Mac Mini M2 Pro 1 Year Review - Still “Pro” Enough for Photo & Video Editing in 2024?

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Video BREAKDOWN:
0:00 - Intro
0:44 - Why I Got the Mac Mini M2 Pro
1:54 - How its worked out so far
2:47 - Hi Res Photo Editing
5:34 - Video Editing Tests
8:26 - Can it handle 8K Raw Video?
14:17 - Final Thoughts

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28 июн 2024

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@jermainewill16 Месяц назад

This is great! This is what i want to see. Not 20 minutes of benchmark tests like most RU-vidrs.

@AndreiRestrepo Месяц назад

Appreciate it greatly, thanks for the feedback!

@1stlegend 4 месяца назад

Man I just bought one I received it yesterday, you made me more hype for it now 🙌 can’t wait to install and get editing!

@AndreiRestrepo 4 месяца назад

Congrats! Like I mentioned in this video, it's been great!

@kmal16 2 месяца назад

Same here, I use many layers of grading, and even on a 4K timeline it runs quite smoothly, but it starts slowing down when I load up with 4K BRAW clips effects, transitions, vignettes, DCTL's, Plugins like Look Designer 2, and use Opti Flow to slow down clips down to 15% sometimes, image stabilizers, then at that point I have to downsize to a 1080P timeline resolution, and set it to Half, then everything is back to running smoothly. But, that's if i don't cache my clips. If I do I can run my timeline at Full playback. What's so interesting too is that while it's exporting I can effortlessly run 3 8k youtube videos, no problem. I can do all of this with just 16GB of ram and a 500GB internal ssd. Exports run quite well too. I'm always amazed that I can go for a quick walk and a 1 hour video loaded with all of this will be done by when I come back.

@321estrellas 21 день назад

Great review! Really like your style. You deserve way more subs

@AndreiRestrepo 21 день назад

Appreciate that greatly! Glad it was valuable. Thanks for watching!

@videobyredjade 3 месяца назад

Thank you

@AndreiRestrepo 3 месяца назад

Thanks for watching!

@peopleareflowers Месяц назад

My word only took me 2.5 hours just to find this perfect explanation and break down thank you so much.

@AndreiRestrepo Месяц назад

Glad it was helpful, thanks for watching!

@jayforcinema Месяц назад

Thanks! Debating between this and a used Mac Studio once the M4 versions are out, maybe pushing a bit beyond edit to also do some gaming stuff

@AndreiRestrepo Месяц назад

Glad you liked it! Yeah, maybe that’s the safe route if that’s the case!

@KnightmareOX 4 месяца назад

Nice man! I bought the same thing last September but upgraded the ram to 32gb which really helps when working with fusion comps and fusion based plugins. It was a huge difference from my M1 Mac mini in regards to video editing.

@AndreiRestrepo 4 месяца назад

Nice! That’s probably the only upgrade I wish I did but rarely have had a time where I needed more for what I do. Thanks for watching!

@KnightmareOX 4 месяца назад

@@AndreiRestrepo Yeah, Davinci just eats ram. I've been adding motion tracked titles and graphics to my RE videos so I needed the extra ram. Your RE videos are already top tier as is. Keep up the awesome work man!

@trinhk 3 месяца назад

I was thinking of getting this as well, but on the fence with the RAM upgrade. Do you think it's worth while upgrading the RAM or just overkill? Appreciate the feedback.

@AndreiRestrepo 3 месяца назад

I would if you’re hesitant about it !

@trinhk 3 месяца назад

@@AndreiRestrepoappreciate the feedback.

@thehourshow2851 3 месяца назад

im working with the Blackmagic 6k to make sure, im good with my video projects, im going for this computer but will upgrade to 32 ram that way I know I can edit 6k for sure thank you for your video

@AndreiRestrepo 3 месяца назад

Nice! Yes, I think that’s the smart move. 👌🏻

@farisimadifik 3 месяца назад

I was looking for the Mac Mini M2 Pro 1 year update from other youtubers and your video came up first. lol. I'm in the creative industries as well and looking for an upgrade from my old M1 Macbook Air.

@AndreiRestrepo 3 месяца назад

Haha sweet! Can honestly say the m2 pro has been great!

@kmal16 3 месяца назад

I do a lot of heavier tasks (than photography) using a lot of compositing in my 4k Braw (Blackmagic Design codec) videos. I've also done some tests using Red Raw (Komodo) footage in 8K, using noise reduction (which is a cpu hog) and a lot of heavy plugins in Davinci's color page, and wow, I still remain impressed. I got my computer in January. Conclusion, this little machine is nothing short of amazing. It can definitely slow down on certain operations, like using Topaz AI for upscaling videos from HD to 4k and even 8k. But while even doing such an intensive job, I can still run 4 streams simultaneously on youtube of 4K video in 60FPS, and an extra stream of 8k on youtube running normally. This is all while I'm either upscaling in Topaz or exporting a video in D. Resolve. And this little guy at that point will warm up, and that's the only time I hear a fan come on. Mind you I'm only using the baseline M2 Pro model with 10 /16 CPU/GPU, 512 GB SSD. A few points to clarify, Davinci Resolve has crashed on several occasions, the instant cache process has sometimes slowed down the timeline, making it seem as if the M2 Pro were lagging, but that wasn't the case and because I use very dense effects without going into Fusion tab in Resolve yet, all in the edit page still, and I use a lot of grading nodes with external plugins (Look Designer 2) I do need to lower the timeline resolution to 1080P to work comfortably. But despite the crashes, and having to adjust how Davinci accesses the media in real time, with the least amount of lag, my baseline M2 Pro with only 16 GB of ram handles everything like a charm.

