HOW FAR CAN YOU REALLY PUSH THE M2 MAC MINI?
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- Опубликовано: 27 янв 2023
- How far can you really push the base model Apple M2 Mac Mini?
I think depending on the workflow the M2 Mac Mini base model will absolutely cause a meltdown. But is it reallistic to expect this? In this video I show you what you CAN do with the M2 Mac Mini and where you might want to consider the 16GB RAM or perhaps the M2 Pro Mac Mini instead.
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This review is what I've been looking for! As a graphic designer, I want value and performance for my device. You nailed this review! subscribed! 🙏🏻
Good video and well delivered, top man.
Thanks a lot this was a great down to earth video. Not a lot of benchmarking but real life situations and great advise. Thanks a lot from a new subscriber
Thank you Alex.
Have a great weekend mate.
Thanks mate, you too!!
I love your personality man! I subscribed and gave a thumbs up and make sure I will do that for the future videos ... good Job
Oh thank you so much, what a lovely comment! Have a lovely day and welcome to the channel 👊🏼
The LFC cap was enough for me mate, liked and subscribed YNWA
I'm a graphic designer and I've been searching for someone to review a mini within the perameters of graphic design. Thank you so much!
Glad it was helpful! I just uploaded another one today where I show some more Lightroom work, especifically working with 100 RAW images, making changes, and exporting them: ruclips.net/video/1ezNpy1vBqQ/видео.html 🙏🏼
@@AlexGTech Nice, I'll check it out!
Great video, many thanks!
Glad you liked it! Are you considering one of these? (or maybe already got one?)
What ever we buy today we expect to use it for 5 to 6 years. And within that period we don't want to limit our creativity because of a machine.
Thanks for making this awesome video. Need a video about Maxed out M2 Mac Mini.
Honestly that’s what I was looking for, a simple video showing how this machine behave and what it can do with photoshop and video editing! I really enjoyed watching it and understanding the pc capabilities.
I got the base model and I put 16gb it’s a beast, for people that now start to get into creating (photos, videos etc) this machine will not disappoint you!
Thank you! And great to know, I had a feeling it would be a beast too! My M2 MacBook Airncan cope with quite a lot in such a limiting form factor (cooling wise) so I expected the M2 Mac Mini with more memory to be amazing! Glad you confirmed that 👊🏼
Hi Jon, am planning for the base varient considering my budget. Am not a professional video editor but anyways my plan is to learn and use FCP. Will mac mini base (8/256) suffer any trouble with FCP ?
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Yo Alex my man! 👊🏻 Interesting stuff. I may need to upgrade my decades old windows set up 😉 I look forward to the video about your desk setup there as well.
Thanks Richard!! This M2 stuff is too good, what Apple are lacking on iPhone/iPad (imo) they are making up for it in the computers!
Great video, Alex!
Thank you so much 😊
You lost me at the Liverpool hat. 😛. Thanks for the video. Very informative.
Great video full of information details I will be buying the base model just for RUclips video editing only so I think I’ll be good right ?
Thank you for showing the true potential of the base m2 mini! This device is going for a decent price now, and i was considering moving to this from my big desktop pc! It looks impressive for a base model!
Awesome Mac! I still have mine in the studio, and whenever I get someone to help me, that’s the setup they use. Can’t fault it really
Nice video.great information, I got the Apple M2 Pro with 12‑core CPU, 19-core GPU, 16‑core Neural Engine, 16GB RAM and 1TB SSD storage. I gave up on waiting for the 27" IMac or 32" IMac rumour or even another year of waiting for the Mac Studio to upgrade to M2. I did use this information to make my decision so thank you for that. Just have to find a ""Studio Monitor" equivalent. The Samsung 5K ViewFinity S9 was supposed to be out in 1Q of 2023 but nothing yet.
Love the video as the practical daily use regarding the Ram provides a great explanation. 😀 Having watched another video they showed an activity monitor where only 4 tabs were open RUclips, empty spreadsheet, empty presentation not sure about the other tab but the overall memory usage was 10.43gb with a base of 16gb Ram. I think in this comment thread it was also mentioned someone only had 8 tabs open and it used the majority of memory. So a bit confused as you had many more tabs open and the ram was fine. Unless these 'folks' only had a few labour extensive tabs running?🤔🤭
hello Alex great video
just wanted to ask as u said it's not that good at multitasking but do u think it will be able to edit 1080p footage, not crazy heavy editing with like 10 chrome tabs
Hi alex, I really enjoyed watching your videos. I have been watching your videos for a long time, the videos are very informative. I am a graphic designer. Can you tell me, which variant of Mac Mini M2 would be best for me?
