Adobe Premiere Rush 1.5.62 — macOS

If you already work with Premiere Pro, think of Rush as the lighter companion for quick cuts on the go. Version 1.5.62 still targets macOS 10.12 and later, but note that Adobe discontinued Rush and removed it from its site after September 30, 2025. That doesn't stop the app from functioning if you have the installer.

Confirm your macOS before downloading

This build runs on Intel Macs with macOS 10.12 or newer. If you're on Apple Silicon, you'll need Rosetta. Confirm your system before grabbing the software.

Edit on a simple timeline

The interface keeps things straightforward: a basic timeline, customizable motion graphics templates, and audio tools like balancing, noise reduction, and auto-ducking. Good enough for social clips without the learning curve of the full Premiere.

Publish straight to social

Rush lets you export directly to YouTube and Facebook, and it integrates with Adobe Stock for b-roll or graphics. For quick, publish-ready videos, it does the job.

New users often try to stack more than four video tracks

New users coming from phone editors sometimes expect Rush to behave exactly like a mobile app. The timeline is straightforward, but it does expect you to think in tracks. A frequent slip is trying to stack more than four video clips at once. Rush supports four video tracks and three audio tracks simultaneously, so if you drop a fifth video onto the timeline without consolidating, you'll get a warning rather than a fifth layer. Plan your sequence before dragging scenes in.

Another one I see is forgetting to check audio levels after applying auto-ducking. The feature lowers background music automatically when it detects speech, which is useful, but it can duck too aggressively on quiet voiceovers. A quick listen before export saves you from publishing a video where the narrator is barely audible. Similarly, the noise reduction tool is effective, but applying it to every clip by default can make audio sound thin. Use it selectively on tracks that actually need it.

Beginners also tend to skip motion graphic templates altogether, thinking they're complicated. Rush includes built-in, professionally designed animated title templates that you can drop in and edit text on. They're not buried in menus. If your video looks flat, trying one of those templates is quicker than building titles from scratch.

A 60-second product demo for Facebook by end of day

Let's say you run a small business page and need to post a 60-second product demo to Facebook by the end of the day. You've shot three clips on your phone, transferred them to your Mac, and opened Rush. You drag the clips onto the timeline, trim the start and end of each, and drop a motion graphic title template over the first scene. The built-in voiceover recording lets you narrate the steps without a separate app. A quick balance pass on the audio evens out the levels between clips, and auto-ducking lowers the background track during your voice. From there, you publish directly to Facebook without exporting a file first. That workflow saves time, and you don't need Premiere Pro for it.

For someone who posts regularly, the four video tracks are enough for a main angle, a close-up, a b-roll layer, and a lower-third graphic. The three audio tracks can hold narration, background music, and a sound effect. It's a lean setup that matches the pace of social publishing.

Version 1.5.62 runs on Intel Macs, requires Rosetta on Apple Silicon

This version 1.5.62 requires macOS 10.12 or later and runs on x86 64-bit Intel hardware. If you have an Apple Silicon Mac, you'll need Rosetta to run it. The installer is delivered as a bundled disk image — you mount it, open the Extra folder, and run the Install installer. The app itself is about what you'd expect from a focused video editor: it occupies disk space for the program files, templates, and language packs. It supports fifteen languages including English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, and Chinese, so the interface can match your preference.

Because Rush was discontinued and removed from Adobe's site after September 30, 2025, there are no future updates. It will not gain new features or compatibility fixes. If your workflow depends on the current feature set and you stay on supported hardware, the app remains usable. Just keep in mind that it won't adapt to future macOS releases beyond what version 1.5.62 already handles.

This bundled release installs once with all core features

This build is listed as a bundled release, which typically means it includes all core features in a single package without requiring separate downloads for templates or audio tools. For daily use, the practical effect is that you install once and have access to the timeline, four video tracks, three audio tracks, auto-ducking, noise reduction, voiceover recording, and the motion graphic templates right away.

Compared to earlier versions of Rush that might have shipped with fewer templates or without certain audio tools, version 1.5.62 consolidates the full feature set. The integration with Adobe Stock and direct publishing to YouTube and Facebook remain present. For anyone who already uses an older copy of Rush, moving to this version means gaining the complete toolset without needing to hunt for add-ons or updates that no longer exist.

• macOS 10.12 or later
• Intel processor