

IMac 27-inch (Late 2015) will come with 2GB GPU memory as standard but can also be configured with 4GB GPU memory. If youre nursing older hardware until your. IMac 21-inch (Late 2015) will run Photoshop well enough for basic edits and usage, however pro users will want to look at 4K models from 2017 or newer as these can be configured to have more powerful dedicated Graphics Cards with 4GB GPU memory. Adobe Photoshop runs best on a fast, powerful system with plentiful RAM. Also, make sure that you get a compatible Graphics Processor unit, which is essential for Photoshop. The much improved 2018 models have more powerful Processors and Graphic Cards (although they still max out at 1.5GB) which will run Photoshop more smoothly. If you are a power user, that edits mainly in high Bit depths and Resolutions, and might have lots of other RAM intensive Software running in the background, consider 16+ GB of RAM.

Mac mini (Late 2014) are a little past their prime for day to day usage with Photoshop but they will happily run it if you need to do some basic edits.
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The 15/16-inch MacBook Pro come with a minimum of 2GB memory and models from 2018 or newer have a minimum of 4GB, so if you are looking to use Photoshop to it's full potential the bigger brother MacBook Pro will be the one to go for. Photoshop will run on these devices, however if you are a pro user you might find that there are limitations with some GPU heavy features. The 13-inch MacBook Air and Pro both have a maximum of 1.5GB GPU memory, which is below that recommended as a minimum. GPU memory is a little tricker to cater for so we have broken it down further for you below! Most Macs since 2012 support Metal, but you can check the Apple Support article here to confirm.
