The Apple Mac Changed My Life
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This most definitely isn't sponsored. Yet I'm proud of how this video came out and made me reflect on the journey thus far, Happy 40th Mac!
Yeah I remember Rick Beato did an Apple tribute video a few years back!
The biggest lesson I've learned in life: the more you give yourself away for free... the more the riches return. Give give give and you will receive :). have a great day Mary and thanks for another ridic pro video :)
It's nice that you're so thankful that Apple has artists in mind with their equipment and surely they appreciate the 5-star review! Coincidentally, 1984 was when I was able to buy a GUI capable OS for my Radio Shack Colour Computer. What a fantastic year! MTV, the Mac, epic Olympics, BBC's Spitting Image, Tetris... what a year.
Looks like very impressive editing. You are very good at this.
you would have made Steve Jobs proud with this video. congrats on your awesome work.
Simple observation: you're possibly the best essayist going in this modality. Writing, production, execution, delivery. All pitch-perfect. As a career IT pro, sure. Apple make fine (if over-priced) kit. But you're a singular talent in a sea of Apple users. Carry on the brilliant work.
I completely agree. She is a brilliant explainer. Well done Mary.
Not to forget the Atari 520ST released in April-June 1985 and was widely available in July. It was the first personal computer with a bitmapped color GUI, and built in MIDI in/out especially for the musician.
I have been using the Mac since 1989 - I have never looked back. It has been a great tool for me for writing, making art & music.
“With my guitar, I can sing for my supper. With my Mac, I can sing for the WHOLE world..“ - Mary Spender
YESSS!!!
Good point, but surely some PCs running Microsoft Windows would get the job done as well
😂😂😂😂😂 you would think so, unless of course you know anything about microsquish😂😂😂
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Love my Mac. Pro tip for others: only use original adapters to connect keyboards or any other instruments you use live. Learned that the hard way, sweating on stage while the audience watches an idiot tinkering with his laptop, trying to get it working 🤣 The scariest 5 minutes of my life 🤣
I'm a Mac user and just a simple thing like being able to drag a recording from Voice Memos into Notes and immediately having it available on both my phone and desktop has revolutionized my songwriting. It's allowed me to create a workflow that plays extremely well with my ADHD and has made me very productive. I remember having to carry around a notebook full of scribbled lyrics with chord changes over them, just hoping that I remember the melody to the one song that I'm currently writing. Now, I can easily record any stray melodic fragment that pops into my head, drag it into my In Progress folder with the changes written above it and have it with me whenever I'm inclined to work on it. I currently have over 200 recordings in that folder, more than 20 in another folder with completed music and lyrics in various stages, and all of my finished songs sorted into past and future releases. I can work on whatever unfinished song happens to grab my ear at the moment without having to remember anything. I turned 11 of them into finished songs within the last two months of last year. I couldn't have imagined being able to write that quickly back in my notebook days.
Lately, I've written a few songs while driving. I used to sing and Lyricize (is that a new word 🙂?) in my car, but I would inevitably forget tunes and lyrics before I got the chance to play and write down. Now I use voice memo to record bits and pieces of a budding project and what a difference it has made.
I got a Mac in the first year they came out and never looked back! Music, science, drafting, art, writing, news and information, etc., etc
Mary, that was a great. I’m actually 54 years old and I can tell you that i actually had one of those Macs 40 years ago. Apple and I have had an incredible journey together these past 40 years. Thanks for sharing your story.
It's quite interesting to witness your take on the platform. As one of those musicians that work day to day in the programming of those systems that made your journey more successful, I quite often forget what the results of the work I - and so many like me - provide to the general population of users.
Thanks for the reminder!
Mary this is beautiful, like pretty much everything you make. This work is delightfully nerdy, and I mean that as the highest compliment. Usually my admiration of your use of a tool is a guitar, but tonight it's about your Macs. Really beautiful. Thanks!!
