Final Cut Pro 10.6.2 update with duplicate clip from Scott Simmons at PVC

Scott Simmons from Pro Video Coalition has the latest on 10.6.2 update of Final Cut Pro. I can't believe they finally added duplicate clip detection, I have though there was no chance, as it had been so long that this had been missing, when every other editing program has this. And it has 2 ways to see the clips. https://www.provideocoalition.com/final-cut-pro-updated-to-along-with-all-of-the-apple-pro-apps-imovie-ios/ The AI based Voice Isolation also sounds very interesting. And now we will hopefully really see performance on an M1 ULTRA.

All the talk of the 5K iMac being dead, I bet it is more the parts shortage

I highly doubt the 5K 27” iMac is completely dead, sure it is dead for now, in favor of the much more expensive Mac Studio and Studio Display. The thing is that is a minimum $3500, much more than a base 5K Intel iMac. I think a 5K iMac isn’t dead, but with Studio Displays pushing towards a June ship time, Apple just had to chose one or the other. And especially if the Apple Silicon Mac Pro is pushed to 2023, the Mac Studio fills that high end gap much more successfully now, and once there is no supply shortage bet they do do the Apple Silicon 5K iMac that many have been waiting for.

TechCrunch says Congress should secure the app store supply chain and I agree

Jorge Grueul has a great article To protect consumers, Congress should secure the app store supply chain. I so agree. The bills currently proposed do nothing to protect consumers from malware, congress people have so little tech knowledge. If we have unfettered access to an iphone with apps installing off a link, all cell phones will be compromised in a single day. If they just get rid of the walled garden and allow easy unfettered install, every iPhone will be compromised so quickly it is a joke. And of course the App stores need more regulation, as how could Apple let through so many bogus apps? We need security standards on new app stores that apply to all app stores.

Max Tech on the M2 Extreme chip for the Mac Pro

https://youtu.be/zZYi-Fv-qz8 This one goes into the weeds, but I think hits the nail on the head for the processor for the Mac Pro. It has to be a dual ultra, but that means likely a M2 dual Ultra, the M2 Extreme. I am still not sure on the expandable ram, as it would be so much slower than the RAM in the chip, but pci expansion does make sense for so many things. And all the extra thunderbolt they could add. Not part of this video, but what if this is right and it is a smaller MacPro and the processor is on a daughter card that could be upgraded, leaving the pci slots and extra ram if that is workable. That could be an ”upgradeable” Mac Pro for sure. Well the Mac Studio has gotten me excited for the Mac Pro, though if it really is an M2, I think WWDC might ge pushing it, and the 2023 rumors may be true.

A Bunch of Sites and Video Reviews of the Mac Studio and Studio Display and it is good

Stu Maschwitz has his post with speed tests. And Scott Simmons at the Pro Video Coalition has part 1 of Mac Studio for editing. Scott Simmons has cables plugged in like Ido 9to5 Mac has a slew of reviews a swell as their own quick look by Chance Miller. And MacStories with it's reviews roundup has a bunch more. And I like the review from SixColors, because he has so many cables attached already which makes it seem much more real of a user, or at least one more like me. So many of the early YouTube reviewers blow my mind, as their review space is so pretty. My office is not, most people would call it a pig sty (or maybe shar pei sty), but mine is used everyday and I have dogs. My wife would love to come in and clean, but I would never find anything. And it is especially messy now with me having a broken foot and all. Just blows my mind that their "work space" is so clean. I mean I have so many things connected to my mac it is a joke (2 thunderbolt 4 hubs and countless usb hubs). And just all the hard drives from work! I so want a Mac Studio, but i also want to see what the MacPro is. I just don't see how expandable it can be. Not chance of changeable RAM as it would be so much slower. Maybe it could have PCI, but not a graphics cards, so I doubt it. And I have seen some people saying they can't do the same thing with Ultra, so a 4x4 version would be seen as 2 processors, and then wouldn't have double bandwidth and maybe not even double the ram, as it could only use the main bank, but lets hope that isn't true. I really hope that it has a dual Ultra, but I am not sure I could afford that anyway, so this could be my next machine.

PVC on Maxon Updating Red Giant Universe with M1 Support

PVC on the Maxon formerly Red Giant Universe Plug-ins having been updated to 5.1 with M1 Support and having replaced JavaScript with C++ for a more powerful and better Code Base. I have used Red Giant Universe for years and think their whole suite is a must have. I use them literally on every project. I still wish Maxon still allowed you to have an installation on Laptop and Desktop, and even worse the Application Manager now signs out at least once a week, leaving renders with X's in Premiere all the time. Honestly it was better when owned by Red Giant alone, but I still use the plug-ins all the time.