Thanks Alex, I'm looking at the base mini for general use web surfing, accounting and a bit of personal video editing. If I'm understanding you correctly the extra 8 gb of ram is really unnecessary?
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Great video Alex! Thanks for sharing. So, here it goes. a couple of years ago I spent almost 3 grand on a Macbook Pro i7 with 32Gig RAM. So far, so good (despite the whole in my pocket). But now, after the M1 Pro and Max out there, now it comes the M2 and M2 Pro at this affordable price. I do video editing, open quite many tabs sometimes, multitask with Pr and Ae on my current mac and it quite handles it (it gets choppy with 4Ks). But if all what they say is real, even the M2 8 core entry base with potentially 24Gb RAM would be much better than my current machine, is that correct?
My question is, would my workflow improve with a Mini 8 core with an upgrade of 24GB RAM? I'm all ears my friend, you know about this much better than I do! Thanks in advance for your help
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I have a Mac Pro 5.1 12 core and use audio programs and don’t even multitask! This thing is a beast! Although I will go for an M2 Max.
Great video. One question how were you running the Windows 11 VM?
Mahalo! I’ve never seen a CLEARER illustration of HOW a machine came be put under “too much” stress I understand now! My M1 Mac Mini 8GB is very understressed compared to your machine’s workload. I hope YOU can keep YOUR stress in check, lol! Anyway, it’s no wonder I like mine so much…it’s a perfect match for me. Aloha!
a'ole pilikia 🌺 You are so welcome! This is great to hear, I love knowing where the limits of the tech I buy are but in the "real" world most people want to see how it copes with the more standard usages, like content watching, social media and productivity apps.
Perfect demonstration of how effective and efficient the base model M2 Mac mini is. Who in the world uses 15 chrome tabs open at the same time along with MS Office, Lightroom etc etc. You can never carry 20 people in one car no matter how powerful the engine is.
At the moment of writing this comment, I've 2 chrome windows open with almost 40 tabs together, lol.
8GB of RAM and 256GB SSD = E-waste.
I never even consider buying anything with less than 32GB and 1TB
It definitely shows me what it can handle. I’m in the market now for a new desktop which my wife will mainly be using. At the most she’ll have just about 4 tabs open on chrome and streaming music at the same time. She doesn’t do any video editing or anything serious. 8 gig memory will be more than enough for her needs.
Me😳
You’d be surprised- i have 500 tabs open in my iphone on safari
and my porn sites - i leave those open and minimized because i can’t find them again after i find them
(So when u force quit FIREFOX all the porn sites stay there logged in 😅)
Nice video. Good info, what monitor are you using?
Hi there, so sorry it took me so long to respond! It's the Alienware 34" geni.us/9eOsAs
Hi! Thank you for your great videos! Could you please tell Samsung to produce an 8TB version of T7 Shield SSD? I'm a video editor and badly need an 8TB portable SSD.
A very informative video which many top tech reviewers wouldn't like to show us. Thanks for the hardwork you have been through to show us the same.
Thank you so much 😊
Fr, like where were these vids on day 1
Great video. Thank you for uploading a video reviewing an Apple product that’s focused on what it CAN do. I’ve watched many, many tech reviews and I’m always struck by how differently Apple devices are reviewed compared to Windows or Android devices. Some of us are looking to answer whether we should buy it, not desperately looking for justification to not buy it.
Thanks Sharon! Exactly my thoughts. I love being a geek about this stuff, but ultimately people care about realistic use cases. Good to know where the limits are but the majority of people looking at the base model Mac Mini will not care for high end graphic design or video editing work. Have a great rest of the weekend!
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Great video Alex - Objective and Honest! Can you tell me the font name, size, and weight you use on 1:03 for both texts?
It looks bold, professional, and like The Verge website or New York Times title! I really like the typography effect :)
Thank you! I love that font too, I’m not in front of my computer, but it came with a plug-in called mKeynote from motionvfx. Here’s a link to it, if you search in there for mKeynote it will take you to the details, hopefully they share the font. If not, I will send it to you tomorrow
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You deserve subscribe🎉Finally someone tested this machine appropriately! In my country only 8gb is available and I’m buying it 😊
Thanks for the sub! Really appreciate it! I did another video and uploaded it today that you might like 😎 Have a good one!
