I commented on the post, as I am running an M2 Mac Studio on Sequoia 15.0.1 and Blackmagic Design Desktop Video 14.2.1 with my UltraStudio 4K and it runs just fine. And I didn’t have to try the terminal hack, it just worked. And I tested it in Adobe Premiere Pro 14.6.3 and it works just as it should. So it isn’t the Thunderbolt 2 adapter not working with a driver, or the latest driver fixed it.
I am so glad it still works too, as I am busy parenting and with a newborn unable to work right now, so I wouldn’t have been unable to replace it for a while.
So I have posted about his one in the past because it really affects me. I hate having the monitors as separate spaces as it messed up just how I use the computer. Now it has been better with newer versions of Premiere and Mac, but is still there, and I do a lot of restarting Premiere to clear it up.
Apple has identified the source of the bug. I anticipate that it will be fixed in a future MacOS update. My understanding is that it’s a complex bug to fix, so it may take additional time to get fixed in the OS.
To facilitate a quicker improvement for users, Apple has also provided us with an application side code change which will workaround the bug. This change is available for testing now in the latest Premiere Pro Beta (24.2.0.34) dated 2023-12-01. I’ve verified it myself but if anyone else experiencing this bug wants to validate that this Beta version (or newer) also solves the problem on their end, that would be helpful. If we don’t find any negative side effects as a result of this workaround, it will be available in a future non-Beta version of Premiere Pro as well.
As I mentioned above, I also expect an eventual MacOS update to resolve this issue. This will be useful for those users who do not wish to update their versions of Premiere Pro.
I will provide another update when I have concrete Premiere Pro (non-beta), or MacOS version numbers which resolve the poor playback when “Displays have separate Spaces” is disabled.
Kyle Pukmadore – Adobe Employee
So there is a workaround in the latest Beta, and at least Apple knows what is causing it, I bet they want to fix it before the M3 Ultra comes out.
Having a new M2 Ultra Studio, and always using 2 monitors to edit, makes this an issue close to my heart. Especially because to fix it, you must set you mac to Display have separate Spaces, which means you can’t have windows party between 2 windows and you are forced to have a dock that switches between the 2 windows (seemingly at random) and menus confusingly on both windows.
I have a quick update for anyone experiencing poor playback performance on M2 Mac Studio Multi-display setups. We’ve identified an issue where disabling the MacOS system setting “Displays have separate Spaces” under “Desktop & Dock” degrades playback performance. By default this setting is enabled. We’re still working on an official resolution but in the meantime you can try re-enabling that setting as a workaround (requires system reboot to take effect) I have a quick update for anyone experiencing poor playback performance on M2 Mac Studio Multi-display setups. We’ve identified an issue where disabling the MacOS system setting “Displays have separate Spaces” under “Desktop & Dock” degrades playback performance. By default this setting is enabled. We’re still working on an official resolution but in the meantime you can try re-enabling that setting as a workaround (requires system reboot to take effect)
Kyle Plumador, Adobe Employee
And with the issue not fixed in Sonoma or in Premiere, I think this is going to go on for a long time, and I HATE IT.
The $3000 over the MacStudio to be able to use some PCI cards (but not video cards) just doesn’t seem worth it to me. If I had the money, sure, but I would have to be pretty loaded.
So in the last week it started to look like the Mac Studio would get updated with M2 and the M2 Utlra, and it did, but Apple also released the Mac Pro with M2 Ultra, which seems to have the addition of PCI Slots and 2 extra thunderbolt ports.
I have needed a new Mac for a while as my iMac Pro is starting to show it’s age (and inability to clean it out), so one of these is in my Future, but which one, I don’t currently know. I need to look at the pages on the Mac Pro once I the web site gets updated after WWDC.
The recent pate of articles from Gurman and their bad news on the Mac Pro has really had me thinking. No Quad Apple Silicon means no performance boost over the Studio. No memory upgrades makes sense, but no external graphics card, means a decided lack of expansion, and a need to spend more upfront, without the possibility of later upgrades.
As for PCI Expansion, sure a video i/o card from black magic would be cheaper than external, and you could put in a fast ssd pci card, but those are damn expensive. Maybe an Apple Accelerator, but like the one in the current, you know it would be quickly added to the next chips, so why bother.
And having more options for storage, I would love that. I so miss my 4 internal slots for spinning hard drives, but more likely I see room for more proprietary Apple SSDs, which would be too expensive and likely not user upgrade-able.
The one thing no articles I have seen talk about would be more Thunderbolt ports, which would be great. I already use two Thunderbolt 4 Hubs, and still lack for ports, but is that and better cooling and maybe room for a second hard drive worth thousands more?
The answer is no. There needs to be a realistic reason for a Mac Pro to exist.
So maybe Apple waits till the M3, when they can do a quad chip design and really do an insane machine, and they go for an iMac Pro right now. I would be dissapointed, but not surprised. Mainly disappointment because I would love to move to 32 inch monitors for my next machine.
If only it didn’t look like the next MacPro is probably a year away, meaning that Apple won’t be making it’s pledge to move everything to Apple Silicon in the next year.
