Following Apple's lead: Adobe announces end of support for Premiere Pro, After Effects on Intel Macs
[10:45 Fri,28.August 2026 � by Thomas Richter] ���
Adobe has announced that starting with the upcoming version 27, Creative Cloud video and audio applications will only run on Apple Silicon Macs. The affected tools, which are central to filmmakers, are Premiere Pro, After Effects, Audition, and Media Encoder—Intel Mac users will remain stuck on the current version 26.x.
"Starting with version 27.0, our video and audio applications on the Mac platform will require Apple Silicon processors (M1 or newer). Intel-based Mac systems will no longer be supported starting with v27.0 and for future updates."
An M1 chip from 2020 is therefore formally sufficient as the minimum requirement for the next CC version—however, anyone still editing on an Intel Mac will not be able to install version 27. Nevertheless, Adobe clarifies that version 26.x will remain installable and usable on Intel Macs, including security updates as part of the regular support lifecycle.
Only the new features of future Adobe CC app versions cannot be used—so anyone who wants to keep up with the further development of Premiere Pro & Co. and new (AI) features will have no choice but to get an Apple Silicon computer—even though, especially given the memory crisis, this is actually a bad time for it because prices are high and are expected to rise even further. Adobe has not provided an exact release date for version 27; according to the company, the beta is already running, and the final version is expected for the fall.
Adobe follows Apple's schedule
Adobe immediately provides the justification: They are following Apple's example, which with macOS 27 "Golden Gate" also no longer supports Intel Macs—the current macOS 26 Tahoe is already the last major system version with Intel support. Furthermore, with macOS 28, Apple plans to shut down a large portion of the Rosetta 2 translation layer, which previously allowed Intel software to keep running in a makeshift manner. Thus, Adobe's move does not come as a real surprise: The actual turning point was set by Apple itself long ago, and Adobe is merely following suit while somewhat simplifying its development process.
Adobe Premiere Pro
As early as spring 2025, Substance 3D Painter was the first product in the portfolio to end Intel support. The same trend is emerging with the competition, albeit formulated more cautiously so far—Blackmagic, for example, has been continuously optimizing DaVinci Resolve toward Apple Silicon since native M1 support was introduced in 2021, though a hard cutoff for Intel versions has not yet been announced.
Who is affected?
For most professional editing suites, the announcement is unlikely to cause much alarm: anyone who has invested in new hardware in recent years is already sitting at an M-Mac—Apple itself has not sold Intel hardware for about three years. Adobe's move is more relevant for users who still use older Intel Mac Pros or iMacs as secondary or render systems—here, update capabilities for Premiere workflows will finally end with version 27, but at least work can continue using the current version.