@@AlexGTech Thanks! Keep up with a good work! 👍In 5 hours Im gonna have my first Mac ever, can’t wait 🫠
This is probably the most methodical review so far. Basic computer usage 101: doing something critically intensive and important? You might wanna close apps you're not using to free up the RAM. It kind of makes the bigger RUclips creators criticism's mute if you're familiar with how a computer works.
Do you think the base model will be ok for photo editing on affinity photo with a 2 tb external nvme ssd? I was just wondering because I’ve only had mine a few day and am also just learning MacOS.
So If I am editing let's say a 1 Hour 4K 60 fps video on Adobe Premiere pro and After effects, the base model will able to handle it RIGHT? or should I go with the Pro version? My videos are either gaming or tutorials , Maximum 1 Hour of 4K 60 fps, which version would you recommend?, Very Useful viddeo BTW, Thanks
Great video, really useful and so well filmed and entertaining
Glad you enjoyed it Peter! I love having fun with these videos, really happy to hear you enjoyed it!
@@AlexGTech This was the most useful Apple Silicon video in terms of actual use that I have seen so far. Thank you 🙏
All I really do is use logic pro, RUclips, discord and Gforce now. I have up untill now been using a mid-2011 27" imac with 20 gig RAM that I bought second-hand 10 years ago. It's been fine but the hard drive is falling and I'm looking to upgrade rather than replace it. Do you think the m2 mini will easily cope with my workload?
Just thank you!
My pleasure 🙏🏼
Hi! Is it possible to use a 2015, working condition, as a display for Mac Mini Pro M2?
I’m only going to be using adobe illustrator and light burn for laser engraving nothing else do you think that a gigabyte would do great?
hello i`m interested in switching from a ryzen 5 3600 windows 11 pc to a mac mini m2 but i dont know what to expect from the mac os, if you are so kind to clear some question for me. thank you. First i would use the mac mini m2 only for streaming and browsing with some light document editing , ms office or pdf editing. I would like to know if i can watch on m2 with safari netflix in 4k, prime video 4k, disney+ in 4k, apple tv + in 4k, hbo max in 4k. ATM i`m using an apple tv 4k with a lg cx and 4k is working ok in that combination but my pc is allready 4 years old and i`m thinking of the next upgrade. Is mac mini a pc decent enoth for my needs?
I just subscribed and liked this video. So fed up with watching meaningless reviews of benchmark testing. What I and most others want to see is how their new purchase will perform in the real world. I have a 2019 i9 MacBook Pro with 32gb of memory. I plan to buy the Mini Pro with 32gb of memory and 12 cores. Your review has given me confidence that a 4K timeline without too much multitasking will play back smoothly. I want to be able to get a better experience with multi cam editing. Many thanks.
Thank you so much for saying that, I really appreciate it. 4K footage will be absolutely fine. The 4K footage I am using is probably quite extreme too (recorded in S-LOG 10bit 4:2:2 which carries a lot of information for colour grading, etc)
Is the Mac mini base edition with 8gb ram good enough for Adobe apps like illustrator, indesign photoshop etc? Thanks
I'm using a 2019 stock MacBook pro 16 to edit 1080p person talking at a podium 40 min long, I want to use the magic mask person tracker to reduce the exposure on everything but the subject... My computer acts like my 4-year-old would act if I asked her to lift my car and she tried... I'm worried that a stock and to pro chip with 16 GB of RAM won't do it either, but I don't want to buy the M2 Max studio if I can get away with an M2 pro mini. What do you think?
i'm using Mac mini m2 16GB RAM 256 GB SSD variant .. with just one youtube 4k playback on safari and nothing else opened .it's using 6.5GB memory . i don't understand why there is such big difference between 8GB and 16GB model .. is this normal ? btw i can see your activity monitor ,it's using around 3.5 GB swap memory ..in my case it's zero.. can you enlighten me regarding this ?
Hi Alex , ya i am planning to get 16gb with 256 memory and invest external hard disc . BTW may i know your monitor deck with speaker ? maybe u can do a video about it ? it seem like space saver and a good item to lift up the monitor as well.
Hi there, you're going to love tomorrow's video as I am featuring the entire setup 😎
So instead of going for m2 pro with 32 gb ram n 1tb of storage , it's better to wait for Mac studio ?)