Mary, I love that you are celebrating what has helped you get where your are!!!! So excited to see what's next, from one of your 1000 true fans, M
I was a long term Apple person (over 25 years) who left Apple and went to PC in 2017 when Apple quit supporting my Apple hardware that was 5 or 6 years old and required me to buy new hardware. The new Apple hardware had extremely low amount of memory like 16 gb and 512GB SSD were my PC has 64 GB with 32 tb of disk space at 1/3 the cost. I am a graphic designer and photographer and need the storage and the ram space. The Apple Mac Books are Ok for doing office work at 2x to 3x the cost. I supper glad I switched as my hardware lasts a lot longer with Microsoft OSs and I can upgrade my current PC hardware with newer stuff.
"The Apple Mac Books are Ok for doing office work at 2x to 3x the cost." - oh please. The Macbook Air is competitively priced with Lenovo, HP, etc.
Hum I just bought a ASUS Art Studio book that Apple can't get even close to in price. Just go on line and verify for your self.@@TheDanEdwards
Great running into you at NAMM today. You truly are an inspiration and a wealth of knowledge to all of us musicians creatives. You and Rhett are two of my favorite musicians songwriters and content creators since way before Covid. (Cowboy guy).
Although I don’t say much, I’m here as a fellow musician, guitarist, and songwriter - and fellow Mac user - , to give you support and hope. And, in return, you always do the same for me, respects hope.
Well done, as always, Mary!
One of the things that the GUI did was it unified the user interface for applcations. Prior to the GUI you had to have a manual for your new word processor or spreadsheet or paint application. There was a unification effort put forth by Apple for elements such as copy/paste as standard key commands. As well as the application menu at the top left followed by file and edit and then at the far right window and help. And these elements just scratch the surface of the UI unification that Apple led the charge with. By doing this, Apple made disparate applications much, much easier for new users to approach and become productive with and not requiring them to attend a class or read a large manual before they could be productive. That's a HUGE benefit that the GUI gave us.
I’m an IT guy and a musician. I’ve held all kinds of Microsoft certificates, have an undergraduate and masters in CS, and I love Mac. The (mostly) guys I work with think I’m crazy, with my Mac, MacBook, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, etc. I try to tell them it’s far superior and explain the technical and not so technical (ease of use) reasons, but they scoff at me.
So I use my Mac’s and love them. I recorded a couple of albums to 1” tape in the early 1990s, and I just decided to go all in to record the 50 or so songs I’ve written in the last decade. I bought Logic Pro, a UA interface, some monitors, microphones, downloaded some midi patches for my keyboard and got my Kemper sounding good in Logic.
I still need to find a drum solution (not a drummer), but along with being a guitarist, I play bass, Keys and sing. Wish me luck :)
After being a PC owner for many years, I've owned two Macbook Pros - both 15". The first was stolen, the second suffered not one, but three motherboard failures (all replaced by Apple) until it became a Legacy item and no longer available. A great piece of (overpriced) hardware, but I decided that I wanted to have control over what hardware I was using, and not be dictated to and locked into the Apple system. I returned to PC and haven't looked back.
I love your channel and I love your passion. Incidentally, I'm old enough to have seen the first example of the Macintosh on a friends office desk when I was in my thirties 😁
Keep up the great work.
I started on an Apple II plus in the early 80’s. In my journey over the years because of my employment has taken me back and forth between Apple and PCs. I would describe it as going back and forth between an axe and an a saw to cut a piece of wood. They can both get the job done, but one is always easier to use and gives me a better product. When given a choice, I will always use an Apple product. 1984 wasn’t like 1984. Happy Birthday Macintosh.
You are such an inspiration to watch. I know little about music yet I never complete an episode feeling disappointed.
Great tribute, Mary. I was in IT my whole career (40 years). I started out in a very large IBM Mainframe organization that supported about 6,000 employees. Every one of my co-workers were IBM hardware and software trained. I was not. When Lisa's and Macs first showed up in our VP's office, no one wanted to touch them. Me, being not totally stupid, jumped at the chance to learn, support and teach others how to use their computers. Best decision ever!
Apple changed my life through a totally different path, but that is the beauty of what they did for everyone.
A smooth, relaxing and inspiring video! Production that Apple would be pleased with!
January 24, 1984. 40 years ago yesterday.
I was a couple months shy of my 14th birthday. I totally remember that Macintosh commercial. It does *NOT* seem like 40 years ago!! Wow!! Where in the hell did the last 40 years go?!
