M1 Mac vs M2 Mac

I don’t understand why I’d buy an M1 based Mac Studio when the M2 based MacBook Pro and MacBook Air are out right now - so clearly there’s going to be an M2 based Mac Studio coming.

The obvious deciding factor would be “Do you need a faster Mac right now or can you afford to wait?”

This post on MacRumors.com helps sort out the differences between the two chips - but everything I read there tells me I should wait before taking an M-based plunge with my main work machine - I currently have a 2019 16" MacBook Pro.

This paragraph jumped out at me as a reason to wait for the M2 based Mac Studio:

Both the ‌M1‌ and the ‌M2‌ have dedicated video encode and decode engines for hardware-accelerated H.264 and HEVC, but the ‌M2‌’s video engines are also able to accelerate ProRes and ProRes RAW to enable playback of multiple streams of 4K and 8K video. In addition, the ‌M2‌’s media engine includes a higher-bandwidth video decoder, supporting 8K H.264 and HEVC video.

I don’t do a lot of 4K video right now for clients, but when I do - rendering is the biggest bottleneck to creativity and getting my work done efficiently.

I recently heard someone talk about how fast their M1 Max MacBook Pro is at rendering video on a client’s podcast and that’s what’s got me feeling the itch to upgrade.

It’s a bit of a chicken and the egg for me right now. If I upgrade to a Mac Studio, I’ll get more work done which will allow me to make more money and then be able to more easily afford upgrading to a Mac Studio. 😊

After watching this video review of the Mac Studio and Studio Display, I can’t find a good reason to justify a Mac Studio for my podcast editing work at this point. But it won’t stop me from wanting to get one anyway. 😊

Shout it louder for anyone who sees only money in a podcasting monopoly @gruber:

There’s no need for a YouTube-of-audio. Podcasts aren’t a format that just happen to have thrived on the open independent internet — they’ve thrived because of the open independent internet.

I’m exporting an hour long 1080p video, transcoding a different 720p video, and editing a podcast all at the same time - and I’m still whining about why it isn’t going faster? :)

Ooh fun new feature coming to Descript for video podcasters.

Automatically assign multicam is listed as in Early Access for Descript.

It’s kind of wild to me that as I wrap up (mostly) work for 2021, I’m finishing it off by editing ShopTalk Show - the podcast that I started this “editing podcasts for a living” journey with. I’ve been blessed by amazing clients - past + present - who enable me to love what i do.

Heads up that the Logic Pro 10.7.2 update that came out last week seems to have some sort of plugin compatibility bug. Some projects are fine, others hang as soon as I hit play and require a force quit restart to work. #podcasters

Way Too Seriously

Movies reviewed by the podcast Way Too Seriously:

Way Too Seriously is a weekly podcast in which Jan and Paul Moffett talk about the implicit biases, the assumptions, and the thematic implications of kids' movies with exactly the appropriate level of seriousness.

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Way Too Seriously

Movies reviewed by the podcast Way Too Seriously:

Way Too Seriously is a weekly podcast in which Jan and Paul Moffett talk about the implicit biases, the assumptions, and the thematic implications of kids' movies with exactly the appropriate level of seriousness.

Available on Apple Podcasts.

...plus 51 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.