Hi alex I am a graphic designer. I mostly do wedding albums and grading wedding photos ...now I am using a windows pc i5 9th gen and 16 gb ram and 1050 ti graphics ... I like to buy a mac mini base model will it be a good decision or not?
Love these last two videos on the Mac Mini M2’s. Im looking to start making content for RUclips in the future with a decent setup. Not trying to go crazy and push the limits of editing, but if I’m recording and editing in 4k on somewhat of a budget, would upgrading to the 16GB RAM, keeping the 256 storage, and using external SSD work well enough for my usage? Thanks if you can respond!
I'd say 500gb internal minimum unless you're using very fast external storage or like, a RAID server. Apps are getting bigger and it's very hard/impossible to upgrade the SSD's in this generation of macs. If you can work v e r y efficiently in terms of filing then you'll be ok on 256 but if you care about futureproofing your machine or having a little leeway with storage I'd recommend taking the hit on the extra storage. (My current machine has a 512gb ssd as a boot drive and a few 1+2 tb storage drives and thats good for me). You can even get sick litte thunderbolt docks for mac minis that actually have an adapter for external storage for like £60.
Also let me know if you go with this config as I'm legit considering the exact same spec so would be curious how it works out!
@@willm5032 awesome!! Appreciate the response. I think I’m gonna just fork up the extra for the storage upgrade alongside the RAM upgrade and get external down the line. I’m fortunate to be able to buy through the education store so it alleviates some of the upgrade price burn but I think you’re right. Thanks again for the response.
@@AntiheroKomics No worries! You'll thank yourself in a few years if you can get the best model you can afford now. Also, Idk how resale prices are gonna go but if you've got a higher spec M2 machine it'll (hopefully) have higher resale value when you come to upgrade.
You're lucky you get that sweet, sweet student discount, those days are long behind me sadly haha
Nice video. Now, you mentioned gaming on windows 11. How did the machine handle it? Could it handle PS remote play just fine?
Yes it does! I've tested GeForceNOW and Xbox, so I am sure PS Remote play would be ok too, depending on your bandwidth. On my previous video, there is a bit more examples of Forza Horizon for example on the Xbox app: ruclips.net/video/5Ef7lKkc2dY/видео.html
Im making music videos and I need a machine to edit up to 4K120fps 10 bit color 4 2 2.
the thing is that i end up with 5 to 10 4K layers on top of each other and im afraid the computer will still lag like my currently does. any tip?
I have an intel mac mini with 16gb of ram. At the moment only Firefox is open with 15 tabs and I have got only 2gb of free ram left. Am I a special case?
Even tho I wanted the practical stuff, being a developer is always nice I can run things almost instantly, but I really wanted to see how it performs with some gaming, not that I have much time for gaming, but it would be nice, to compare. Cause I'm in the fence between a windows and a Mac, since I already have one MacBook Pro m1 from work (since its not even mine I don't plan to install any game there).
t-4:20 Do you think going to 16gb of ram gonna cut it?
Any tutorial on getting win11 on Mac mini?
I have the 8GB M1 Mini right now and I constantly run into an issue where certain apps like Discord, Chrome and Firefox (with no tabs open) lose internet connection and feel locked up. They aren't fully locked up but it's like DNS is hanging and they just don't do anything or respond to clicking bookmarks and other Discord channels, and sometimes even need to be force quit. Safari always works but sometimes Terminal won't even load. I suspect there's a memory leak somewhere but even Activity Monitor shows that I'm not completely maxed out. With that being said I ordered an 32GB M2Pro Mini which arrives in a few days. Hopefully the extra memory and CPU cores will give my workflows enough breathing room.
I have a 32gb rog and the discord thing is also happening to me, so I guess it’s a discord problem, not our pc😭
Is base 256gb model enough for web development?
Does anyone know if the m2 Mac mini 256gb could run obs studio while playing a game like fortnite and streaming to twitch.
