Comments on: Review: M4 Mac mini for video editors

By: Scott Simmons

Scott Simmons — Wed, 01 Jan 2025 14:44:42 +0000

In reply to Charie.

No, not at this moment in time. I have an older OWC Thunderbolt dock at my office connected to a Mac Studio with a Thunderbolt adapter and it’s still working fine. I haven’t explored these next generation Thunderbolt 4 and 5 docks that OWC and Cal Digit have shipping. They are the pro standard I would say and I’ve had both so these new ones will be great I’m sure. I always find it a hard choice to make once I start looking at the different options between ports, connectivity and cost.

I will say that I home I’ve got this hooked up and it’s working fine for USB peripherals.

https://www.provideocoalition.com/i-bought-a-cheap-usb-c-docking-station-so-you-dont-have-to/

By: Charie

Charie — Sat, 28 Dec 2024 21:03:52 +0000

Helpful review. Is there a USB hub you like?

By: Warren Heaton

Warren Heaton — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 16:32:40 +0000

In reply to Scott Simmons. In Media Encoder, File > Show Log.

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 06:11:19 +0000

In reply to Daniel. Those prices are insanity! Even more than Apple would want.

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 06:09:18 +0000

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?

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 08:23:37 +0000

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

By: James Bond

James Bond — Sun, 10 Nov 2024 23:18:49 +0000

In reply to Scott Simmons. I see. Thanks, makes sense now.

By: Boanerges

Boanerges — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 18:42:24 +0000

Thanks for the review! This was eye-opening.

By: Marc B.

Marc B. — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 15:58:31 +0000

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.

By: Scott Simmons

Scott Simmons — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 13:27:58 +0000

In reply to James Bond. To reduce the security to install certain drivers there is a secutriy utility thing that you can only get to by booting into the recovery mode. For me this is specifially to install LucidLink and the iodyne drivers.