You can CUT on a Mac. Copy the file (command+c) then paste it using option+command+v and it will delete the file on its original location.

Most important: 1. In System Preferences under Software Update uncheck "automatic Updates". 2. Never go for the latest updates (major updates). Hold back until the 3rd part devs give green light for their plugins to work correctly with the latest macOS. Have fun!🙂

I had a 2014 Mac Pro desktop (trashcan). In 2019 it crapped out so I took it to the Apple store to be fixed. They tried a number of replacement parts and fixes over several visits (the first visit costing me $750aus in parts) but the problem was never resolved. The Trashcan was 4 years out of warranty but Apple kept trying to fix it for no cost after failing the first time which was great but in the end, they finally gave up on it ever working... and then they did something remarkable. They replaced my dead out of warranty 5yr old trashcan with the latest iteration of the Mac Pro series, the updated 2019 model. The 2019 Mac Pro is worth almost 3 times the price of what the Trashcan cost me here in Aus. Apple had a courier drop off my new Mac Pro to my door a few days later and its been killing it ever since. Apple user for life here.

Finally! Congrats for the transition

Did you know the Ultra models have two Thunderbolt 4 ports on the front of the Mac Studio as well? So you also have 6 TB4 ports :) and a copper heatsink instead of a aluminum one!

Recently switched myself, and you can Cut on Mac! Instead of Pasting with Cmd + V, push Option + Cmd + V

If apple priced their products competitively then there would be no Pc vs Mac fan boys. Used PC for 15 years before switching to mac for 13 years. Couldn’t imagine going back. Great video discussion/review. Welcome to the club mate.

I'm switching also.

The only (but not the least, the first) thing to consider is the price (especially the big difference of upgraded ram and ssd). In Italy costs even more than United States due to added taxes.

I switched from pc to mac about 10 years ago. Nothing wrong with either. For music production it made more sense for me.

Hi David, An interesting video. I'm very pleased that your switch to Mac has been so rewarding. I have been a Mac user for 30 years and have never looked back. The one thing I wanted to do was allay your fears about upgrades to OS. My current machine is a 2014 iMac, ten years old (so in tech terms, ANCIENT!) but, like yours, specced to the hilt. I have gone as far as I can with the OS for my processor and am currently running the equally aged Catalina - I can't go any further - but everything still works! It is only now that I am getting messages from one or two apps telling me I ought to upgrade my OS, but if I'm working in the box, there's no problem. The point is that your machine is an absolute beast, nicely future-proof, and your current OS will last you a very long time. I know each new OS comes with fancy features, but don't be intimidated; you won't NEED to change for years. Thanks for a great channel. All the best.

Good for you! I switched about 12 years ago or so and never looked back. I'm in the IT field and the revelation there was I working on an older Mac developing an application and it had 4gb ram and it worked, and it was old at the time, but it worked maybe better than the a same spec older pc with 8gb of ram. That thing I developed on that machine has generated at least $200M for my company (not me). I have many Macs now, and you'll find that firing up a new and doing is a dream. If you do the thunderbolt transfer to the new machine, all your stuff is there and installed and the only problem is getting the licenses authorized, and it takes maybe a couple hours top to bottom. Regarding the hard drive prices, those drives are blazing fast. Like you might be getting 7TB transfer speeds on that internal drive, and good luck buying that and having it work with external drives. It's a bit of the same experience with their displays, like boy are they expensive to what you think you are comparing them too, , but they are kick ass. Regardless, good for you, and I hope the machine blows you away trouble free for a long time (I'm sure it will).

I'm a life long PC guy. I've got some music production friends work on Macs, so I have a little experience on them. At one of my audio jobs they got a new Mac M1. For such a tiny(form factor?) computer I'm really impressed with how fast it is. The Mac os just like iphones, could be considered smoother and more efficient with CPU usage. I've only seen one M2 Studio in person, and it's a true silent monster!! I don't own a studio or work at a purely professional level. So investing this much into a system isn't feasible. However!, I'm seriously bummed to hear the new intel CPUs and chipsets are causing problems. I'll be needing to build a new system at some point soon. I'm curious if there's a reason why AMD is not an option for PC audio production??. I know they're popular with gamers....I've never used them. Intel has some serious damage control to do, and some catching up with Mac!