Because I was thinking about using a Mac mini like this to stream to twitch.
look i am physics researcher I only read thesis and matlab scientific software etc is this mac perfect for me ?
i ordered a M2 pro Mac mini with 1Tb and 16 Gb , and I quickly realize that for my workflow I needed more , Apple increased the return window to 30 days for me cos I told them I made a mistake and I will get this morning the same model but with 32 Gb of ram . so it depends on what you do .Mac Studio is to consider only if you need more GPU performance, but for CPU performance and Updated IO like Wifi 6E, Bluetooth 5.3 , HDMI 2.1 the Mac mini crush the Studio. 16 Gb will be enough for most people , as long as you do not see the ram getting red in the graph in activity monitor while doing an intensive task , it's okay. and remember you can always return it , if you are nice they can extend the return window to 30 days. one thing to note is that if you are a tab guy like me with 30 tabs opened all day on safari it will take like 4 to 5 gb , but if you are not a tab user on your browser , then you will free up a ton of memory.
Optane SSDs in a Thunderbolt external enclosure should be good for heavy file writing
Good shout!
good vid, i can only afford the base model (dam u covid!) but i really want to get a machine that can do vide editing for YT and run microfoft flight sim as i have always wanted to learn how to fly but can afford a plane! will this basic base model handle it?
@@golfsidekick2333 ooh ooh ooh im so excited whats the telegram contact details?
De onde você é no Brasil, Alex? Excelente vídeo, obrigado !
Obrigado Roberto!! Sou de Sampa, e você? Grande abraço 🙏🏼
@@AlexGTech de Belo Horizonte ! Brilhante essa pequena maquininha que é o Mac Mini!
Maravilha! Tenho família em Minas 😊 Montes Claros e Januária 🥰 sim, o Mini agora com esse chip está detonando mesmo!
I purchased the base Mac mini today mainly for my wife to use. I do plan on getting a 1TB ssd for her music. It's amazing how much performance you get from the 8GB. The most she'll be doing is listening to music while having Facebook and email open lol. Itll last us years I bet. Thanks for the great video.
95% of people realistically use their computer this way, I bet you could easily get 10 years from it.
@@Erstwhile.Freeman Just bought my base model today as apple is doing the $499 price for students and a $100 Apple gift card included. That'll take care of apple music for a year or more! Can't wait.
@@jjhervey4153 That's a killer deal on top of a great deal for a base Mac! I'm enjoying the base Mac, hope you will too.
It is deplorable that the lack of SSD storage plays such a big role in most Mac related videos. It'd be interesting to know whether a Mac allows mounting external SSD storage so that a user's home (folder) is entirely on a (blazing fast) external SSD. In Linux, you'd just put the appropriate reference in your fstab or use systemd-homed to make a user's home portable (and usable on any Linux system). Since macOS is Unix based, this should be possible. In Ventura, there is no longer a /etc/fstab file, but you can create one yourself and edit it with vifs.
I really wish 1TB was the the default these days. 256 is becoming small even for phones now! I do wonder if that would be possible too, I know in windows is fairly easy to choose which disks/partitions the OS goes. We just need to move on from small SSDs, the actual material cost is only cents difference so this is pure greed
@@AlexGTech "Pure greed" is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but.... smh
I would even play devil's advocate and say I wish 512 AT LEAST was the default/standard drive.
@@Bread_n_Butter. they won't care about "greed" blah-blah criticism. Apple is a TRILLION DOLLAR COMPANY for a reason.
Getting mid-tier 16GB 512SSD version. I use external SSDs and spinners for projects storage.
Good approach!
@@AlexGTech what about making 1 minute reels for instagram ?
Hi Alex .. I just got Mac mini m2 base version 8GB RAM and 256GB . I am normal user just surfing internet, mails some RUclips ,music stuff . So is base version enough for use in long terms ?(reason I got Apple care )
Absolutely! For that sort of usage this Mac mini will last a long time
Great video! Here's my issue. As a photographer and gamer hoping to unify my setup onto one desktop platform, my M1 Pro MacBook Pro isn't doing the trick. I'm starting to max out the RAM and internal storage between 4k editing, photo editing, and lots of Safari tabs. I wish I could game on my MacBook right now, but I don't think the machine could handle it. So what do I do? I'd like to keep my MacBook Pro for its portability, but I also want to create a home office setup with a Mac mini that can handle 4k video editing, Adobe Lightroom, lots of Safari tabs, and be capable of handling all the cloud gaming I want. Do I get a Mac mini, or should I get a Mac studio? How much RAM should I get? Which M2 chip should I get? How many cores do I need? Any thoughts or advice would be appreciated.
Hey Matthew, thank you. It really depends on the type of videos and photos you're editing. Assuming we are talking:
- 2 or 3 layers max of 4K60 maybe a few 120fps clips here and there with some motion graphics and music, and a couple of basic 3D tracking effects.
