The BEST Mac For Photographers, Filmmakers, and Creative Professionals
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- Опубліковано 15 лют 2024
- Review of Apple Mac Studio M2 Max 64GB Memory 2TB Internal Storage
This is the best computer I have ever owned. As a creative professional, this computer has helped me grow my business and speed up my photography, video editing, and social media marketing... with a little bit of gaming too!
If you're a wedding or commercial Photographer, the Mac Studio is for you.
If you're a filmmaker / videographer or video editor, the Mac Studio is for you.
If you're a UA-camr and social media marketer, the Mac Studio is for you.
If you're a gamer, light task user, or general consumer, this is NOT for you.
00:53 Why you should consider buying the Mac Studio?
01:21 Mac Studio vs Custom PC
03:03 Tech Spec, design and features of the Mac Studio
04:51 Using the Mac Studio for filmmakers and video editors
06:50 What is Apple Silicon Unified Memory? and hy you should upgrade your RAM
07:46 Using the Mac Studio for UA-cam and social media marketing
08:33 Using the Mac Studio for photographers and photo editing
09:53 Gaming on a Mac Studio?
11:00 What I don't like about the Mac Studio
13:12 Who is the Mac Studio for?
13:59 Do this before you buy it!
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Thank you for this video!! Very informative.
Glad it was helpful!
Looks like a BEAST of a machine!! Great review 👌
Solid review! been waiting for this one from you man! I think you've convinced me. WE ARE GETTING ONE
Glad to hear it! Thanks for watching :)
The video helped me a lot. answered all my questions. Definitely deserve a subscribe. thank you
Glad it helped! Thanks for subscribing :)
Awesome vid, I want one of these now!
Highly recommend it if you edit lots of videos or need a lot of power to run multiple apps at once. Loving this machine!
Very simular situation I was in. I finally purchased the Mac Studio base model. I did purchase a Satechi M.2 NVMe SSD Enclosure with a WD_BLACK 4TB SN850X NVMe. Using the Thunderbolt port for connection, It's just as fast as the internal drive! I will never go back to the Windows OS. Also, love the quietnes of the Mac!
I run the same NVMe setup as you! I used my windows m.2s haha
Very Helpful! Thank you Seb!
Glad you liked it Mat! Do you one one too?
I am a cameraman and filmmaker based in Vienna/Austria and I did a lot of Projects on my Mac Book Pro (Mid 2014). Now it is time for a new one, so I really think I will go for the Studio M2 Max with the 64GB and a 1TB SSD. Should work fine for my studio. And then I still have (like you) my MacBook for Offloading Files on a shoot etc. etc. =)
All the best to you and your wife! Keep strong! Greetings
@@sofilmat Thats a great strategy!
Thanks Mat! Let's connect on IG @awakeabroadmedia
Would love to follow your journey!
Great review! My M1 Pro is starting to lag just a bit in my video work, and struggles with multitasking at times and I'm thinking about upgrading. Was torn between the M3 Macbook or the Mac Studio. This helped with my decision!
Glad this video helped you! Yeah the studio is such a great computer! Honestly, I am SO happy with it.
right now I am rendering BRAW 4K footage, and its working through No problem at all
Very informative. Thanks for the “Who is this for?” section of your video. I am a casual drone user, but this still may be overkill for me.
I just got the Mac Studio M2 Max with 64gb and 1tb. I'm coming from a 2020 intel iMac. and its amazing
Oh yeah thats quite the upgrade man. Solid setup!!
I still use a 2017 Macbook Pro and it kicks ass, but the M2 Studio is my workhorse for 90% of my tasks!
Great review. I would love to see SOMEONE do a comparison between a brand new computer and A three year old or five year old computer. Most of us don’t buy a new computer every year so a comparison from last years to this years isn’t particularly helpful. The guys that are buying a new machine every year either have too much cash hanging around, are UA-cam influencers that get their demo machines free or high end folks that use every bit of power that they can get every year and are making a living from these things. And they already know what they’re getting next.
Yesss! This is awesome
Thanks for watching 😃
Man, I really want one. My PC is on its last leg. And as far as the new chip goes, it's not all that more powerful than the M2 so yours will have a good few years ahead of itself!