Really excellet vide. Is the final line yours? "With my guitar I can sing for my supper. With my mac I can sing for the whole world" (It's wonderful!)
Hello Mary, thanks for your videos
Someone in Marketing at Apple needs to see this video because parts of it would make an awesome ad campaign.
It's amazing how much you've evolved along with the tech. Who knows how far you will go? Don't forget to enjoy the journey while your creating your next epic album. Oh and don't forget to take us with you. Is your tour sold out yet? It should be.
Beautifully eloquent, as always. I so appreciate your videos. 🙂
40th Anniversary of the Mac. I heard that "Apple was dead" so many times over my career, it's bananas.
I love listening to your voice. It's a bonus you talk about interesting subjects too! 😁
My dad brought home one of the first Macs in the early 80s. I played games and wrote several school reports on it, and printed them with a dot-matric printer. It eas "portable" ...
How far that technology has come is impressive.
Quite the tool these days, I'm sure Apple appreciates the nod
I love my Mac for music production as well. Never have any issues with it! Thank you for the history lesson Mary! Have fun!
Great opening statement. Back in the 80's, I took a course in college called "Social Issues and Technology". Being an engineer, we knew we would be inventing things that could affect society.
Love it. Another GREAT video.
I'm glad you are saying this. I got my first Mac to get me through college in 1987. When I became the IT person at my school I had to hear all the complaints about Macs, too expensive, too proprietary, too easy, not secure enough etc. when I introduced them to the school. They only allowed them in the classrooms for students. The NYC DOE to this day use PCs for most administrative functions but the world has embraced these machines and the ideas behind them. I have been using my Macs for creative endeavors ever since I started and I am grateful to the Apple team for the good work they have done to enable us to express ourselves all over the world.
Wel produced, Mary! And a great tribute to our favorite tool!
Mary, that was quite a fitting tribute. I love that you cut on FCPX. I have been editing since 1985 and NOTHING has taken me to the places that my Mac Pro, Mac Book Pro and Final Cut have. I can edit at the speed that I can think.....I still have a Mac from 1984 kicking around...and guess what...it still works.
One of the first computers i ever used was a black and white mac (the other being an Amiga), I remember when my dad brought home an IBM from work and he was showing off how it had this fancy thing called a 'hard drive' where i could store things on permanently and didn't have to switch out floppy disks constantly when changing programs or saving files.
I started on an Apple lle with 2 floppy drives. It took forever just boot up. Then thru many Apple computers and devices (iPods, iPads, phones etc) and now on an M2 Mac mini. Needless to say I’m a fan.
Yes, computers, especially Mac have drastically changed the world. In 1984 I bought Mac Classic, a laser printer, Word, and Pagemaker for $12,000 U.S. That investment saved me so much time and I became the first newspaper to be fully paginated on a Mac and an IBM Selectric typewriter!
Fantastic video Mary! 🥰
Great video Mary!
wonderful stuff mary
I saw my first Mac in 1988, after owning a Vic20 and C64 out of school. The Mac changed everything. I’m self taught, catapulting from print shop to print shop, working prepress and graphic design. I managed graphics and prepress depts at various companies before going solo. I’m home based, my biggest client is Kia (graphics and technical illustration). The Mac has never let me down.
It was a tough road at times, convincing others of their importance. At a direct mail company in 2000, I ran the prepress and graphics depts serving the press room, operating Scitex imagesetters, platemakers and a staff of 10 on Macs. The management would not upgrade any of the machines. The IT guy was afraid of Macs and wouldn’t touch them; networking was up to me. It took two years to convince them to purchase ONE new Mac. Meanwhile, all the sales staff got new PCs every year, palettes of them. They’re not in business anymore. Glad I’m on my own, I don’t think I could survive in an office environment anymore.
Sorry Mary, I can't get on board with this one. There is little (if anything) that you can do on a Mac that you can't do on a PC. All it boils down to is user preference: Fender or Gibson?