- processing 200 to 300 images in Lightroom Classic
- 30 tabs in Safari
For the above, I honestly think 16GB will be enough. If you're looking to do more and a bit faster then the number of cores and newer media engine will help too. Mac Studio will definitely give you some room to grow, but if the above sounds like the limit of what you will do, then maybe look at 32GB RAM on the Mac Mini instead and see if that makes financial sense.
With regards to storage, I'd recommend you don't upgrade the internal because it will get full regardless. Nice to have enough in there for "live" projects butnid say use an external SSD. My favourite right now is the X9 and X10 Pro. It works beautifully on the iPhone too for ProRes recording, and I can edit straight from it, without ever touching my locak storage, so kills two birds for me. I've just reviewed it in my most recent video and I believe they have a deal on them right now, worth a look:
ruclips.net/video/8ZQfer4el9U/видео.htmlsi=fdbCtjMvtkiiKtlB
How much Swap was used when using Win 11?
On my MacBook M1 Pro, without having Win 11 VM open at all, it is using 1.3 GB ram alone??
Hi there, I only see SWAP being used when I open more than 20 tabs on the browser. If I am using Windows 11 and only a few tabs open or only a hand ful of apps, it doesn't use SWAP at all. (My Windows 11 is configured with 3GB of virtual RAM if I remember correctly).
In my previous video to this one I showed a bit more on that too, but in essence the 8GB base model will allow fo rsome multitasking but if you're very busy with browser tabs, the 16GB might be a better option. I know some people like to have way more than 20 tabs...
Can you make a gaming comparison video between the M2 8GB RAM and the M2 16GB RAM? Nice video as always, btw.
This is what I have been looking for also. The incredible price for the base model is tempting even for those not heavily into Mac desktops.
Thank you! I will work on that (though I don't have the 16GB version, I can use my M2 MacBook Air with 16GB but with no cooling I am not sure it will be a decent comparison). And do you mean gaming inside Windows or on the Mac itself, with GeForceNOW or Xbox app?
what sort of games would you like to see me test?
@@AlexGTech Thank you for your response. I mean games on Steam run on MacOS (without Parallels). Games like Crusader Kings 3, Cities: Skylines, Total War, and so on.
The passive cooling shouldn't be a problem if you let the device cool down before the tests.
@@AlexGTech I think you should test games with heavy memory demands. Simcity types. But any of the AA titles now should max out the ram at higher settings. Also wondering how games installed on a external drive would run. I am really interested in buying a base model for now for getting into Macs as a casual desktop without running into memory issues for light gaming.
I wish I could find a RUclipsr who isn't only doing reviews only a base model. Literally every RUclipsr is creating these same videos only on the base model. I would love to see a RUclipsr for once create a video like this with a new M2 Pro Mac mini with the 32GB Ram, 2 TB of Storage, 12 Core CPU, 19 Core GPU, 16 Core Neural Engine. Now that would be a video to watch! I would love to see how that handles heavy AE Graphic Templates and heavy motion graphics!!
Or even the base Mac Mini M2 Pro if we're not talking paying ridiculous money for most of the Apple Silicon upgrades.
The simple answer is not to open up so much extraneous software at once. Any machine is going to start getting stressy when a user insists on opening up half a dozen bigger apps at once for no good reason. Use them when needed, and otherwise shut them down.
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The thing is, a video like that wouldn't sell and people wouldn't click on their Amazon affiliate links. 16gb of ram is complete outdated in 2023 and beyond. You should at least go for 32gb. The 512gb ssd storage is slower than the previous base M1 model, so any memory swap will hurt performance.
Go with the 12/19 Core, 32gb ssd and 1tb of ram.
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Great video. New sub here. I do have a question, hopefully you can answer it.
I have a small YT channel. i've been doing videos on my phone and uploading from there. I decided to get a Mac for the 'simplicity hoping I could improve the quality of my videos'. YT is a hobby for me so I bought the base Mac Mini m2 and I think it's great but I did notice uploading my videos from my smartphone did take a good while. I haven't edited one yet but would you say upgrading to the 512gb storage would dramatically improve upload/read speeds and the overall 'feel' of the mac's speed? I can return mine on amazon and upgrade to the other one but I'm trying to figure out if that upgrade is worth it or not.I should mention I record videos in 1080p not 4k.
Thanks!
