Photography
Can the MacBook Air (15-inch, M2, 2023) run Adobe Photoshop?
Minimum requirements
Likely meets minimum requirements
Likely meets recommended requirements
Operating system — supported (Windows 11 (v24H2, v23H2) or Windows 10 (v22H2, v21H2 LTSC); Windows on Arm: Windows 10 64-bit (version 20H2) …); versions are shown, not compared. RAM — needs 8 GB; it depends on the configuration bought (up to 24 GB). Processor — Apple silicon is supported. Graphics — Apple silicon graphics are Metal-capable.
How this was judged
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- Adobe Photoshop system requirements · publisher requirements
Published requirements
Minimum requirements
- CPU
- Windows: multicore Intel, AMD or Windows-on-Arm processor; Intel/AMD CPUs need AVX2 and SSE 4.2. Mac: multicore Intel or Apple silicon processor
- GPU
- Windows: GPU with DirectX 12 (feature level 12_0 or later), 1.5 GB of GPU memory (4 GB on Windows on Arm), newer than 7 years. Mac: Metal support. Video RAM 1.5 GB
- RAM
- 8 GB
- Storage
- 10 GB
- OS
- Windows 11 (v24H2, v23H2) or Windows 10 (v22H2, v21H2 LTSC); Windows on Arm: Windows 10 64-bit (version 20H2) or later; macOS 26, 15.x or 14.x
Recommended requirements
- CPU
- Windows: multicore Intel, AMD or Windows-on-Arm processor (same as minimum). Mac: ARM-based Apple silicon processor
- GPU
- Windows: GPU with DirectX 12 (feature level 12_0 or later) and 4 GB of GPU memory for 4K displays and greater. Video RAM 2 GB
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 100 GB
- OS
- Windows: same as minimum; macOS Sequoia (version 15.6.1)
Sources and limits
How we know this · Report an error
- Adobe — Adobe Photoshop on desktop technical requirements (version 27.x and later) · retrieved 9/28/2026
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