Is the Base Model M2 MacBook Air Good Enough for YouTube? 

Question ? How does the mba m2 16gb of ram 512 ssd does with light or heavy video editing ?

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Hey hi, i have a 2016 dell i7 and it's gotten pretty slow after all these years. I know and also feel you but can speak/write more on this. I just need reassurance that m2 macbook air is fine for normal video editing and other basic stuff

Its a BIG fuss because of the price. Its STUPID to buy a 1200$ machine with those specs.

@@julianc691Specs aren’t everything

@@atticustay1 you are right. Only an idiot would buy a computer looking for something else than the specs. It depends on how much you know about computers,or in this case, don’t.

​@@Akagami753hey did you get one? How your experience been with video editing?

upgrade the RAM

Brother Can i buy this model for my iPhone & Go pro's 4k video editing perpose ??

@@NoyonDey-k2f Absolutely. I've been using a base model for over a year. I edit 4k ocasionally for my channel, and I have up to 10 apps running, 30-50 tabs, it just works flawlessly.

Brother can i buy this base model for my iPhone & go pro,s 4k footage Editing perpose.. I Don't edit crazy like 4-5 layer.. My edit limited in 3 layer

What do you mean editing with proxies? I edit videos on my 2013 13” macbook pro lmao and its so slow like u said playback is choppy in 1/4 quality so what do you use for that?

​@@verasambience proxy files are small, low-resolution versions of your original video files. It speeds up your workflow because then Premiere (or any editing platform) doesn't have to render those big video files constantly, but uses the fast, low-res versions instead, making for much smoother and faster editing. Premiere will automatically link and render the original files at export too, so you can toggle between the two for example when you start grading. Look up "How to EDIT FASTER with Proxy Files in Premiere Pro (2022)"-this is a great explanation/tutorial on YT!

The base model air should be totally fine for iMovie those ppl are talking about heavy editing like premiere pro and after effects, you know visual effects and animation

Can we blur or edit video background on imovie?​@@verasambience

bro is him

So u mean just get an external ssd and it will be fine? Editing connecting external ssd

All that power and led display drains battery fast and the weight is significant in the 14.

In europe the are way more expensive

Just bought a M2 Air, 512 ssd, 8gb ram for 1200. Feels about right

Hey how's your experience been ? Planning to buy, but confused between M1 and M2 in terms of performance.

So as a hobbyist and a beginner myself, I have a MacBook Pro 2020 i5, its not unified memory and its not ssd, would a Mac air M2 be an upgrade for me in terms of performance? if I get the 16GB unified memory? Plus its SSD. I don't do lots of editing every week but I want to be able to do 4k stuff with my go pros and do some photo edits on Lightroom and photoshop from my Nikon Z6. Personally I feel this intel Mac has quite slow transfer speeds, and gets very hot very quickly doing anything.

@@rossdownie7959 Are you sure your computer doesn't have an SSD? I don't think Apple has sold a laptop without an SSD since... 2013? Maybe 2016, not 100% sure. Anyway, the jump to Apple Silicon was pretty big, so it's absolutely an upgrade in performance, even though your computer isn't very old. Also the M1/M2 Airs don't have a fan which I think is amazing (and mine doesn't really get hot, even when video editing). I would absolutely recommend the 16 GB memory and at least 512 GB of storage. If you think you need a bit more power for photo/video editing, I've heard that the 14" MacBook Pros (with M1 Pro or M1 Max SOC) are supposed to be absolutely fantastic devices. Of course it's going to cost much more and they are bigger and heavier than the Air. But maybe it's still an option for you. Hope I could help.

@@rossdownie7959 hey! I’m on the same boat as you.. thinking whether to get a windows 2 in 1 with 512gb nd 16gb for same price of mba m2.. was looking at HP spectre 360..

Your past is my present brother........I working as a video editor and learning coding in the same 2015 model right now.......I mean coding is cool in this 2015 air machine but.....it really too much slow in terms of editing ....

@@stefandesu I have 2015 mac air and even it has ssd

Hey hows your experience been? Planning to buy a Mac

Glad I could help!

Hey hows your experience been till yet?

Ram?

you can buy it bro take juste with 16gb ram

@@kayavisuel would that help with video editing?

@@mr_red13 i have the 16gb ram 512ssd go with that instead, Light video editing would be no problem. You could even cut and scrub through some more complicated timelines. I would say to add effects once you're done cutting, which is what I recommend regardless...but once you start adding the effects and especially rendering and exporting, this is where the thermal headroom ( and a fan) really matter. But this thing isn't going to heat up like a toaster oven like the machines with the x86 chips in it.

​@@MT_20_24can we edit video background on imovies? Is there any good app other than FInal cut pro bz it's too expensive for me

It gets warm but not hot. If you keep it in a cool room, you wouldn't even notice it.

​@@arash5565 does after effects run smoothly? And what are the specifications of your m2 :)

Hey have you bought one? How's your experience been? Planning to buy a mac for the same purpose!

@@priyankmehra532did u buy it?

I use Adobe Premiere Pro CC.

@@BiancaMikaehla is it a full version? Can you tell me from where i can get that?

Shouldn’t be doing other tasks when exporting tbh.

@@Cargo_Bay agree

You are totally wrong.

So wrong 😂

This guy works for Samsung 😂

@@davidkendrick617 lol.. I don't know why everyone is laughing at me. I wish I had a macbook with m2 but totally outside my budget. I want to know from a real user if they are able to edit and render 4K prores videos on Da Vinci Resolve on an 8 GB on Macbook without issues then I will buy the 8GB because I can save up for it. I have been looking at the used market over here where I live and all everyone is selling is 8GB macs.

Go with the 8GB RAM m2 Air if you don't plan on heavy multitasking or if you don't care about heavy swap memory usage that could render your Macbook air into a lightweight brick in about a couple of years. 16GB of RAM is a good balance for light multitasking and 24GB RAM is ideal for heavier multitasking usage (at which point I would consider buying the MacBook Pro with the M1 Pro chip instead). I've owned all 3 variants above to test them out and found heavy memory pressure with the lower RAM variants, which is detrimental to the lifespan of the device.

she said the m2 base model 8/256

Exactly and her high base talking is just irritating😂