Hi there! Thank you first of all and welcome aboard 😊 I think the difference in speed for transferring files between the phone and Mac won’t really be that dramatic between the 256 and 512. There’s a few variables here too, for instance, what footage are you recording? is it 4K30, 4K60, etc, and are you adding b-roll to the videos or just talking head? I’d say this config is more than adequate for editing 4K phone footage and maybe a couple of layers of b-roll and music, graphics. When you go to camera footage like 4K 10bit 4:2:2 and start colour grading, that’s when more memory would help.
Hope this helps but let me know what sort of videos you’re planning to make
@@AlexGTech Thanks! I'm not too familiar with a few of those terms. I'm entirely new to video editing. As of now I record guitar review videos in 1080p. The idea behind the mac was to clean up the presentation and sound a bit by recording playthroughs on my daw, uploading the videos from my phone and then separating audio and video in imovie or logic pro to substitute the video audio with the recorded audio file and do some minor touch ups.
acording to your experience with these machines, if, that mac mini m2 had 16 of ram instead of those 8, would it cope with the struggling you presented there?
Absolutely, check out @Jon Wood comment on this video, he got the 16GB 👊🏼
Do you happen to have Davinci Resolve? I'm very curious how M2 Mini handles Davinci and Dehancer plugin.
I do indeed! Let me run a couple of tests and let you know, will include it in my next video and do a short video about it, I like that idea!
@@AlexGTech Great news. I'm really curious if it can handle 4k Dehancer graded clip (ProRes, H264 or H265). If it can handle one it's better than my current PC :).
Not sure you got Dehancer also, but there is a trial version on their site.
$599 to get into the Mac ecosystem is a great entry point for most people. Advanced work …get the Mac Mini Pro it is performing better than my custom build PC.
Memory pressure not usage is the key reading
I’m pretty surprised that you were able to run a Windows 11 VM with no issues with only 8 GB of RAM. My M1 Pro with 16 GB struggles with running Parallels and just a couple of tabs open in Safari, I didn’t even try with Chrome.
Try UTM. It’s free
The only thing I want is to edit 28 minute documentaries in 4k 10bit 422 (not vlog, log), with slight color corrections.
:( maybe full hd ?
Open it up and add a bigger thermal pad!
What about streaming 4k content or downloading 4k content, does not push the RAM usage and go on red at all?
Haven't tried streaming on the Mac Mini, but I do watch a lot of 4K content on RUclips whilst having 20-30 tabs and Lightroom and Photoshop open, without issues
@@AlexGTech thanks!
From what I understand the SSD in the new computer isn't slower, but it is a single SSD with a single controller chip. The M1 had dual 128gb SSDs running in RAID 0. If you upgrade to the 512gb SSD in the M2, then you get dual 256gb SSDs in RAID 0. So lame that Apple doesn't just use a fast NVME drive that can be upgraded in there.
Does the Mac Mini fit completely under the Hexcal Studio? Looks pretty snug.
Yes, it has about 5mm clearance between the Mac Mini and the Hexcal. The Hexcal comes with adjustable feet in case the Mac needs to be under a hub or something like that (haven't tried that yet)
So i guess if you are the kinda of person who always leaves things open even when you are not using them. You should definitely upgrade the ram.
But if you are like me who cant really focus on more than 1 thing at a tine and like to close stuff when they are not in use. The base model would be more than fine.
I am also some one who have never experienced what 1500mb of read write speed is like, my stuff dont even go over 250mb per seconds i guess i just don't need to think about upgrading
Hello Alex, you really doing good job. Appreciate your help for buyers of apple devices.
I have a confusion in my mind regarding SSD storage. Please do help me out in understanding it.
Does it mean the more storage SSD we prefer the more speed we get ? . Please clarify , i am confused.
Example :
256 GB storage -> 512 GB storage -> 1 TB Storage -> 2 TB Storage -> and so on.........
( Less speed ) ( more speed ) ( more better speed ) ( Even far more better speed )
Hi Ramesh, the ssd its really misleading but as rule of thumb ALL the M2 chip base computer setup (Macbook Air / Macbook Pro / Mac Mini), have around 40% slowers speeds. So its recommended to upgrade to the next tier (ex. 256 GB -> 512 GB or 512 GB to 1T B, doing that you will have the ssd at his full speed capacity, then upgrading from that tier will not increase significantly the ssd speeds.
@@Conteudoemescala oh Okay, Thanks a lot 🙏for sharing lots of information . Noted. It helped me to understand more . Appreciate it .
