So 64-bit performance across the board is great, but a lot of apps are still only available in 32-bit versions. For example, 64-bit support is what gave Photoshop the ability to use more than 4GB of RAM a long time ago. 64-bit hardware and software allows faster performance and access to more memory. Why is Apple doing this? We’ve had access to 64-bit for a very long time now, and Apple has decided it is now time to pull the plug on supporting very old standards.
DO I HAVE PHOTOSHOP 64 BIT OR 32 BIT DRIVERS
There is a good chance that of the applications and drivers on your computer will stop working if they are not updated as well. There are many rumors as to what we’ll see, but Apple has already announced that the next version (OSX 10.15, which follows the current OSX 10.14 “Mojave”) is making one huge change that may impact photographers.
If you’d like to dive deeper, please see this article for more info.Īpple is expected to release details on the next version of the OSX Mac operating system at next week’s WWDC19. Update May29, 2019: I received some good feedback that OSX’s 32-bit report that I reference below is not as robust as it should be. And check back here in a few months for more info, I plan to update this article as I learn more… Read on for full details about the various ways this substantial update may affect Mac users. And of course Windows users are unaffected by this. The short answer is yes (with the caveat that I’m not clear on whether you could ever reinstall Photoshop CS6 if needed after migrating to OSX 10.15). I’m writing this article because I expect I’ll start getting questions next week about whether my software ( Lumenzia and my free panel) will continue to work when Apple finally kills 32-bit apps this fall.