Monterey/Photoshop Elements

Here we are three months later and no, Adobe just pushes us to buy PSE 2022. Monterey isn't that different than BS. I shouldn't have to buy a new PSE every two years.

Photoshop Elements is basically a stripped-down version of Photoshop. Since it Photoshop does run on macOS Monterey, it would be safe to say that the issue with Elements should be resolved soon. If the poster in the link is accurate, I am somewhat surprised given the size of Adobe that they didn't test PSE with macOS Monterey.

Too late for a ‘workaround.’ The result of this mess has already cost me hundreds of dollars, more than as month of business and uncounted hours of time (still counting). I’ve had to reinstall my system and major software and am rebuilding all of my Elements files and settings from the ground up. Whether it was Adobe or Apple responsible for this I’m unlikely to accept any ‘updates’ any time soon. My trust in both companies (particularly Adobe) has taken a very serious hit going forward.

Try this:open a Finder window, select Go from the menu bar at the top of the screen, hold down the Option key to reveal the Library folder option in the dropdown menu,open the folder Preferences,drag the item "com.adobe.PhotoshopElements" in the trash folder and delete it.It must be done every time before you start Photoshop Elements 2021-2022 since they don't fix the bug.

I tried deleting the "com.adobe.PhotoshopElements" library file on my M1 iMac running Monterey 12.0.1, but can't get the Photo Editor to load, still shows as Not Responding and have to force quit. Even tried after restart, nothing.

Anybody got any other workarounds I can try?

Thanks for this information it’s really helped, guess I need to upgrade from Elements 2021 to 2022 - jeez software these days seems to last about as long as a prawn sandwich :-) Did have a look at full Photoshop via monthly CC subscription - didn’t have a clue what I was looking at in the interface - but think this is probably where we’re all going to be pushed in the future ☹️

Bottom line, this was a major oversight by both Apple and Adobe that has resulted in countless hours and dollars wasted by customers that have depended on the competence and integrity of both companies. For me, the result has meant months of having to rebuild and reorganize the data vital to my business, a task that will take weeks if not months to complete.

Unexcusable.

Adobe doesn't care about licensed Adobe Elements 21 users - they just want you to pay for Elements 22. Customer service just gives you a run around instead of resolutions 

We should all reach out to Apple and let them know how Adobe is advocating for users to downgrade their OS and in my case told me to use a windows based computer

I wouldn't be able to tell you because I am constantly getting the run around from Adobe - promised phone calls with resolutions, only to call them back a day later to ask where is my call. I have probably spoken to 10 + people between the phone and their online communications. Their customer service is abysmal.

At this point I’m not updating ti Monterey any time soon. Until it’s absolutely confirmed either by Abobe or Apple that they’re not ‘working on it’ but that it’s solved. If Elements 22 works with Monterey I think Adobe owes me a free upgrade for all of the time and effort this screw up has cost me.

FWIW, I have no problem running Photoshop Elements 2022 in Monterey.

I lied, it seems that 2022 is still Intel only.