@smalltalk.productions9977 29 дней назад

if the Mac Studio M2 Max was available when you purchased the Mac Mini M2 Pro, which would you have bought? thanks for the effort and sharing. thumbs up.

@AndreiRestrepo 29 дней назад

What is the price difference between the two? I think the answer would still be the m2 pro assuming it’s more affordable that the studio. It’s still been great!

@TaylorBrownPhotoVideo 4 месяца назад

When did you go to Vail ??

@AndreiRestrepo 4 месяца назад

Haven't! just get shirts from mother in law's cool trips haha

@TaylorBrownPhotoVideo 4 месяца назад

@@AndreiRestrepo haha aw man! It's pretty epic. Need to get you into snowboarding :)

@terryrodbourn2793 Месяц назад

Andrei yas photo guys with some video then dump subscription picture and works with your video daws called Pixelmator Pro because it can color videos just like a picture coloring!

@antonisdavis2288 3 месяца назад

hallo! what about 16ram, is it enough for using only fcpx or premiere?

@AndreiRestrepo 3 месяца назад

I think so, that's all I have an it's been fine. If you do heavy editing or other work, maybe bump up to 32 to be safe

@Vijaypall_96 3 дня назад

Damn I need to update my laptop 😂 I have a 2018 apple macbook pro...DUDE this has just sold it for me. I might get the macbook pro just because I travel abit more. Dope video thank you.

@AndreiRestrepo 3 дня назад

Haha yep, definitely worth the upgrade coming from those laptops like mine! Appreciate it!

@bahiztaboy04 2 месяца назад

Have you tried it on After Effects?

@AndreiRestrepo 2 месяца назад

I haven’t since I don’t use it. 😕

@thehourshow2851 2 месяца назад

So with the 8k file were you using 16g ram on your computer

@AndreiRestrepo 2 месяца назад

Yup, haven't shot any 8K stuff since then but definitely able to run it. Thanks for watching !

@linnoke6493 2 месяца назад

Should I Choose m2 24gb or M2pro 16Gb for 6K video Editing? I likely to use Pr and Davincii

@linnoke6493 2 месяца назад

I'll edit the 6k video like you did at 6:23 secs Maybe just 10 minute or more than 1hour XD

@AndreiRestrepo 2 месяца назад

I'd still say the pro processor! But maybe 32gb m2pro to be safe. Thanks from watching!

@djspecialpaul 2 месяца назад

This little machine is really great - I did a test with hi-res MRI pics (bigger then 8K RAW) and it works fine - a windows machine has toruble and the small M1, too - Ok for fairness - this kind of images are generaly process on a special kind of machine (PACS machines) like high-performence server - so that is impressive what this little machine can. Ok single user and no multiuser access like in an hospital - may then this Mac Mini died^^.

21 день назад

How do you handle de 512GB storage? Your system data doesn´t go up the 512GB storage?

@AndreiRestrepo 21 день назад

Nope, it typically hovers around 100-150gb free. It would be more but I'm always syncing stuff to dropbox directly from my client folder on the desktop so that would actually be the main benefit for me to have more storage on the computer. Thanks for watching!

@Bonky5000 13 дней назад

Hey, I know this comment is a bit late in the game, but what monitor are you using with it? My apologies if you mentioned it in this video or the original review after the first month. Cheers, brother!

@AndreiRestrepo 12 дней назад

For sure! It's an older 34" LG ultrawide monitor! Here's the link to it, thanks for watching! amzn.to/3XGtV1T

@AdmiralCecil Месяц назад

Video is limited to single encoder on the M2 pro. Going for a M2 or the older M1 Mac Studio might be better as it's almost twice as fast.

@AndreiRestrepo Месяц назад

Interesting, never knew that! Luckily has it hasn’t affected me and my workflow, still working great!

@kirilbachvarov 2 месяца назад

migrate to DaVinci, everything will be even faster.

@AndreiRestrepo 2 месяца назад

I’ve tried! Just so used to premiere and since most of my stuff is pretty simple it’s worked out great for me. Would like to eventually though!

@allstarbury 21 день назад

Main reason that you was NOT able to finishing your project on macbook was not macbook but this turrible premiere pro I was using this app for week and it was total waste This app is slow and messy and slow I switched to davinci its heaven change .There is no way j am going back to premiere pro

@AndreiRestrepo 21 день назад

No, it was just because newer cameras were running newer codecs that my laptop couldn’t decode properly, no matter the editing program. Since then it’s worked just fine for me and haven’t had any issues with premiere pro!

@allstarbury 20 дней назад

@@AndreiRestrepo davinci support more codecs than premiere pro

@LVI-td8dt 5 дней назад

i pray for ur neck

@AndreiRestrepo 5 дней назад

Thanks! Haha. But having my monitor at a slightly higher viewing angle helps reduce stress on my neck & back vs looking down at a monitor like most others do. Thanks for watching