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DannyBostwick
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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Mac M2 Max Studio?

Anyone got one? I want a Lightroom screamer. I'm running a 2019 iMac right now with an intel chip and it's painfully slow. 1.5 sec avg lag time between me hitting next, and the next photo that shows up when editing. Can't live this way anymore. Need something that rips. Who's got one?

Aug 08, 2023 at 01:41 PM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Mac M2 Max Studio?

Oh my — I have the M1 Max MacBookPro and it's a game changer. With both Smart and 1:1 previews, the develop module has no lag, even when running the XDR 6k monitor.

When I make a short list of life's challenges, my computer is not one of them. Buckle your seatbelt.

Aug 08, 2023 at 01:50 PM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Mac M2 Max Studio?

I have the M2 MacBook Pro and an XDR monitor. Fast and beautiful! As LeeSimms says, no lag.

Aug 08, 2023 at 11:08 PM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Mac M2 Max Studio?

MacBook Pro m2 max driver.

2nd MacBook Pro.... I had the M1 Max version.
wave bye-bye to pc. this guy.

I edit videos too.
Davinci resolve.
Render video out very nicely.

Lr is good. render speed is really nice.
I can update this weekend. I need to edit an E-session shot on R5.
will provide a reference for you.

Aug 09, 2023 at 07:03 PM

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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Mac M2 Max Studio?

Awesome. I need this. This will save me hours and hours sitting here waiting for lag to clear and photos to render is realllllllly bad for my ADHD.

Aug 10, 2023 at 11:35 AM

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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Mac M2 Max Studio?

Mac Mini

Aug 10, 2023 at 12:22 PM

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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Mac M2 Max Studio?

Thinking about switching from PC to Mac. Maybe a Macbook Pro...Getting an M chip + a good screen at a much cheaper price than Mac Studio + XDR or so.

Aug 17, 2023 at 01:52 AM

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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Mac M2 Max Studio?

I would get the Apple 27" monitor or one of the rumoured PC monitors with 200+ ppi. Can't remember who was supposed to have them out this Summer. Samsung? Dell? LG?

The XDR's very nice but worth at that price is a stretch.

Aug 17, 2023 at 11:48 AM

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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · Mac M2 Max Studio?

You don't need the fastest one...I have the original Mac Studio and its blazing fast. The M1 chip is really a game changer.

Aug 17, 2023 at 07:25 PM

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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · Mac M2 Max Studio?

I got the M1 Mac Studio and then like 3wks later the M2 came out, so I returned it and got this one. Man oh man, it's so fast. Very very happy. I tried doing some editing on my 2019 Macbook Pro and I was like Noooooope, I'll just wait until I get home thank you very much.

M2 Max. 64GB RAM. 2TB SSD.

Aug 17, 2023 at 08:38 PM

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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · Mac M2 Max Studio?

Update:

given:
M2 Max in Macbook pro
64 gig RAM
Raws are on Samsung 970 M2.280 SSD in a Sabrent enclosure
Attached to OWC Thunderbolt 3 dock.
Thunderbolt from Mac to OWC dock.
Thunderbolt from OWC dock to Sabrent.

Export from LR
Subscription version (Latest)
Canon R5 with canon raw setting. Full size.
Images edited with basic correction: color, WB, crop, add vignette.
Some images have spot removal and AI face skin selection for skin smoothing.

100 images at quality 82 with long side at 4200 pixels: 1:05 minutes.
200 images with same setting (plus 2 or 3 images from photoshop) 2:16 minutes

(Photoshop is used for heavier removal.... easy.)

Aug 17, 2023 at 09:40 PM

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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · Mac M2 Max Studio?

Hi to all! I have the Macbook Pro14" Maxed out with M2Max, 96gb RAM and so on and a Mac Studio M1 Max with 32gb RAM. I can say that there are way too much noticeable performance differences in Lightroom Classic (importing, exporting, brushing, etc.).

But the M1Max base is anyway a very capable machine for Photographers. The problem, as ever, is the software.

Oct 04, 2023 at 09:58 AM

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p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · Mac M2 Max Studio?

$5,000 out the door for a box that is going to have other devices like a DVD burner attached by cable is not a good value. A refurbished Mac Pro can tower computer be bought from Apple for less than that amount.

Apple is great for laptops and for $9,000 workstations but the iMac and Studio computers do not provide the functional options, like internal RAID, that I get with a Windows computer.

Oct 19, 2023 at 09:14 PM


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