AdobePluginInstallerAgent
AdobePluginInstallerAgent is a helper utility used by Adobe Creative Cloud applications to manage the installation, updating, and management of third-party plugins and extensions for Adobe products like Photoshop, Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Lightroom. It runs in the background to facilitate plugin discovery, installation from Adobe Exchange, license verification, and version synchronization across the Creative Cloud ecosystem.
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1 suggestionAdobePluginInstallerAgent is not a standalone application — it is a helper component bundled with Adobe Creative Cloud. There is nothing to update separately. Ensure that your Adobe Creative Cloud applications (Photoshop, Premiere Pro, After Effects, Lightroom, etc.) are kept up to date through the Creative Cloud desktop application, and AdobePluginInstallerAgent will be updated automatically as part of those updates. Adobe has been shipping native Apple Silicon builds of Creative Cloud since 2021, so as long as you update your primary Adobe apps to the latest version, the helper tool will run natively on Apple Silicon Macs.
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