#SLACK FOR MAC M1 CHIP PRO#
I suppose creatives who use Adobe Premiere Pro may be disappointed at the result here, but for me (and many Apple users) who use Final Cut Pro, it's a non-issue. I checked with Apple on the jarring discrepancy between Final Cut Pro and Adobe Premiere Pro rendering times (1:35 vs 21:11!) and a representative from Apple said it's because Adobe Premiere Pro has not been optimized to use the M1 Pro/Max' ProRes hardware for video encoding.
#SLACK FOR MAC M1 CHIP WINDOWS#
In other words, if we're using Adobe Premiere Pro, a new, spec'ed out Windows machine can beat the M1 Max in rendering video files. My colleague Rich Woods tried the same rendering process on his new Lenovo ThinkPad P15 powered by Intel's 11th-gen Core i9-11950H with RTX A5000 graphics and 32GB of RAM and it took 13 minutes, 48 seconds. When I tried the same four-minute 8K video render test on Adobe Premiere Pro, the rendering process took 21 minutes, 11 seconds. Now to be fair, Final Cut Pro is Apple's own software, so it's of course optimized to work with Apple silicon seamlessly. There's very little waiting involved, and that is a gamechanger for staying within your workflow. That means I can move forward to the next steps near-instantly, or take corrective actions if I need to. You know that 22-second long video showing the MacBook speakers embedded earlier in the article? That's 4K footage, and this MacBook Pro rendered the clip in under two seconds. Okay, so rendering 8K videos is something most people won't ever need to do (I shoot in 4K only, the 8K videos were just for testing). If it's a longer file, the gap widens proportionately. That's seven extra minutes of waiting for a four-minute video. It took 8 minutes 26 seconds on the 2019, fully spec'ed out Intel MacBook Pro. Here are some testing numbers: I rendered a four-minute 8K video file on Final Cut Pro on this M1 Max MacBook Pro, and the machine rendered the file in 1 minute, 35 seconds. In a week of use, I have not heard the fan whip up once. And as for heat and fan noise? This machine only got moderately warm even when I was rendering 8K videos for testing. Having an SD Card slot built-in is a godsend - I have lost count of how many times I have wanted to move camera files over my Intel Mac just to realize I don't have a dongle with me.
#SLACK FOR MAC M1 CHIP PROFESSIONAL#
This is a machine a professional filmmaker could probably use for his work.įirst, the two complaints I had with my Intel Mac (needing a dongle and machine heating up when rendering videos) are fixed here. In fact, my semi-pro workflow doesn't even utilize all of its power and potential.
This thing is an absolute powerhouse built for creative professionals. I've been doing all my work off a 2019 Intel MacBook Pro for two years with no issues, but after using the M1 Max MacBook for a week, it's going to be very hard to go backīut after using this new M1 Max-powered MacBook Pro for a week, it's going to be very hard for me to go back to the older machine.
Apple M1 Max (10-Core CPU, 24-Core GPU).Apple M1 Pro (10-Core CPU, 16-Core GPU).
Apple M1 Pro (10-Core CPU, 14-Core GPU).
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