Adobe Apps Start Transition for M1 Macs

    At the end of last year, Apple announced their new Silicon M1 chip that boasts of faster performance, improved graphics, and better battery life. Applications that run on old Intel based processors didn't necessarily translate over well to the new M1 Macs, so users have had to use an Apple program called Rosetta 2 to translate those programs that haven't been updated yet. Rosetta 2 has actually worked really well during the transition phase and allowed users to continue using the apps that they've been using. 

    Companies are slowly updating their apps to take advantage of the new Silicon M1 Macs, and Adobe has just released Photoshop and Lightroom with native support for the new Macs (with more of the apps in beta versions to be released soon). 

    What does this mean for Silicon Mac users? Mark Dahm, the product manager for Photoshop, says that Photoshop runs up to 50% faster on a Silicon Mac than it did on the older, Intel processor based Macs. Which is a huge performance improvement for sure! 

    This is just the beginning to apps being optimized for the new Silicon M1 chip, and the benefits especially pertaining to user performance are promising. As updates for apps to run natively on the new Macs continue to roll out, customers might just see more and more reason to upgrade to the new Silicon Macs if they desire the performance improvements that have already been shown.