Sure, that’s true now, but I think Mary’s point is that Apple revolutionized computer technology for artists with the creation of the modern GUI 40 years ago. Windows was developed entirely as a response to the massive success of the Mac. The technology was right there at Xerox, but it took the vision of Jobs and Wozniak to implement it in a way that transformed the relationship between humans and computers. Gates missed the boat on that one and Microsoft has been playing catchup ever since.
Totally 👍
Yeah, and try gaming with a Mac lol
Apple is just a cult for gullible followers.
Exactly. It boils down to user preference. On my gaming PC I have to set aside at least 10-15 minutes every time I need to play my games for updating drivers, telling Windows no I don't want version 11 just yet, today Steam told me it couldn't launch because of "system failure x3YY2451mpV" or something. I truly enjoy gaming on my PC, but my Mac never does this. I only use my PC for gaming. Everything else I can do on my Mac without the hassle.
Guess what my preference is? 😉
Mary, you are awesome. Describing the Mac in short sweet text, sensible thoughts and composition. I often forget that the MBP's that I have owned, had and have the power to accompany me to create great projects.
Great video. Big fans of yours in Newfoundland, Canada.
Speaking of helping each other, in one of your videos you mentioned the book Stolen Focus, that really helped me!
I enjoy your essays.
Loved this! You should do more tech related videos, i'm currently studying for IT since I always been into computers and play guitar for fun.
Great video! I spent so much time with editing / adjustments etc. on my old Linux configuration and with the Mac everything just works. Linux works perfect but so often I needed help to make it work again. Every update was a risk. And since I changed to Mac it's just playing drums because the recording with Logic just works perfect every time! 🤘🤘🤘
The one thing I would add to all this is my point of view: I worked for years on PC, both audio editing (as a Product Manager) and music composition software (as a composer/producer) and I got really tired of jumping through hoops to extract the best performance of my PCs, installing drivers, checking for hardware interrupts (those were the days), and typing sh*t up in the registry... and worst of all: rebooting after each change. Always rebooting.
Then Apple bought Logic, and I had to switch to Mac, and those days of headaches were gone, just like that. Plug and play was a lie: it applies most to Macs, not to PCs. No drivers needed, just plug and record, and play. Sure, once in a while, I'd have to buy a dongle adapter or two - but again: plug and play, or if I want to be facetious, pay, plug and play.
This peace of mind, is what Macs have brought to me, and then with the iPhone, and iCloud, the reliability of the ecosystem. It's not exactly priceless - it's not cheap - but you get what you pay for.
This is longer than I intended, but the TL;DR of it is: sticking with Logic and switching to Mac spared me a ton of headaches down the road, and that's a benefit that's often overlooked.
The first Mac I bought was a tranparent blue iMac in 2000. I did so much on that thing. I soon graduated to a G4 Powerbook and then Macbook Pro. Several machines later and I have an M1 Mac Mini that I do pretty much everything on and an M1 Macbook Air for on the go. Everything just works and I can inetrchaneg between these computers and the my iPad and iPhone effortlessly. All my Apple stuff is at least a few years old, but it still does what I need without a problem or hinderance.
First used a Mac in 1990. First used the Macintosh Portable in 1991. Worked in desktop publishing and graphics for 7 years using SE30s, Classics, LCs, Quadras. Typing this on a 16" M1 Pro Max. They've come a long way.
I wonder what could have done with an Amiga computer 😂. Ignore me, I just had to talk about the best computer ever made.
one of the first computers i ever used was an Amiga! mostly for games but that thing was very ahead of its time!
The thing I love the most about my Mac Studio is that I don't have to think about it. It's so powerful that it can do anything I ask of it.
Nicely said. They are indeed the tool of choice for your field of endeavour.
That was the most convincing (and best) Mac ad I've seen. Apple should damn well pay you for it!
Don't fall for it as Apple is just a cult that is expensive to join.
“With my guitar I can sing for my supper, with my Mac I can sing for the whole world” - poetry! Love it Mary Spender!!! As a nerdy tech who loves music, it’s great to see how technology has developed and enables you and other musicians and content providers to share your creativity with the world. It is good to hear about the good that technology brings. I personally would be lost without my iPad for all the creative, techie, practical and every day life tasks. And right now it has the means by which I watch UA-cam and reach out to you. Great words and great video. I admire how you have taken on the role of musician, content creator, interviewer, etc., etc., etc and can sing for the whole world, yet be humble enough to acknowledge the tools that make it possible. Nice one!