Any way to use pcIe uad cards on mac ?

i just got a new m2 mac and the fan is dead quiet, LOVE IT. even the base mini is pretty snappy for small projects

also if your doing brig transfers sometimes its faster to just clone the drive in disk utility vs coping from one drive to the other

Great choice !!! I bought my first computer in 2000, a Mac titanium laptop, and then bought the first version of the ProTools MBox. In 2022, I bought the Mac Studio M1 Ultra, and now have the ProTools MBox Studio. I make a new video every week, composing, playing, recording, mixing, etc. The Mac never kicks its fans up to a higher speed and is silent as a sleeping mouse. I am sure you will enjoy your new Mac !! Thanks for your excellent videos and great advice !!! Que va piano va sano y lontano!!!

"Let's face it, there's no competition'.. 'nuff said 🎯

Apple was not immune to similar fuckups with their macbook pros a few years ago. New processors saved their ass.

I also made the switch, recently. I was 24 years in windows audio and got a Mac system in April. The hassle of the drivers is a lot more minimized. I’m not quite as fast as I am in Windows yet, but I’m not running blind either. It feels more “stable”. You can work a bit more confidently with lower chances of a crash. Also, now I have the option of finally getting the McDsp APB.

Finally! Welcome and Congratz!❤

Welcome to the family! I made the switch back in 2011 when I was still a network engineer. I always had problems with my Windows machines. The learning curve for the switch was fast. The problem with the hot processing was due to the older processor architecture. Even Macs had that problem with Intel processors. But then came the M1, and that was a whole different ballgame. Based on ARM processor architecture, every part works with efficiency, so you get the full package, and it delivers. Funny thing, ARM is coming to PCs again! While ARM processors have been implemented in PCs before-like in Chromebooks and the Microsoft Surface Pro X-the M1 has shown just how powerful and efficient ARM-based computing can be.

I switched about a year ago & its been amazing!! You can also customize the shortcuts 😁 have fun...

Been waiting for something like this.. Thanks!

Hey David! My heart goes out to you man! I don’t have the set up you do by a long shot, but the frustrations (insert your own phrase) no matter what level, we all have our ups and downs with gear. If there’s anything positive about it, it’s that you find the community (eventually) that gets us to the next gear. Rock on!

Storage is a huge issue with Macs today .

Thanks for the interesting story and sharing your experiences. I changed from PC to a Mac some month ago. I also had to spend some money. But now sometime later, I’m not regretting it. I also had to learn the Mac OS workflow, since it’s in some aspects it’s way different to a PC. But now I like the Mac a lot. Just works, is very fast and very reliable. For me there is no way back. And by the way, big thanks again: I appreciate it a lot that I can learn so much from you in your videos about mixing mastering. Also, your way of explaining things and your pronunciation is very good. Important for me, cause I’m not a native English speaking person. But with you, I understand every single word, merci!

Welcome to the club, brother! I think you are really going to like it once you are used to it! I'm not trying to slight Windows at all... I know there are many people who do great work on that platform, but I have found that for ME... it's much easier for me to deal with any issues if things go wrong... and I just click with the OS much more. I've also found that often times the Mac version of a particular DAW just seems more stable. ENJOY!!!

I've built PC's since the late 90's and quit after ~2018 after buying a used 2013 MBP to try out ($600) Now I run like five M1/2's for video and music. Never building a computer again. No advantage anymore. Mac's are truly plug and play.

