that didn't seem like they needed to run - error occurs. Updated PS - error occurs Updated OS - error occurs Uninstalled PS and reinstalled it -error occurs Cleared Cache - Seemed to work, until it didn't, no matter how often I cleared the cache - error occurs Tried running PS without Web Browser or any other apps running - error occurs. Performed a complete factory reset on the iMAC, updated the software and only installed PS - error occurs.   This computer is only 3 years old and was working perfectly fine until last week. What I want to know and what I have not been able to get any answers to is WHY?! I do realize 8GB is the bare minimum needed to run PS, and with technology and the updates, AI and whatever else goes on behind the scenes that 16 + is what is needed.  However, I have seen people with 64GB of memory having this same issue... although they are editing videos.  Which I do sometimes... even with 8GB of memory.   What can I turn off or disable that will allow me to contine to edit photos. I do not have the budget to purchase another computer right now.  There has to be a fix, as everything was fine a week ago.   Please help!           ... View more

As the title states... Camera Raw is unresponsive when attempting to open RAW images from either an SD card or any images (RAW or otherwise) directly saved onto my computer.  Here is the info... ANY help would be much appreciated. Brand new MAC  with M1 chip.  Plenty of memory Adobe CC, everything is updated Photoshop and lightroom have both been activated and used Camera Raw filter in photoshop works Lightroom works (I prefer Bridge to lightroom) I've tried turning off the graphics processer. No luck and honestly is a dumb work around Camera Raw settings within Photoshop have been checked Bridge prefrences have been checked Bridge opens, all steps are seamless until attempting to open images in Camera Raw I've tried clicking the Camera Raw button and just right clicking and selecting open in Camera Raw. No error occurs... just the spinning rainbow of death   I am super frustrated.  This is unexceptable.    Thank you in advance. ... View more