https://eshop.macsales.com/blog/96475-upgrade-macos-15-sequoia-softraid-8-3/?utm_source=diglloyd&utm_content=a%7Ediglloyd%40blog_2024_20240916_1100_OWCBlog_macOSSequoia_WhyRAIDStorageUsersShouldUpgradeToMacOSSonoma Honestly SoftRaid is usually the reason I have to wait on a MacOS upgrade, but having it actually fix SoftRaid issues that is amazing, and I was able to upgrade on day one.
From Andrew Cunningham, his annual coverage of the annual Mac OS Release is always a must read to really get to know the new OS. This is always the best post about the OS that you will read! It is a must read. I am not working right now cause I am taking care of our baby, so I upgraded (mainly because of SoftRaid working), and honestly it is a pretty impressive OS so far. My biggest complaint has to do with iPhone Mirroring. If you want to automatically log into your phone, it automatically sets the sleep to having to enter your password every time you login, which I don’t want on my computer at home. The work around is to use an Apple Watch to automatically login. The problem is my Apple Watch 5 side button has frozen up, so I can’t use it for quick logins (or to ring the location of my iPhone)., though it does let me login.
https://youtu.be/Y3AFCvZ-epA Great video, but once again he skips over my favorite new feature the Color Slice tool, which is DaVinci’s answer to the recent Color DCTL’s. And love that the edit page has been added to the iPad version as I am not as much a cut page user.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr0IcwiQ_IM&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Ffstoppers.com%2F&source_ve_path=Mjg2NjY Another great look at a photoshop Tool.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02-iXjHkty4&t=9s I will have to take a look at the parametric curve, though I mostly try and use DaVinci for Color Correction now. Also updates to GEO and Particular.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7R2PjxxWnY It looks like this one is mostly focused on 3D features. Which is great, as I hope the 3D gets better and better. And 33 new Animation Presets. And like Premiere we get the more contextual Properties Panel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYibtc_dfls And a little more depth on the updated context sensitive Properties Panel that lets you make some changes to multiple clips at once (which is so very exciting). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PJKQ4FPY9w The color management system is very exciting, and I glad Premiere will take an active role in your color management much like DaVinci Resolve's Color Managed or ACES workflows, though I do hope it works better than the ARRI AMIRA plug in that was forced on us so long ago. You can actually read about the Color Management System in the user manual from the previous August 16th, 2024 update, though the manual does not seem to have been updated to the latest and new Properties panel. And any ProRES acceleration is always welcome, always! I just want some Black Magic acceleration as well!
MacRumors forums macOS Sequoia Working and Non-Working Apps. Looks like the latest Creative Suite currently works, but DaVinci does not, which is not good. And no word on SoftRaid which is honestly my most important software. Honestly this is always the best place to check, though I do find that specific video editing software isn't always the real focus here.
I so agree with this because I started my editing career working from home, then mostly had to work in offices, and finally got to work at home again with the pandemic. And if I had my choice I would never work anyplace but home again. Beth Mole at Ars Technica has this great article on it, and maybe it will change some minds that it doesn’t improve companies value so maybe companies can downsize office space. Amazing that companies performing worse enforce return to office more, and ones where the CEO had more power.
So worth a a read, FREE REGISTRATION REQUIRED, check it out at CUT/DAILY. Always interesting to hear from someone who worked for Walter Murch and has gone on to have such a distinguished career editing and directing documentaries.