Great video, thanks

Hi David .Im thinking of getting the Mac studio .Im curious, what r the specs on the your mac and what monitor will u connect to it.Thanks Uri

No comparison one is a proper computer running a stable OS the other is gaming toy that looks like a Christmas tree and sounds like a hovercraft

Got the Mac Studio M2 Max Chip & Have the same DigiCal hub & I have had it for a few months now and is running much better than my MacBook Pro 💻 BigUps for the Switch but the Storage & Memory space you have is way more than what I have though! All the Best with the new setup 👑👊🏿✊🏿✌🏿👑

Interesting vid. Thanks.

plan on switching soon also trev drop that magic app bro 😂😂😂

You probably render these videos a lot faster than before too, so I am sure that is a big time saver for you now!

Welcome on Mac! Happy to having always worked on it for everything I do - not just music

I began a slow switch the beginning of this year... within a few weeks, my overbuilt PC got kicked out the room! My PC laptop was almost unusable when trying to work on a project. I'm standing by for the updated Mac Studio to release, but this M3 Max-equipped MBP is a beast!

Why update the OS in studio enviroment? For better Wallpapers, A.I. Mail response, etc..? As you said, you use the studio computer only for ProTools.

D, get into using Notes on your Mac. You can screenshot and paste mix info into folders. I have a ton of notes from pro's etc. All that is backed up automatically to the cloud.

This video is very much needed right now. Many music producers, engineers and studios are switching from Windows to Mac. Your insight and experience will come in handy. I am currently using Windows 11 in my studio, and I am planning to buy a Mac Studio. I hope my transition will go smoothly. The video was great, but you repeated your statements several times, especially at the end of the video. I'd shorten it down a little. It felt a bit redundant. Overall, it was an informative video man!

at the radio studio where I have working for 20+ yrs, we were on Mac, from a 3.1 power PC, that was only the recording unit on the 8 logic, everything was analogue equipment, to the latest update a couple of years ago the M1 mac mini which for our radio projects is more than enough. now I have a studio full of equipment covered with dust because plugins are so powerful and so easy to use. but I remember my mate's studio problems with windows. he was always messing with the system going slower and slower with time, due to registry faults that are accumulating over time, also the second problem was the viruses, almost to panic. every client came with its own USB stick that he was running through a laptop with one antivirus, then to another PC with another antivirus before plugging it into his working machine. he was reinstalling the whole system several times a year because it was impossible to use until he got pissed, and got the Mac OS Leopard!!!!! installed on his PC, then sometime later bought his own first Mac. old times stories but stick to the topic...)))) congrats on the transition!!!

Thanks for the information

Glad I’m not alone in this! I too recently went full hog on a windows rig for music production in Cubase and I just kept getting issue after issue after cpu spike crackle etc etc. switched to m3 max MacBook Pro and the Mac COMPLETELY outclasses my brand new *theoretically* more powerful windows rig. Especially stability wise. I also had ridiculous usb issues like you which were instantly solved by Mac. Oh and also the complete silence of the Mac compared to idle fans on my windows rig still sounding like a small generator in the corner of the room.

13900KS has been steady so far on win 10. Going to use this as long as win 10 works.

I’m so happy for you!

Been Mac with music + Logic since 2007...It's super convenient for everything music related and makes getting ideas out of your head and recorded as fast and easy as possible. Also, everything just seems plug n play with Mac...at least within Logic...hardware or software...it just works.

Since you've switched to Mac now, would you consider getting the APB 16 for your current setup?

When I got Pro Tools LE twenty some years ago, I bought a Sony Vaio to run it. I returned that computer in less than a day and bought a G4. I've never looked back.

I really love your channel. I have been sending people here for years. You are the best bro. Big ups from Eugene, Oregon.

Awesome! I switched when the m1 mini with 16 ram came out, and I really love it. Plug, and play. As long as everything is compatible it works great for music production. Im still working on it. Now I have been having to bounce to audio as my projects are pretty huge 4 years later. i can also recommend a anker thunderbolt dock. The owc you showed in other video should be great also.

Did you try the tb2/3 to tb4 adapters or are they not feasible?

I was waiting for this after ur video about the thunderbolt compatibility video.

Hi, What Thunderbolt version is your motu 16A Card?

