For optimal performance with Creative Cloud apps, we recommend you keep the operating system of your computer or mobile device up to date. For desktop apps, use no earlier than two versions back of Windows or macOS. For mobile apps, use no earlier than the previous version of iOS or two versions back of Android. See Operating system support guidelines for Creative Cloud apps.
For complete system requirements, click the link below for your Creative Cloud app. Find the system requirements for mobile apps in the system requirements for their companion desktop apps.
- Premiere Pro 14.7 supports macOS 11.0 (Big Sur) on Intel CPUs. Native support for Apple M1 CPUs is not yet available but you can run Premiere Pro in Rosetta 2 emulation mode on Apple M1 devices. For more information, see Do Adobe apps work on Apple computers that use the M1 chip?
- Adobe Premiere Elements 2020 - PC/Mac Disc. Requirements: 64-bit multicore Intel processor (6th gen or later recommended) or AMD equivalent with SSE4 support.
Spending at least $1,400 will see you with a configured laptop that surpasses the requirements to use Adobe Premiere Pro. This configuration sports an Intel Core i7-8750H CPU, 8 GB RAM, and a. Minimum specifications: Recommended specifications: Processor. Intel® Intel 6 th Gen or newer CPU. Intel® Intel 6 th Gen or newer CPU. Operating system: macOS v10.12 or later (v10.13 or later required for hardware-acceleration) macOS v10.12 or later (v10.13 or later required for hardware-acceleration) RAM: 8 GB of RAM. 16 GB of RAM for HD media.
Adobe Aero desktop (beta)
Adobe Illustrator
The Creative Cloud desktop app has the following requirements for Windows and Mac operating systems:
Minimum | Recommended | |
Processor | Intel®, AMD, or ARM processor with 64-bit support | |
Operating system | Windows 10 (64-bit) | |
RAM | 2 GB | 4 GB or more |
Hard disk space | 4 GB of available hard-disk space; additional space is required for installation | |
Internet | Internet connection |
Minimum | Recommended | |
Processor | Multicore Intel® processor with 64-bit support or M1 Apple Silicon processor | |
Operating system | macOS Sierra (version 10.12) and later | Big Sur 11.0 (Apple M1 silicon) | |
RAM | 4 GB | 16 GB or more |
Hard disk space | 4 GB of available hard-disk space; additional space is required for installation | |
The Creative Cloud desktop app won't install on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file system | ||
Internet | Internet connection |
The Creative Cloud website and associated websites, such as the Adobe Admin Console, are all designed to work optimally in the latest versions of Google Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Microsoft Edge Chromium. You may have trouble using certain features on older versions of browsers.
Operating system | Supported browsers | ||
Mac OS X | Google Chrome | Safari | Firefox |
Windows 10 | Google Chrome | Microsoft Edge Chromium | Firefox Format thumb drive for mac and pc. |
Windows 8 | Google Chrome | _ | Firefox |
Windows 7 | Google Chrome | _ | Firefox |
Minimum | Recommended | |
Processor | Intel®, AMD, or ARM processor with 64-bit support | |
Operating system | Windows 10 (64-bit) | |
RAM | 2 GB | 4 GB or more |
Hard disk space | 4 GB of available hard-disk space; additional space is required for installation | |
Internet | Internet connection |
Minimum | Recommended | |
Processor | Multicore Intel® processor with 64-bit support or M1 Apple Silicon processor | |
Operating system | macOS Sierra (version 10.12) and later | Big Sur 11.0 (Apple M1 silicon) | |
RAM | 4 GB | 16 GB or more |
Hard disk space | 4 GB of available hard-disk space; additional space is required for installation | |
The Creative Cloud desktop app won't install on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file system | ||
Internet | Internet connection |
The Creative Cloud website and associated websites, such as the Adobe Admin Console, are all designed to work optimally in the latest versions of Google Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Microsoft Edge Chromium. You may have trouble using certain features on older versions of browsers.
Operating system | Supported browsers | ||
Mac OS X | Google Chrome | Safari | Firefox |
Windows 10 | Google Chrome | Microsoft Edge Chromium | Firefox Format thumb drive for mac and pc. |
Windows 8 | Google Chrome | _ | Firefox |
Windows 7 | Google Chrome | _ | Firefox |
Brazilian Portuguese
Chinese Simplified
Chinese Traditional
Czech
Danish
Dutch
English
Finnish
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Norwegian
Polish
Russian
Spanish
Swedish
Turkish
Brazilian Portuguese
Chinese Simplified
Chinese Traditional
Czech
Danish
Dutch
English
Finnish
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Norwegian
Polish
Russian
Spanish
Swedish
Turkish
As a Creative Cloud member, you can download and install Creative Cloud apps in any language in which the products are available. So you can have different language versions of each product depending on your needs. See the product links in the system requirements section for a complete list of languages for each Creative Cloud app.
Apps and services with limited language availability
You can choose from the following languages when using these products:
- Adobe Photoshop Lightroom: German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Brazilian Portuguese, Swedish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Russian, Thai, and Japanese
- Adobe Fonts: English, French, German, and Japanese
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Windows
- Intel 6th Generation or newer processor or AMD equivalent with SSE4 support
- Microsoft Windows 10 version 1903 or later (version 1909 recommended); 64-bit versions only; Windows 7, Windows 8.1 not supported
- HEIF/HEVC import supported only on Windows 10 version 1903 or later. Visit www.adobe.com/go/preheifinfo
- 9.3GB of available hard-disk space to install applications; additional 13GB to download all optional content; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file system or on removable flash storage devices)
- Microsoft DirectX 12 compatible sound and display driver
- Windows Media Player (required if importing/exporting Windows Media formats)
- Compatible DVD burner required to burn DVDs
macOS
- Intel 6th Generation or newer processor
- macOS 10.14 through 10.15 or macOS 11
- 10GB of available hard-disk space to install applications; additional 13GB to download all optional content; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file system or on removable flash storage devices)
For both Windows and macOS
- 8GB of RAM
- 1280x800 display resolution (at 100% scale factor)
- DVD-ROM drive (for installation from DVD)
- Internet connection required for product activation and content download*
- Recommended specifications:
- Intel 7th Generation or newer processor or AMD equivalent with SSE4 and AVX support
- 16GB of RAM for HD media
- 32GB or more of RAM for 4K media
- 4GB of GPU VRAM†
- Fast internal SSD for app installation and cache
- Additional high-speed drive(s) for media
Adobe Premiere Elements supported import/export formats include:
Adobe Premiere Free Mac
AVCHD (import only), DV-AVI (import/export on Windows), DVD (Windows only), H.264, HEVC, HDV, MPEG-1 (import only), MPEG-2, MPEG-4, MP3, QuickTime (limited codecs), Windows Media (Windows only), and many more.