How do other apps support Sequoia (vs. Tahoe)

[Premal212]

Downgraded to Sequoia and it's a dream on my machine (M4 Max, 64gb) compared to Tahoe, I'm here for a while.

I understand that security updates ensure that the machine is kept safe from vulnerabilities etc. so they are mandatory updates, however my concern is with Adobe, Microsoft, AutoDesk etc.

When these developers build an application, do they build it with Tahoe in mind, so they are building for the most current and up to date OS. Or do apps like this get built for every OS?

In a year or so, what I don't want is my performance to take a hit because Premier Pro or AutoCAD is more optimised for Tahoe (or whatever comes next) vs. Sequoia...

 

[FreakinEurekan]

As far as ongoing development, that is of course focused on the latest version.

New releases may and often do “support” older versions of course. But you will reach a point where either (a) some new feature relies on something in the new OS or (b) the new update literally breaks compatibility with the old release.

Not much you can do about (a). As for (b) sometimes it’s accidental; maybe they’ll fix it. Or their guidance might be “update” ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[SDAVE]

I've started to notice bugs in Creative Cloud 2026 apps (I use most of them day to day) like randomly getting popups asking to access "Local Networks" (Which I allow anyway) on fresh launch of Photoshop etc. And I also noticed that in certain Adobe apps there's degraded performance compared to CC2025. I would assume Adobe will slowly depreciate Universal Binary apps by 2027 (next macOS which has zero support for Intel).

But M class Macs should be safe overall, however, there's going to be big shift between macOS26 and 27 since they will completely remove Universal Binary apps and developers have to have 1 binary set so if you're on M class, you're probably safe for another year or so until macOS27 comes out, which is supposedly going to be this generations Snow Leopard (performance improvements)

 

[Premal212]

So unless if it's a "business critical" update I'm safe for a while.

I think worst case is that I'll turn off Adobe and AutoDesk updates for a while, I'm hoping this whole 26.xx thing just blows over, over the next 6m or so when I can update again and keep with the times.