I'm surprised you took so long!You deserve the best if the best, my friend! Welcomed!

I did something similar only I built my PC 3 years ago and a few weeks ago decided to switch to an MBP. Loving it so far, everything is smooth and I have not been able to push it hard enough for the fans to kick in so it's dead silent in the studio.

Been a Mc user for years and years. Never had any real problem with OS upgrades, just make sure you subscribe to newsletters for your plugins and watch out for companies giving a heads-up when there might be an issue. No big deal.

Planning on switching too. I am dealing with the same USB issues as I have so many peripherals connected. Just waiting for the M4 Pro and M4 Max chips which are coming in the fall apparently.

I empathise. I switched back in 2002 when OSX first came out. I took one look at it and decided instantly that it would be worth it. One week later, I knew more about the Unix architecture than I even did about Windows or DOS. Never looked back. Given the size of your studio, this seems to have gone pretty well : )

I switched to a Mac Studio in March and minus a few vsts I have to boot the old ball and chain up for from some old sessions, I"m never going back.

Very interesting 👍 Do you use your MOTU, with usb, thunderbolt or AVB network? AVB network is native on Mac 😜

You have saved me quite a bit of money, thank you so much!!

Congratulations David, it's a smart decision when dealing with audio for all the reasons you've mentioned....

thanks for this, you and DOm made the transition recently and you both are the only influencers I really trust, so my way to the mac here I go again......

How'd you deal with the filesystem compatibility? I assume your existing drives with all your data were all NTFS, which you can't write to on macOS.

I’m having my backup harddrives replaced with NVMe4.0 M2 drives running in raid 2 so I have fast and very safe backups now. Still running on a Mac Mini but everything works flawlessly. I was thinking about building a new pc but after rebuilding a pc for my daughter I think I will stay on Mac for now, the whole Windows setup and drivers is a pain in the ass. 😊

the mac studio has a known problem with USB A ports , yesterday my ilok stopped working because the mac decided to stop giving power to the usb , its a voltage issue so i decided to get a usb hub with an external power 12v

Congrats on the switch. Looks like a few people mentioned this, but you can use command option V to move whatever you want to whatever location you are focused on.

Welcome my dear brother, I build PC’s and work as an audio engineer and the exact same thing happened to me 13 years ago…

I got the Mac Studio - straight fire 🔥

RISC vs CISC it's a no brainer for noise and power consumption.

One good tip is to lag one full OS version behind before upgrading, or at heast few point releases behind if not forced to upgrade 👍

Definitely you're right with Mac Studio. For big(ger) projects a Mac Studio Ultra may be the best choice. But for most people a Mac Studio with a mMax processor will be great. It's incredible what even my Macbook Air with 24gb Ram can handle... My windows Main Studio PC is only here, because there was no good deal on Mac Studio that time - and I wanted to build (DiY) some things...and maybe upgrade the Ram/graphics for DeepLearning things...but the haters will always hate and I always try to show what are the best things in both worlds - for some musicians/creators maybe the freeware situation is still an advantage + upgrading paths...(what really isn't necessary when having the "right amount" of Mac Studio - its awesome what raw power and efficiency comes with Apple Silicon)

As mentioned by other commenters, the safest bet in regards to OS updates is to leave it at least a version behind; it can often take some software (and/or hardware) developers up to 10 months to catch up to a new Mac OS. When I was running both a Mac and a Windows computer simultaneously, my saving grace for transferring and backing up files on external hard drives were a couple of programs from Paragon Software -- NTFS for Mac, and HFS+ for Windows (plus a version for the older Mac filing system). These enabled me to easily mount drives, regardless of how they were formatted, on either OS and seamlessly use them as normal. Always made switching computers a breeze.

Is the PC build video still up?

