Adobe Photoshop 2022 system requirements on Windows & Mac

Adobe Photoshop is the best image editor software in the world, developed and published by Adobe. Its first release debuted on February 19, 1990, and newer versions have been out continuously for over 30 years.

Now is the time for 2022 and Photoshop has many new and enhanced features like the new object selection tool for better automate complex selections, new properties panel, enhanced transform warp, new keyboard shortcuts for paint & brush, and background image removal option…

Photoshop is software with a large capacity of many GB and before downloading, you should know in advance whether your computer is capable of running it or not. Below are the minimum and recommended system requirements to run Photoshop 2022 on Windows and Mac.

Windows

Minimum requirements

OS	Windows 10 (64-bit) version 1909 or later, Windows 11
CPU	Intel dual-core 2.0GHz
Memory	8 GB RAM
Graphics	1.5 GB of GPU memory
DirectX	12
Free storage	4 GB
Screen resolution	1280 x 800

Recommended system requirements:

OS	Windows 10 (64-bit) latest update, Windows 11
CPU	Intel Core i3-8100 or better
Memory	16 GB RAM
Graphics	4 GB of GPU memory
DirectX	12
Free storage	20 GB (SSD)
Screen resolution	1920 x 1080 (full HD)

Mac

Minimum:

OS	macOS 10.15 (Catalina) or newer
CPU	Intel Core 2-Duo 2.0 GHz
Memory	8 GB RAM
Graphics	1.5 GB of GPU memory
Free storage	4 GB
Screen resolution	1280 x 800

A Mac Mini 2018, MacBook Air 2018, MacBook Pro 2018, or an iMac 2018 will help you run Photoshop smoothly with moderate tasks.

Recommended system requirements:

OS	macOS 11 (Big Sur)
CPU	Intel Core i3-8100 (Coffee Lake) or better
Memory	16 GB RAM
Graphics	4 GB of GPU memory
Free storage	20 GB (SSD)
Screen resolution	1920 x 1080

If you want to store your work on Adobe’s cloud, you will need a stable internet connection.