REVIEWED: Apple Mac Studio M1 Ultra — Now with Updated Results for Photoshop CC 23.4.1 — Big Speed Improvements

2022-06-22 - SEND FEEDBACK

Related: 4K and 5K display, Apple, Apple Mac Studio, Apple Silicon, Photoshop

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A big thank-you to B&H Photo for sending the $7999 Apple Mac Studio M1 Ultra 20-core CPU / 64-core GPU/ 128GB / 8TB SSD for review. This is exactly the configuration I would buy excepting a preference for a 4TB SSD (only to keep the cost down).

The release of Photoshop CC 2022 v23.4.1 vaporized most of the performance problemswith Photoshop CC 2022 v23.3.2, literally overnight.

The Apple Mac Studio M1 Ultra now looks to be the fastest Photoshop Mac ever made, particularly for raw file conversion. My 2019 Mac Pro never looks so dated.

Adobe has improved raw file conversion speed considerably since early 2022.

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