He happens to be using a 16GB Mac mini – 16GB referring to the memory – and Final Cut Pro. Limited I/O compared to Intel offeringsĮven with those limitations, when all the software and hardware aligns, say you are using Final Cut, then the M1 Macs sing.Apps need to be optimized for M1 (Apple Silicon) chips.

We will get more into those as we go through this, but the big points are this: How about we stretch it to its limit? Filmmaker Kevin Ross wanted to by taking some top-notch 4K and raw 8K clips and putting it through the M1 Mac mini.īefore we get into Ross’ results, I want to say as an M1 Mac mini owner that it is an incredibly powerful machine for video editing with some very big caveats. Everyone can now have a powerful editing computer on their desk without needing to spend tens of thousands of dollars. The real kicker is that the M1 Mac mini costs as little as $600 on sale and is crushing it with select video editing workflows. Apple says they are going to revolutionize their computers! This isn’t totally the truth, but there have been some impressive improvements and demos showing the M1 chip blazing through some tough applications and workflows. There’s a lot of talk about the M1 Mac mini.

Mac mini for video editing