Adobe announced today its first version of Photoshop is now available with native support for Apple Silicon, meaning support for M1 Macs without the need for Rosetta 2.
According to the company, Apple Silicon support for Photoshop from “our internal tests show a wide range of features running an average of 1.5X the speed of similarly configured previous generation systems.”
Overall, performance has improved, while activities such as “opening and saving files, running filters, and compute-heavy operations like Content-Aware Fill and Select Subject” now feel “noticeably faster”, while some operations are “substantially faster” with M1.
Some new features, specifically Invite to Edit Cloud Documents and Preset Syncing still need to be ported over to Macs with M1 chips.
New Photoshop for iPad Features
Adobe today also announced Cloud Documents Version History and Cloud Documents offline access is also now available for iPad.
AgileBits Brings Apple Silicon Support for 1Password
As for popular password manager based out of Toronto, Ontario, 1Password version 7.8 has been updated for Apple Silicon as well.
“Additionally, in what will surely be the year of Apple Silicon, we are excited to announce that 1Password now runs natively on Apple’s latest processors and hardware. We’ve been unbelievably impressed at the speed and efficiency of the new Apple Silicon Macs and can’t wait to see what form factors roll out next,” said AgileBits on Tuesday.
The 7.8 update also has “improved the performance of the Touch ID/Apple Watch unlock prompt” as well.