Great video my friend
I can't recommend this enough, especially for filmmaking. Every single day it surprises me with handling anything I throw at it!
Just a great video
I Have the same Unit hated the bottom sliding on my desk I fixed this problem by taking a extra mouse pad cut it round and glued it to the bottom Wow did it help.
genius idea!! I have an extra mouse pad Thanks for the tip!
Great review! Can you give me some suggestions on what monitor to use with this machine? thanks!!
You're welcome! Thanks for watching and subscribing!
For monitors I recommend a 4K or an ultra-wide if you can get your hands on one because of the amount of space you have to multitask. The more resolution or the more space the better for any task :)
Great video, very helpful! This month is time to upgrade my MacBook Pro M1 Pro 16GB ram and 512GB storage. I will go with Mac Studio M2 Max 38 GPU, 96GB ram and 1TB storage. I want to enjoy it for the next 5-7 years.
Glad I could help! If I can suggest, I would go for more internal storage. Otherwise its something you'll have to address within 1-3 years
right now I am on M1 MacMini but will be upgrading to the Studio later this year. Great setup you are working on, what's the Monitor you are using?
Hey Armin! I am using the Dell Ultrasharp u4919dw. I absolutely love it!
The Mac Mini is great too, although I am sure you will love the performance boost of the Studio!
Just got one, base model. And really impatient to get back home to install it 🤗 I am not a pro, but since I keep my macs a long time (my previous MBP lasted 10 years and 7 years), the M2 Max will keep me future proof for my hobby workflow. I could have waited either for the March or June Apple events for the M3 versions, but got one on the refurb store with nearly 20% rebate. I already use external SSD : as fast as the internal ones and much cheaper than Apple options. Great video, thx 👍
Hey Michio, that so exciting!!
Yeah I got mine Refurb too. $200 off which I put towards apple care + just in case of any issues down the line. I am so happy with it! Excited for you man, enjoy it and thanks for watching 🤜🏼
I wished you would have posted this back in December when you recorded it. I was torn between a refurbished M2 pro mini and a used studio. I went with the refurbished mini just to have the warranty, but wished i would have went with the studio. 16 gigs is not enough!
Damn dude, my bad for taking long with this one. I found the studio refurbished and saved $200 I put towards the warranty. Are you still within the return period for your mini?
@@awakeabroadmedia no I have had it for over 60 days. Now I'm torn between getting a used studio like before or making a hackintosh. There is the thought of just keeping it until the warranty is up, then switching it out... I'm not a hardcore editor, but I am a multitasker.
Hmm good point, if you're multitasking you will benefit from more Ram.
If you're experiencing bottlenecks holding you back from being efficient, I would swap it out as soon as you are able to, so you save time and speed up your workflow
@@awakeabroadmedia thanks man
Love that table, any link? will deliver enought for a 2 4k 60hz monitors?
The desk you mean? I got it made from a local woodworker :)
I don’t get why people complain about the built-in speakers. I was surprised it has speakers at all. Like, do people complain about the huge PC desktop builds having no built-in speakers? Not really
Is this a complaint i'm reading? 🤭🫣
Just having fun Peter :)
Better speakers would make the computer a little more travel friendly. It's not a replacement for external speakers but it would help a lot when one travels and can't bring speakers with them but still want quality audio. Something like a UE Wonderboom would be dope!
Is it too difficult to put decent speakers in there, though ?
@@StratsRUs Yes it's unnecessary
Thanks for the excellent top level overview.
If people are considering a Mac Mini as a cheaper alternative, they should consider the much higher operating temperature of that machine. Higher operating temperatures shorten the life of electronics. If one is the type who buys a new machine every couple of years that won’t be a problem. But, if you’re hoping to keep the machine for a long time, it should be an important consideration.
Well said! This is important!
Also, if you're someone who gets a new Mac every few years, consider investing that money now, and not having to upgrade later. It is well worth getting a beefier machine like the Studio
Cool video! I am ordering the exact same configuration. GET the Spigen "LD202" , it supposed to filter the air from dust into the Mac Studio and provide grip also so it stop slipping. (also, for ports, get the "Plugable 14-in-1 USB-C and Thunderbolt Dock - 40Gbps with 96W Charging," and for the speakers, man! get at least a Focusrite Interface (I've got an RME))
Amazing!!!! thanks for the tip! gonna check it out on amazon.