That was excellent!
Mary made me philosophical and appreciative of my tech so here goes: Tech extends your creativity. Tech extends your reach. Therefore, tech extends our ability to create together.
well said!
Love it ❤
I was a first year graduate student in computer science in 1984, and my department got one of the first Macintoshes. Despite a few forays over to the dark side (Windows) and necessarily working on Linux and Unix servers over the years, I've always gone back to Apple.
I love my iMac. I just upgraded. Life changing? I bought my first iMac in 2008, switching from a PC and within hours realized I made an excellent choice and have never looked back. Cheers!
Just found your name on the NAMM schedule.... Looking forward to hearing you perform tomorrow! ☮❤🎶
So well said, Mary. You have all the good words.
Inspiring stuff Mary. Next time I need to justify an “investment” in tech to anyone, I’m sending them this video. Keep up the amazing work you do. I love the format, the clarity of thought and the production, plus I could listen to your voice for days. Nice one.
This was a wonderful video Mary!
I've been a Mac user for 11 years, and even when I got my first it was already super outdated (a 2003 Power Mac G5 in 2013!) yet still proved that Macs were the right fit for me. Everything is just so well thought out for creative workflows, I especially couldn't go without Quick Look once I used it for the first time (I use the MS equivalent on Windows but it's just not the same).
Apple products in general changed my life as a disabled person too, I was a student when one of the first 1:1 iPad programs began at my school and the accessibility of the digital workflow made school much less of a mountainous task for me, and I was using tech in school before it was the norm and had to fight for it whether it was my iPad or my MacBook Air.
I wouldn't be where I am today without Apple products, which sounds cliche and fanboyish but to me it's truly more than just computers, devices, and software. It's tools to create, learn, work, connect, and grow.
Apple and the Mac will always have a special place in my heart.
I've been using Macs since 2012. I've never been as productive as I have been with Macs and my first iMac was the one that kicked the door open back in 2011 and I've still got it and although its not my front line recording tool any more, its still usable. I know of no PC that age that could do that.
It's personal obviously, but 5 yeara ago I bought a macbook and after 4 weeks almost threw it out the window and smashed it. Many keys are counterintuitive, the ports have disappeared, installing office was a nightmare and I was constantly caught up in passwords... I'm so glad they exist to break the MS monopoly, but for me, MS makes my life so much easier... sad to say.
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Sponsored or not, it’s still one hell of an ad/ endorsement and one would be utterly flabbergasted if you should ever have to buy your own apple ever again.
My college radio station was all Apple, except for the live stream server for some reason (I’m sure that’s changed since then). They even had an old Macintosh Classic in storage, that was apparently the first Mac they had. (The station recording studio was professional class, 32 track mixing desk, upgraded top of the line Pro Tools, even reel to reel machines for any analog fans.) The fact that with just a few hours of training any student member could go in there during off-hours and play around with Pro Tools was mind blowing.
And...... yes! Last month I bought the same Mac my instructor uses. 16 inch Mac Book Pro. I made the first payment today. Who knew, Mary? Who knew. Wan smile here. Working hard.
And there it was. In the back of the Letraset catalogue. The Mac II. I was Creative Director of a small advertising agency in the Thames Valley and we saw a demo in the Apple Store, Uxbridge and bought one with a printer. 1988. Blimey. The OS still functions basically the same way as I type this on my 27" iMac. Never been a day without a Mac since that time. Nice one Mary! x
Good show!
iMac is my main audience. good onya Mary Spender!
I will obviously complete the viewing but here and now at 0:36, I am Impacted that it's not possible to show us all half of what you do to sustain your career. But I know. I am old Mary. That's how I know the work you do. Engaging the instructor to assist me will drive the project and I will enjoy the fruits of labor well earned as are yours. Ok.... back to the video. Again... young lady... you have been and shall always be, inspiring. Sam.
Along with the GUI, Xerox labs at Palo Alto also invented the mouse. Not bad for a photocopier company.
