FAQ: What OS does Photoshop Elements run on, or Will PSE run on my computer?

Question

There are many different combinations of Photoshop Elements (PSE) and the Operating Systems (OS) it is supported on. Here is a table to help identify which versions of PSE are supported on which versions of Windows and Macintosh. By "supported", we mean that the application is designed and thoroughly tested to work on. Just because a platform is "unsupported" does not necessarily mean that it will not work. What it does mean is that you operate the application on that platform at your own risk. In most cases, a version of PSE is "unsupported" on a specific platform simply because it was released before that version of the OS.
The minimum system requirements (including supported platforms) for the current version of Photoshop Elements can be found here: http://www.adobe.com/sea/products/photoshop-elements/tech-specs.html
The minimum system requirements for all previous versions of Photoshop Elements can be found here:
http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/policy-pricing/system-requirements-photoshop-elements.h tml
Version of Photoshop Elements
Windows XP
Windows Vista
Windows 7
Windows 8
Mac OS 10.4.x
Tiger
Mac OS 10.5.x
Leopard
Mac OS 10.6.x
Snow Leopard
Mac OS 10.7.x
Lion
Mac OS 10.8.x
Mountain Lion
Mac OS
10.9.x
Mavericks
Photoshop Elements
X
Photoshop Elements 2
X
Photoshop Elements 3
X
Photoshop Elements 4
X
X
Photoshop Elements 5 †
X
X1
Photoshop Elements 6
X
X
X
X
Photoshop Elements 7 †
X*
X
Photoshop Elements 8
X*
X
X
X
X
X
Photoshop Elements 9
X*
X
X
X
X
Photoshop Elements 10
X**
X
X
X
X
X
Photoshop Elements 11
X**
X
X
X
X
X
X
Photoshop Elements 12
X**
X
X
X
X
X
X
* -  Requires Service Pack 2 or later
** - Requires Service Pack 3
# - Minimal product testing has been performed on this OS. No issues are known to exist.
## - The Comic Book Filters (Filter > Sketch > Comic/Graphic Novel/Pen and Ink) will cause Elements 11 Editor to crash on Mac 10.9.
1 -  Requires the 5.0.2 update
† - This version not available for Mac OS
†† - This version is designed to operate on a PowerPC-based computer. Starting with 10.4, the Mac OS supported both PowerPC and Intel processors. Continued support of PowerPC-based applications on Intel-based computers was made available through the use of Rosetta. In version 10.6, the Mac OS no longer supported PowerPC processors. Starting with version 10.7, Rosetta was discontinued, PowerPC-based applications no longer operate on this or later versions.
[NOTE: Photoshop Elements versions 1-3 ran on earlier version of the Mac OSX platform. For brevities sake, I've only included the 6 latest versions of that OS.]

Answer 1

Alejandro Jimenez
For Premiere Elements System Requirements for versions 13 to 8 and the older versions, please see the Adobe Document
System requirements | Adobe Premiere Elements
Regarding what versions will or will not work on certain operating systems...I would question even your Photoshop Elements FAQ reference.
What Adobe has not tested is not the same the impression that the program does not work on a certain operating system it has designated as " - ".
I have not seen a Premiere Elements document comparable to this FAQ document that you present for Photoshop Elements.
I have found no problem installing and running Premiere Elements 4, 7, 8.0/8.0.1,  9.0/9.0.1, 10, 11, 12/12.1, 13/13.1 on Windows 7 Professional SP1 64 bit or Windows 8.1 64 bit.
The version updates, if available, should be used to give special obvious features as well as other less obvious ones.
In the case of the current version, Premiere Elements 13/13.1, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and OSX 10.7 are not supported. Interestingly, I have found that you can
download the Premiere Elements 13 tryout from Adobe to a Windows XP computer, but you cannot install it.
Also, on a comparative basis, Premiere Elements version 32 versus 64 bit application
Windows
Premiere Elements 10, 11, 12, and 13 are 64 bit applications only when they are specifically on Windows 7, 8, or 8.1 64 bit computer.
Premiere Elements earlier then 10 are 32 bit applications whether they are run on Windows 32 bit computer or Windows 64 bit computer.
Mac
Premiere Elements 9 was the first version to be offered for Mac as well as Windows.
Premiere Elements Mac was not available as a 64 bit application until version 11 - and with Mac 64 processor.
Miscellaneous
Premiere Elements as a 32 bit application will block you from importing still images beyond a certain total pixel count.
Lots of other details, but let us start with these.
Please let us know if you need clarification on any of the above.
ATR