Droplet
Droplet is a scriptable automation utility bundled with Adobe Photoshop that lets users create standalone applications from Photoshop actions. When a user drags a file or folder onto a droplet app, it automatically applies a pre-recorded sequence of Photoshop operations — such as resizing, colour correction, watermarking, format conversion, or batch processing — without requiring the user to open Photoshop manually. Droplets are widely used by photographers, designers and production teams for automating repetitive image workflows, integrating image processing into shell scripts or folder-action systems, and distributing reusable image-processing pipelines to non-technical collaborators.
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1 suggestionDroplet is a helper component of Adobe Photoshop, not a standalone product, so whether a native version exists depends entirely on Photoshop itself. Adobe released a native Apple Silicon build of Photoshop in 2021 and has maintained native support through all subsequent releases, so any droplets you create today in the current version of Photoshop should be compiled for Apple Silicon. However, user reports from early 2025 indicate that droplet creation is currently broken or producing incomplete app bundles in Photoshop on Apple Silicon Macs — the Automate menu generates a folder named "[Droplet Name] (Universal).appContents" that does not function properly. This appears to be a known issue rather than an architecture incompatibility. Before attempting to recreate your droplets, check Adobe's official Photoshop release notes and support site to confirm whether the issue has been fixed in the latest version you have installed. If you are running an older build of Photoshop, updating to the current version may resolve the problem. If the issue persists after updating, contact Adobe Support with a clear description of the broken behaviour — they may have a workaround or may have addressed this in a patch release.
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