System Requirements
What the app runs on: Apple Silicon Macs and 64-bit Windows.
FLOGVIT.photosuite is a GPU-accelerated application built for speed. Here's what you need to run it.
Minimum Requirements#
| Component | Requirement |
|---|---|
| OS | macOS 11 or later on Apple Silicon, or Windows 10/11 (64-bit) |
| CPU | Apple M1 or later; on Windows, 4 cores x86_64 |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| GPU | Metal (every Apple Silicon Mac), or Vulkan 1.2 / DirectX 12 on Windows |
| Disk | 500 MB for installation + cache space |
| Display | 1280×720 minimum |
Recommended#
| Component | Recommendation |
|---|---|
| OS | macOS 14+, Windows 11 |
| CPU | Apple M-series Pro/Max, or 8+ cores (Intel 12th gen+, AMD Ryzen 5000+) |
| RAM | 16 GB or more |
| GPU | Dedicated GPU with 2+ GB VRAM, or Apple Silicon integrated |
| Disk | SSD strongly recommended — NVMe for best performance |
| Display | 2560×1440 or higher, calibrated for color work |
What works on Mac and on Windows#
Everything not listed here — culling, develop, the library, export, delivery, workflows and the API — is the same on both.
| Feature | Mac | Windows |
|---|---|---|
| Race numbers (Identify, Deliver Event Folder) | Apple Vision | Windows' own text recognition |
| Video: playing and thumbnails | MP4, MOV, M4V, 3GP, AVCHD | The same, and WMV and AVI. HEVC needs Microsoft's HEVC Video Extensions; the N editions of Windows have no video playback |
| Updating itself (Install and Restart) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Dragging pictures out to other programs | ✓ | ✓ |
| Colours per monitor | ✓ | ✓ |
| DxO PureRAW | ✓ | ✓; a paused PureRAW is resumed in its own window |
| Closed eyes and smiles | ✓ | Not yet |
| People masks | macOS 14 or newer | Not yet |
| Subject masks at the subject's outline | ✓ (the subject model, 490 MB, is downloaded the first time) | ✓ (the same) |
| Pick the Year's Best | macOS 15 or newer | Not yet |
| The installer | Signed and notarized by Apple | Signed by FLOGVIT DATA Vegard Hanssen |
Performance Notes#
RAM#
The memory cache holds decoded images for instant navigation. Default is 50 images. With 16 GB RAM you can increase this in Settings → Performance for smoother scrolling through large folders.
GPU#
FLOGVIT.photosuite uses wgpu for all image rendering. Any modern GPU with Vulkan 1.2 or DirectX 12 (Windows) or Metal (macOS) will work. Integrated graphics are fine for culling — a dedicated GPU mainly helps with large 4K+ displays.
Storage#
- SSD: Recommended for the image cache and working folders. RAW files load significantly faster from SSD.
- HDD: Works but navigation will be slower, especially for large RAW files (50–80 MB each).
- Network drives: Supported but performance depends on network speed. Local copies are always faster.
FLOGVIT.photosuite tells a hard disk from an SSD, on a Mac and on Windows, and reads a hard disk one file at a time so it does not seek back and forth.
Multi-Monitor#
Multi-monitor setups work out of the box. Each additional display increases GPU memory usage slightly. See Multi-Monitor for setup details.
macOS Notes#
- Built for Apple Silicon (M1 and later) and runs natively. Intel Macs are not supported.
- The download is signed with a Developer ID and notarized by Apple, so Gatekeeper opens it without warnings.
Windows Notes#
- 64-bit Windows 10 or later.
- GPU drivers should be up to date.
- Race numbers are read with Windows' own text recognition, which comes with English and the other Latin-script languages. If no picture gets a number, add English under Settings → Time & language → Language & region.
- The installer is code-signed by FLOGVIT DATA Vegard Hanssen. While the app is new to Windows, SmartScreen may still say it does not recognise it: choose More info → Run anyway.
Linux#
There is no Linux build.