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Photoshop 27.10 · Known bug

Generator fails on Apple Silicon without Rosetta 2

Not marked fixed as of Photoshop 28.0.0. The bug was reported for Photoshop 27.10. Adobe doesn’t track it yet; 5 people report it. It happens on macOS only. There is a workaround.

Status
Not tracked by Adobe yet
Severity
Major
Affects
Specific feature
System
macOS only

Workaround

Install Rosetta 2 so the bundled x86_64 Node runtime can run.

Timeline

  1. Sep 15, 2026Reported on Photoshop 27.10
  2. Nov 10, 2026Not marked fixed as of Photoshop 28.0.0not tracked by Adobe yet

The report

5 votes · 12 replies

Reported on macOS by 5 people (from the report and 12 replies).

“P: (macOS 27) Photoshop 2026: "There was a problem with Generator" at launch”

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