Thanks Ramesh! Like @Paulo Ribeiro mentioned, it is a rule of thumb that these 256 SSDs are now slower (in comparison with previous M1 machines). Apple are basically cutting corners on the storage architecture which can take advantage of dual channels (which is why 512, which is basically 2 X 256 chips performs faster)
Now... In reality for most of the work that I use the Mac Mini - and my MacBook Air with the same SSD, the performance is absoltuely fine. In short, Apple are indeed cutting corners here but it will be rare to see that impacting the majority of use cases.
@@AlexGTech Thanks a lot Alex for sharing so much indepth detailed info. Its so helpful 🙏. Its very clear now 😊. And love your channel ❤
My pleasure! And thank you so much, this is the sort of support that makes channels grow 💪🏼
Everyone saying Chrome is a RAM hog, I don’t get it. I don’t think it’s that bad, as proven in this video! Great video as always, Alex! ⚡️
Exactly! Adobe apps are the worst! Thanks Joe :)
Google has made some improvements to how Chrome manages memory. It’s better now but it use to be a lot worse.
@@AlexGTech Adobe apps have, historically, needs lots of RAM and a fast scratch disk. They also didn’t release RAM leading to the practice of cleaning RAM between runs. Maybe Adobe has finally cleaned things up.
What is the hand held controller you were using? I want one!
How does it compare to the raspberry pi 4? I know the mac mini m2 is faster but it's a great video idea!
I like that idea! Love me raspberry Pis🤓
I buy the Mac mini with m2pro 10 core and 32gb memory RAM
Why did RUclips stop showing me, you my friend? I thought you took a break! Hello
Just one thing - run C4D+Redshift on it with some pyto simulation. Its just destroying anything under A5000 GPU
Thank you! Will explore this one, never tried something like that but sounds interesting!
honestly upgrade cost is just too much it's just a 30% up cos for the whole machine! in my country so purely from cost/power ratio its not worth it. but if you have a 200usd spare.. than go for 16GB version for sure.
why do I always have to like my own comments .. dear me.
Is the basic version? Why nobody is having the 1 T with more SSD speed?
1t and 512gb same speed on base m2, only faster on m2 pro
As a photographer, I love my base model M2 mini. It blows my AMD hp probook out of the water when it comes to Lrc ai denoise, which is the most demanding thing I ask of it. I work exclusively off external drives also which are fast enough over thunderbolt for me. Talking seconds for moving around hundreds of raw files at a time.
amazing!! Thanks for the tip on AI denoise also, I am always looking for specific actions that Pros use so I can test them 👊🏼
The AI Denoise really isn't the most intensive task is the world but for my work it is the the ultimate test of speed for processing large quantities of photos. I took a 24MP raw photo of Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia at sunrise and ran it thought denoise on my HP ProBook 455 G8 with a Ryzen 5 5600u with 32gb of ddr4 ram. It took 7 minutes and the computer was a slide show, no multitasking while running.
On my Base model M2 mini with 8gb of ram it took 1 minute while watching a RUclips video set to 4k running sidecar wirelessly to my iPad, and about 30seconds with sidecar turned off and no other tasks running.
@rickyt11010 great stuff, yes that’s a really valid point on multitasking. Even with 8GB you were able to perform a fairly demanding task and do something else. Thanks again for sharing this!
Getting the 16GB ram 256GB version
16GB will be awesome for multitasking. that's teh config I went with on the MBA, I can only imagine how much more powerful the Mini will be given the cooling
Why are people so afraid of using external drives. The Thunderbolt interface is more than sufficient when paired with a Thunderbolt spec SSD (1TB $160) to use as a boot drive. *And one needs to get an external drive anyway for Time Machine (or whatever kind of backup one wants to use.)* So just buy the base M2 Mini and buy two SSDs (one a Thunderbolt spec for the boot drive, the Time Machine can be regular USB3 speed.)
Other options? Like what?
Hi Alex how are you today?
Good thank you, glad it's the weekend! How are you, hope you are ok too!
To me the studio only make sense when you are getting the ultra chip.
Indeed. And if you don't use your main computer for travelling.
Is the base m2 Mac mini an upgrade to the base m1?
@@rajatsehgal7004 I’m asking because it doesn’t look like they should’ve made the m2 if it’s not better
@@rajatsehgal7004 not what I’m asking :)