Welcome to the brighter side of computer force! I made a switch 10 or so years ago after making my windows laptop a hackintosh. It gave me over 25% performance boost on literally the same hardware so there were no other choice for me ;) since then - no computer issues at all! BTW have you consider a NAS server to handle storage instead of all that external hard drives? it is in general a much more reliable solution

Congrats on migrating on Mac, Dave! I rarely use my M1 Air 16 (I am 20+ years on Mac's). Unfortunatelly I can't play games and train AI on Mac. And that "old" firewire devices definetely will not work on M1/2/3 type processor. Also my M1 Air has no HDMI or DisplayPort so I use Type C HUB with HDMI to connect it to my monitors (and I can't connect it to my 3 monitors), interesting how Mac Studio behaves with 3 monitors. Also lack of ability to upgrade Mac is frustrating. So I am still on PC for 1-2 years but time will tell, may be I will switch to Apple.

Given that you love the Cmd+Space shortcut - which I also use 500x a day - it's good to know that sometimes Mac's go a bit crazy with the indexing of the spotlight search. My Mac has on several occasions gotten stuck in some kind of indexing frenzy where it eats up 90% of CPU power permanently while trying to index your hard drive, and one one occasion it literally forgot everything. Both times the answer is to Google how to shut down and reset the spotlight indexing and it fixed it. Good to keep in mind if your machine at any point feels like it's losing power and you're not running any software.. it might be the spotlight going ga-ga.

I've been using exactly the same machine you have with PT Ultimate HDX and AVID chassis. That thing is a beast.

First of all: Best of luck and may it NEVER fail you! Love your content! Once you start using AirDrop there's no going back.... Just like time evolved with PC vs Mac issues now it's iPhone vs Android. I think for your business it now makes even more sense to go to iPhone because you can do your videos with superior quality on your phone and edit them and render them BLAZING fast on your M2. I have been on the Mac platform for almost 20 years - everything you said is very true but I would make sure the backups are being made very regularly. The biggest problem with the closed platform nowadays is that ALL of your data on the Mac (laptop or mini/studio) is encrypted by a dedicated chip. If that fails - the data is gone. Replacements outside of the warranty are ludicrous for those issues so they kinda force you to pay for additional coverage... All the best!

Hello David. Great to hear you made the jump to Mac 🖥️!! All the things you said in this video are the reasons I use Mac for many years now. What’s also a benefit of Mac (and MacOS) compared to a Windows desktop pc, is the native integration of CoreAudio and CoreMIDI. This means (for most external gear) that you don’t need to install a driver (you can do it if you want, but it isn’t necessary), and any external equipment related to music production just works right out of the box. Plug and play so to speak. And thanks to CoreAudio and CoreMIDI, the latency on Mac is extremely low. About the SSD upgrade from 1TB to 4TB; yes, $1000 is a lot of money for just 3TB more storage but I can tell you that the SSD in Mac Studio M2 Ultra is faster than any Windows equivalent available. The SSD hashes 29GB/s (!!), while the fastest 8-blade 16-lane PCIe SSD can deliver around 20GB/s. So it’s roughly 50% faster than any SSD available for Windows desktops. Also, because the M2 Ultra chip is a SoC (System-on-a-Chip), every component is stacked in the same package (CPU, GPU, SSD, Neural Engine, I/O and so on). So if we take a look at the RAM (your Mac Studio has 128GB), it is running at a staggering 800GB/s. The reason that this Mac is so silent and ridiculous powerful is because Apple designs their own architecture inside an ARM licensed system. ARM delivers high performance with low power usage. Besides the fact that the M2 Ultra blows any competitor out of the water, it does it with only a fraction of the power that is required to run the machine compared to an Intel chip. The Apple eco system is lovely. I own an iMac, iPhone and iPad Pro. I can recommend an iPad Pro. Why? You can download the app Pro Tools Sketch for free from the App Store, login with your Pro Tools credentials and you can sketch out ideas very quickly no matter where you are. And the best thing is that you can import the idea you made on iPad Pro right into Pro Tools on Mac. It’s amazing. I’m planning a video about Pro Tools Sketch for iPad Pro that I will upload to my channel (hopefully this month). Although I don’t use Pro Tools on Mac anymore (Logic Pro is my most used DAW of choice), Pro Tools Sketch on iPad Pro is quite amazing. Especially considering that it is a free app with no in app purchases and also no ads. I own the iPad Pro with the new M4 chip. This device is beyond amazing and you can use it also as an extra monitor for your Mac Studio with the use of SideCar. Great 👍 video and you’ve made a great choice David!!

