Nov 13, 2018 - What is Final Cut Pro X like running on a new Mac mini? 3 ports fed from two controllers, an HDMI port that supports 4K and two USB 3 ports. In offices with the machine on the desk and headphones on editing all day.
Thanks for your reply. I apologize for this late response but I keep forgetting to check this forum. The 2012 model was not an option; I don't remember why now, but it might have been about displays, hard drives, and connections. I have a MBP that is faster and will test it soon; it may be that I have to set up the MBP as a desktop and sell the Mini.
The problem there is that the MBP has a smaller (although faster) hard drive and my online backup doesn't support external hard drives. I may have to change that service.
Good news for Mac users, as well as all content creators, worldwide today with the official unveiling of the new Mac mini for 2018/19. For those unfamiliar with the product family line of Apple’s flagship desktop systems, the Mac mini has always been designed to be a more affordable and compact alternative to the giant powerhouse Mac Pro Systems.
As with previous iterations of the Mac mini family, this new release features frankly astonishing hardware inside and out, yet contained in an incredibly compact chassis. However, it is the ports and connections of this device that really, REALLY have me interested. Two NAScompares two things we have spoken about more than anything else in 2018 have been 10Gbe and Thunderbolt 3.
Between these two pivotal and vital connections, photo and video editors have been able to maximise workflow, speed up production time and centralise the entire editing process. Add to this the fact that 4K resolution grows increasingly mainstream and 1080p is considered the bare minimum for finished productions, the result is that a content creator not using Thunderbolt 3 or 10 Gbe to edit mass works is going to be left at a significant disadvantage.
Aside from the fact that Thunderbolt 3 and 10 gigabit ethernet are available with the Mac mini 2018, there are multiple reasons why users should get excited about these connections. For a start, 10-gigabit ethernet is exactly what it says on the tin – namely it is 10x the network speed that you normally have at home or in the office.
10G networks have become incredibly popular over the last 2 years and have likewise become increasingly affordable. Even a mediocre 10Gbe network for video editing, as little as 5 years ago, would have cost you thousands of pounds just for the network equipment. Now in 2018, you can enable a 10Gbe home or office for at least 8 machines for less than £500.
Of course, the real long-term cost goes into adding 10Gbe to each Mac/PC on your network with PCIe upgrade cards, or TB-to-10Gbe adapters (each around £100-200 a go). The fact that the new Mac mini has this connection as an option AND 4 Thunderbolt 3 USB-C ports for local fast access devices, means that your are 10Gbe editing ready that much sooner! For these reasons, storing on your local C:/ or Home drive is not ideal. In smaller 1-2 person operations, a thunderbolt 3 external drive is used. It provides the theoretical speed of 40Gb/s max. However it does have its downfalls.
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First off, only 1 user can access the drive at any one time, so only one user can use it for editing/backing up/archiving at any given time. Second, the 40GB/s speed is only possible with the right media and if you populate a Thunderbolt 3 external drive with traditional hard drives (in a RAID 0) you will likely only see around 500 to 800 Megabytes per second maximum. You will need to fully populate a RAID-enabled thunderbolt storage device with solid-state drives in order to get anything even close to the advertised speed of Thunderbolt 3. That isn’t to say that Thunderbolt 3 is not important, it enables incredible hi-res displays and low latency peripherals, but when it comes to editing work on an external storage device you cannot beat the viability, utility and usability of 10gbe in content creation. Why should Mac Mini users use 10Gbe. Because of the ease and affordability of 10-gigabit ethernet, you are able to achieve a great deal of output, for much less with 10Gbe when it comes to photo video editing. Multiple Mac mini users with 10Gbe connections can all connect to a 10G switch and add to that a 10Gbe enabled NAS drive.
These can cost you as little as £400+ ex.VAT without the media inside and with it, it enables considerably more options to optimise your workflow compared with Thunderbolt. With a 10Gbe NAS, connected to multiple 10Gbe Mac mini devices, via a 10Gbe switch you can: • Enable multiple users to edit the files on a single NAS at the same time • Enable NLE (non-linear editing) to ensure that the changes and edits you make to your Media do not affect the original copy. • Access your files over 10Gbe networks and 1Gbe alike, then use the same network to distribute work to other connected users fast.