Review: M4 Mac mini for video editors 17
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Chauncy Cummings

Very interesting review. I like the idea of the type of work you are doing, which is more real world. Yes, I think I will give the new Mac Mini a go.

Jared Zammit

Re:

“I wish Adobe Premiere Pro would tell your the final encode time when it is done instead of just an estimated time while encoding.”

You can do this if you export via Media Encoder! Then it has a log with all the final render times.

Warren Heaton

In Media Encoder, File > Show Log.

James Bond

Thanks for the great review / tests!

“I also had to reduce the system security to be able to install some of the tools I use in post-production, and that required holding down the power button to get to the recovery startup screen”

Could you please explain to me why you needed to boot into recovery for this process?

Cheers

James Bond

I see. Thanks, makes sense now.

Marc B.

None of this surprises me after using the M4 iPad. Seems to be slightly snappier than my M1 Max Studio (base model) while editing all of the same video formats.

Boanerges

Thanks for the review! This was eye-opening.

Daniel

Great to have this information, and I’m pleased to see that the M1 Ultra I bought not too long ago is still holding its own in real video work, even if it doesn’t impress in Geekbench anymore compared to the M4 series.

By the way, since you mentioned storage upgrades on the Studio (or lack thereof) someone has actually produced SSD storage upgrades for the Mac Studio. They’re running a Kickstarter campaign now with just over 1 day left. And they say they’ll be making one for the M4/Pro Mac Mini as well!

I don’t need to upgrade my Studio storage at the moment, but I donated a little just to support the cause. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/polysoftservices/studio-drive

Justin

Those prices are insanity! Even more than Apple would want.

Justin

I have also tested my M4 Mini 16 GB, 256GB with an external NVME 4 TB drive with compressor and Media encoder… compressor took 15 minutes to finish the project while Media encoder only took 11 minutes… Either Adobe has optimized Media encoder more than Apple has with compressor or their is a bug in Compressor/FCP with the new M4 chips?

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