Adobe brings Apple M1 to more of its Creative Cloud apps

Now 80% faster on M1

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Only a day afterApple’s announcements atWWDC,Adobehas now announced native M1 support for three of its applications for Apple’s M1 Macs, including the recently-released iMac and its assorted colors.

Only last month Adobe Auditionwas updatedto include M1 support, which works from Apple’s Silicon chips rather thanIntel’s that has significant performance gains across the Creative Cloud suite.

While Premiere Pro is still in beta testing for the M1 chips, it’s a significant June update for Adobe that brings huge speed improvements to the three apps.

What’s in the June Update?

Adobe is fast approaching having all of its Creative Cloud suite of apps running natively on Apple’s M1 Macs. While there weren’t any new MacBooks announced at the WWDC keynote, it still means that these updates bring over 80% faster speeds when working on a project.

Lightroom Classic, Illustrator and InDesign now all run on Apple’s M1 chip, but there’s even more updates across the board:

While M1 support is the headline feature in Adobe’s June update, it’s great to see custom brushes now appear on the iPad version ofPhotoshop, alongside new retouching features in Photoshop Express.

How to update your Creative Cloud apps

The June update is now available in the Creative Cloud hub. Go to the ‘Updates Available’ option and once the June 2021 update appears, click Update and it will download and install, ready for you to use the M1 versions of Lightroom Classic, Illustrator and InDesign.

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