I was a hardcore Windowssystem user for all of my PC-life. Build every Tower my own. Working on the creative side of things (Graphics, music and cutting). I switched. Not one moment of regret! No comparison how smooth things are running. With the ARMs CPUs the tides have changed.

Hello David, to reduce issues with newest OSes on Mac, just stay 2-3 OSes behind the latest one. That way, you’ll be able to work pretty smoothly and install newest plugins and so on, without major problems

What I love about Mac is you turn it on and it……..works.

Nice Impressions 😍

What mouse do you use?

i hope this is a wake up call for intel and they finally start innovating like they used to from the days of the 2600k

It looks like there is a known stability problem with the 13th & 14th generation i7 & i9 intel CPU's. Does the Mac studio thunderbolt 4 work with your thunderbolt 2 devices?

About time you switched.

The same copying problems happen in older mac os as well

Switching to Mac years ago was the best thing ever - even a Pc that was spec’d out to be as stable for audio as possible still had all sorts of glitches etc , first Mac noticed all devices immediately and just ran , as others have said , wait or just don’t upgrade the OS untill all your gear is officially supported. It’s not like the next OS will have anything special for Audio .

Well I can't comment to much on this video other than on the Mac side, as I have never used a Windows PC for running Pro Tools (which is the only DAW I've ever used and currently care to use). But I absolutely agree with all that you said about the Mac. I just upgraded from an old iMac to an M1 not long ago and was amazed at the efficiency, speed and noise! Of course I wish I would have paid for a little more SSD, but you just gave me some things to think about to expand all my memory. Thanks bro. And excellent video! Welcome to the Mac world (fyi, I also do not have an i-phone and use a droid with no issues connecting).

Great video. Btw you really nailed it. The premium is not that high these days. But if downtime costs you more than the cost of the machine. Avoiding that is worth the price of admission itself…... they will have 16Tb option on the next gen machine. This option will be an eye watering optional upgrade.

I don’t think I’ve ever heard you swear before haha. You won’t regret the change 🙌

Welcome to the world of we Mac Snobs! lol. I didn’t understand Mac Snobs-until I got one 10.years ago. My only warning might be (for Studio work) is to not rush into the iOS updates immediately.

The best thing on mac is the core audio (Aggregate) and the security. I work on both plataforms but I prefer Mac.

Thank you so much for diving so deeply into your experience! I think I'll be switching to Mac after also using Windows for production for the last 15 years myself.

Thanks for this-, very good to hear your opinion. And in amongst the all of the cogent advice was a deep truth that actually can make sense for those using a PC and that is- get a computer pro to do the build. I remember the same feeling of joy upon getting my first pro-PC build (from a company of actual computer engineers, who Know)- turn it on and it worked. (I use only USB so that Thunderbolt issue, and it is certainly a real issue on PC, hasn't scarred me yet.) Oh, and a current PC build by a righteous company who specializes in audio is in the same price range as that sweet machine you got. Enjoy it. Good note and Peace.

I guess these days PC/Mac are very similar. A few years ago Mac's were in all professional recording and TV/Film editing studios. Macs were without doubt far more user friendly for creative artists and musicians whereas PC's were really for admin, offices, banks, shops, warehouses and accountants. TBH the only time you saw a PC in a pro recording studio it was being used as a wedge to hold the studio door open in summer... 🤣

Bro. You need to configure the new PC in order to work perfectly for real time audio process. It took me weeks to find the right BIOS settings and custom undervolt/overclocking settings. Now my PC is dead silent, no cpu spikes, super stable and can handle 30% more of vsts.