System Requirements Lightroom Classic (February 2026)

Windows:
Intel® or AMD processor (2 GHz or faster with SSE 4.2 or later and 64-bit support) or ARM processors (via emulation)
Windows 10 (version 22H2) or Windows 11 (version 23H2 or later)
8 GB RAM
Intel or AMD CPUs having AVX2 support
8 GB of available hard disk space; additional space is required for installation
Monitor Resolution: 1024 x 768 display
Graphics Card: GPU with DirectX 12 support – 2GB of GPU memory
Internet Connection

macOS
Multicore Intel processor (2 GHz or faster with SSE 4.2 or later, and 64-bit support) or Apple Silicon processor
macOS Sonoma (version 14.x) or later
8GB RAM
8 GB of available hard-disk space; additional space is required for installation – Lightroom Classic will not install on case-sensitive file systems or removable flash storage devices
Monitor Resolution: 1024 x 768 display
Graphics Card: GPU with Metal support – 2GB of GPU memory
Internet Connection

System Requirements Photoshop (February 2026)

Windows:
Multicore Intel® , AMD, or WinARM processor
Win 11 v24H2, v23H2, Win 10 v22H2, v21H2 LTSC
RAM – 8GB
Intel or AMD CPUs having AVX2 support
Intel or AMD platforms having SSE 4.2 or higher support
GPU with DirectX 12 – 1,5 GB of GPU memory – GPU newer than 7 years. Keep drivers updated with the latest from manufacturer's website. Adobe does not test with GPUs older than 7 years.
Monitor Resolution: 1280 x 800
Video RAM – 1.5 GB
10 GB of available hard disk space
Internet Connection

macOS:
Multicore Intel® or Apple Silicon processor
macOS v26, v15.x, v14.x
RAM – 8GB
Intel or AMD CPUs having AVX2 support
Intel or AMD platforms having SSE 4.2 or higher support
Monitor Resolution: 1024 x 768
Video RAM – 1.5 GB
10 GB of available hard disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file system)
Internet Connection