I use a PreSonus AudioBox Go and works very well!
@@awakeabroadmedia that's very good one, PreSonus, I thought you just plugged the speakers in to the headphone jack on the comp. The interface does a big change here...
Good luck man! (subscribed) 👍
@@MarcoPolux Exactly, the Presonus helps me turn the volume for the speakers and the headphones independently, plug in two mics, and its small and compact :)
Thank you!!
Great video! I’m looking into getting a Mac Studio. I have a really good PC, but when I am looking through photos (I’m a wedding and sports photographer so I go through thousands of photos), it struggles. When I cull photos, I like to zoom in and delete or flag as I go through, but with my PC there’s always a few seconds of loading time when I zoom in and zoom out. Do you find this on the Mac Studio?
The mac studio is the smoothest computer i've ever used. It just chews through anything ive put it through. You're gonna love it!
Hey would you wait for M3 max Studio? I heard it's coming out this year
Hmm great question. Sounds like the same question I had when I bought mine.
If you think the M3 is going to be significantly better for your needs then I would wait. But also think about how much use you will get out of the M2 NOW if you went for it now.
Truth is, the increases between M1,2,3 are not as big as the one from Intel to M, so is it work waiting until an undisclosed date for a 20% increase in performance?
I would do what I did- go on the refurbished page, save yourself some money and get the Mac now, and start pumping out work for your business. If you regret buying it, you can always return it within the first 30 days I think.
I would love to see a real world video of the performance in Lightroom (Devolop module). Like you, I custom built a nice PC a few years ago. It seems no matter what, LR just runs slow when it comes to actually editing the photos, playing with the AI masks etc. I am tempted as a wedding photographer, but cant find anyone showing any videos on this one point. LR has historically not been a great performer in general, so I wonder how this little guy truly performs when it comes to getting into RAW edits, AI masking, and etc and load times from one image to the next etc. All the stuff that drags on most other machines.
Great point! Honesty I find that this computer handles lightroom really well. Same with my old PC. Really you need a good amount of RAM and processing power to have lightroom work well. RAW files need a lot of power to open and modify and typically when editing were not just editing one photo but hundreds if not thousands at a time.
Ill see if I can make a video on it, maybe on my photography channel. Ill comment back here if I do!
@@awakeabroadmedia thanks so much! Yes, I have i7 7700k cpu, a 1080ti GPU, 64gb ram and everything on ssds. It's not terrible performance, but it's also not smooth and can be very "sticky" when dealing with lots of wedding photos back to back. Thanks for considering making a specific video on this aspect. I know event photographers would be very interested in this too.
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Thank you! Got it
I think that the GPU also uses the RAM memory, because not being like an external video card, which has its own memory.(don't know for sure) And the other reason which is better to have more RAM, it is because of the applications that eats a lot of memory. Clearly having an external video card it is better. One thing that they could do, like in the past, it is to connect to a an external video card, that would be a game changer !
The GPU has unified memory, so it shares it with the CPU, so with 64GB of ram, the GPU has that available for it. Looking at my activity monitor, I have yet to see my memory being taken up past 50% while having multiple programs and browsers open while rendering video.
I bought a Mac Studio with multiple monitors but kept getting beach balls. I don’t think it’s optimized for multi-monitor support.
Interesting! Its actually optimized for up to 8 monitors or something ridiculous like that.
What monitors are you using?
It could be the model, type, or tech in the monitors.
12:32
Dude, seriously…. I’m still rocking an m1 MacBook Air, no FOMO here!
Same with my wife. M1 Pro and it’s doing so well!!
What monitor do you you use?
hey! I use the Dell u4919dw
I really think it's funny that you expected the "speaker" in the studio to be good. SInce this is, for intents and purposes, a Mac Pro replacement, it is not intended to be used without some sort of audio monitoring. I remember that the original cheesegrater Mac Pros having really bad speakers as well. I think speaker systems are better utilized on all-in-one solutions such as the iMac or the Macbook line.