Tablets. FL Studio workstation in my pocket. Anywhere I go, the whole studio is there, and with a waterproof tablet just swim right across the canyon to record, mix, and produce by the campfire, the deeper improv jams.
Absolutely, Apple Mac is a game changer. I use mine for publishing both online, paperback and hardback, and for producing football programmes since 2001, including photo retouching, videos, etc. the design of the Mac is so intuitive and easy to use, backing up effortlessly so you rarely lose anything. Love my MacBook, my iPads and looking forward to ditching my android phone when the contract matures.
nice little history lesson...thank you...more power to you.
Fantastic! Apple communications people need to see your video. I'm still a Windows guy, but I may add a Mac Mini to my collection of Windows & Linux machines.
Tim needs to see this.
His team couldn’t have done this any better.
WOW 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏What a great video with my guitar I can sing for my dinner with my Mac. I can sing to the world. What a great phrase.👍👍👍🇺🇸
Hey Mary I use Mac from 1990 and you are totally right is the most inspiring tool you can have after your music instruments. My first one a Mac Classic 4MB RAM, and 40MB Hard Drive, in that time the perfect MIDI machine. Saludos🎸
Great video. I love my Mac
Wonderful insight.Are you at NAMM and what day will you be performing ?
Mary you have in my opinion the most perfect outlook on your craft, and your thinking in general. My catch phrase when someone is very good at what they do "A weapons expert" thanks for your inspiration...... Btw as an audio engineer and musician I have always been a Mac user. In the studio I started on G4's to G5's etc and never looked back. I love people like you.
Cheers ❤🎸🎸🎸
Gr8 Mac Add.......but hey for music & graphics you can't beat them & yes I must confess......I started out on Logic 9 too!
Having lived through the evolution you describe so well, I can attest that every word you say is true. BTW, anyone who has the privilege of collaborating with you is fortunate indeed!
Mary... that was a beautiful tribute the to our beloved machines with the bite missing logo. We have been an "Apple Family" for the last 14 years and in that time I have only owned 2 iMacs which in and of itself says volumes about the product. They just work!! Thanks from 🇨🇦
Makes me smile to see this!
I liked the quotes. I don't use mac but I have gear that I recently upgraded, having clean setup and arranging work station is important. Even mood while working or just using it is better. I like your video because it is about much more things than just Apple products
I use Apple computers since G3 (that's mid 2000s), and since then all our studio computers were macs. It is definitely a tool for creativity, durable and intuitive at the same time, you can rely your work will not be interrupted with driver popups. It is far from perfect, and really good Windows computers can be equally functional, I know - some Apple laptops were really poorly designed (like that white plastic Macbook 2010) but all in all, for a musician/producer/studio, Apple machines are an absolute tech gift. The entire ecosystem is cool too.
The Mac inspires us creative minds. And this is the most important legacy left by Steve jobs. He may have been a difficult personality, but he left a heritage for all of us.
I feel ya I used to do tech support for them in 2008-09
Low cost computer, ROFL I go back to those early days the first mouse I ever laid my hands on was a Apple Lisa computer. Part of what killed the Lisa was how crazy expensive it was. What help sell a few Apple Lisa's was to write programs for the soon to come out Macintosh you had to use a Apple Lisa. Even after the Mac came out for awhile you to write code for the Mac you needed to use a Apple Lisa. Then the original Mac came out and it was expensive compared to all the other personal computers of the day. I read an article yesterday about the original Mac and if you adjust the dollar then to the dollar now the original Mac was $7000. That isn't a low cost computer. The Apple II was a reasonable cost computer but Jobs Mac was all about profit margins. So low cost was not in Jobs vocabulary ever.
I started using a Mac in 1985 when I started in college. It didn't even have a hard drive - everything was on a floppy disk. A 400K floppy disk. Including the operating system and the programs. But it was awesome.
I wish Apple would bring back the audio in port on newer MacBooks, this works great for a line in from a PA system.
your videos are a balm, musical and philosophaly. Ps. considered a person which is very influenced, and impacted with technology, I mean I'm a full professional videomaker for almost 20 years, this computer definetly are an investment for so many skills, ideas and so on