You got a point there, and I agree that its meant to be used with audio monitoring.
But its just one of those things that I take notice of. Its such a great computer with so much put into it that a JBL GO or Wonderboom like sound wouldn't be too much to expect from Apple. Or, at least not sound like a cellphone inside a red solo cup haha
At least it does have a speaker!
@@awakeabroadmedia I am shocked they fit any type of speaker inside the case as well! Thanks for the review - great stuff!
Thanks for watching :)
I completely agree with your choice, but I say so with bias. I've got the base M1 Studio Max and it's a beast, perfect for my use case.
Hey Bryan! What do you use your M1 Studio base model for?
@@awakeabroadmedia It's overkill for my tasks, which I like. I do prosumer tasks like video creation with iMovie, and photo editing with Photoshop. I also check out new Linux releases with Parallels (my personal favorite is Debian). I was doing all of this with a decently spec'd M1 Mac mini but I like having the extra overhead now, I can really see the difference.
@@bryans8656 yeah overhead is nice because you can future proof it for at least 5 years. That was my plan :) with Apple care too, because, you never know haha
11:20
Uh…. You’re kidding… right? When has a Mac mini or Mac Pro, units that require monitors and keyboards, ever come with speaker sound as a selling point…
Never! It was certainly be a nice selling point. It would make them more portable, needing less peripherals.
Don’t get too “iron envy” when new chips come out. If you do what you did and “future proof” by upgrading RAM & storage, your Mac will last much longer than a chip or two bump. IMHO no one should settle for the standard RAM offering
💯 Winston, you're so right! Definitely worth the upgrade.
What Mac are you using now?
Thanks for watching and subscribing :)
What monitor is that?
Thats the Dell u4919dw
More info in the description :)
64 gb was side man, i ave 16 on my mbp and it doesn't hold up as promised by apple. GET MORE RAM peeps!
Facts!
The comparison to a really subpar PC is not helpful as is the rather undemanding footage you use. Other than that thanks for video. My half as expensive PC still wipes the floor with the Studio, but I admit my dislike for windows is growing steadily.
The thing is, my comparison is real, man. Not everyone has top computer parts, so consider yourself blessed! For me, the ease of use and cross device compatibility, paired with the insane processing power beats any PC i've ever used. Have you tried working on the Studio M2 Max?
Thanks for watching and subscribing btw🙏
@@awakeabroadmedia I absolutely see the advantages you mentioned. It only mentioned the absolute performamce aspect because some people just want processing power above everything else and they'll be a lot cheaper off with a PC. I wish to high heavens that the next Silcon macs can actually take that hurdle without being astronomically expensive because I am one od those who need the raw performance, yet I hate missing out on MacOS and its ecosystem.
@@apocryphal_man I see what you mean, and I agree with you. Thats why at the time I got my PC because Macs were too expensive and my PC worked so well for what I did, but then my needs grew haha.
Now I'm curious, what sort of work do you do that needs raw performance?
@@awakeabroadmedia Color grading and editing of demanding footage incl. denoising, but also many more applications that make heavy use of the GPU. CPU wise the silicon macs are insane.
@@apocryphal_man I see, yeah you'll probably want the Max or Ultra for that. For reference, I can use denoise on 4K BRAW footage with the Max and works really well.
The M1 Max studio is more than capable to meet most professional of workload with 64GB Ram and 1TB SSD. Apple have a poor product cycle which is heavily biased toward corporate profit and not the consumer. So the tragedy of purchasing an M1 Max Studio in 2024, a capable machine which would last a consumer 5-7 years before needing to upgrade is Apple. Apple's planned obsolescence program slows down machines by storing massive 'system data files' in the SSD over time and or use of software updates to jeopardize efficiency and wear out components. The idea is that Apple want you back at their store every other year regardless of whether you can afford regular upgrades or not.
facts
should have waited till M3 😅😅
Nah i'm good on the M2. The amount of time it has saved me is insane. Editing is smooth, multitasking is easy, it really is worth the investment IMO.
Why do you think its worth waiting for M3? Im currious!
There most likely won’t be a M3 Studio. M4 will be the next release.