Honestly not sure what I'll use the macbook for in the long run, likely for web development and after effects but I want a future proof laptop that can handle the advancement of AI and can serve me for at least 3 years.

I was gifted a macbook for my birthday to use logic pro in my studio. i found out that my Macbook cant download it because it is MacOS monterey version 12.7.6 and need 13.5 to download it. is there anyway i can upgrade a part in my macbook to allow it to update to get logic pro? D

I’m currently using mx 3

I’ve been having battery issues for the he past month. I took it to a fruit fixer for a new battery almost a year ago (and I don’t think they actually changed it out). The past month the mbp would just die while having plenty of battery percentage left but I could usually just boot it back up and while it was plugged in (sometimes saying 1% battery) I even though it had more than 50% when it shut down. I did the SMC reset but it didn’t really do anything. Please help!!! It has all of my information I need for work, school, and life.

Just a fact that come to my mind when I looked at the 2024 14inch macbook, the price is good and competitive (compare to similar performance ship's laptop - intel lunar lake and amd hx 300 series)!

Like in 2021, the 14inch was 2699$CA and I had to search my ass of to find a used one with AppleCare+ at 2000$CA!

And now the 2024 model is 2099$CA with better specs.

That's all I had to say.

To stick with the BIN 16-inch M3 Pro until the M6, which apparently is rumored to have a re-design. I bought the 16-inch today from Bestbuy where they had an insane open box deal, practically brand new.

Enjoy the M4's everyone.

Hi everybody,

I’m planning on buying the MacBook Pro M4 Pro Chip with 14‑Core CPU, 20‑Core GPU AND with 48GB in a German Apple Store (physical).

I can’t order it online and can only buy it in store. If I configure the machine online it says it would be available in the store on 14th November.

My question: Can I just go to the Apple Store and buy it without preordering or ordering it? (Especially the 48GB version). I mean are they are going to have a stock of these at the store (beginning on 14th November?)

Sorry if this specific comparison has been asked before. I searched through the sub, but couldn’t find anything. I currently have the air 2020 i3 and am looking to upgrade to either the pro m3 or pro m4. I use my laptop primarily for video editing (work), digital art (hobby), and the basic, daily things (emails, web surfing, Netflix, etc.). I use programs such as adobe, clip studio paint, and also keep a lot of tabs open which my 2020 air absolutely cannot handle. Would jumping from an i3 air to M3 pro be sufficient? Or should I just purchase the newest M4 pro since the prices for both are the same where I am? Thank you in advance

Some backstory.. I bought my current 2015 MBP used in 2017 for about $1400. Mainly bought it to run a 4K 40in monitor with dedicated graphics (Radeon, not the integrated Iris) and because I didn’t want to carry around a bunch of adapters because of the switch to USB-C.

I love my 2015 MBP— the thing has been a beast. However new software is starting to take its toll, the machine is running hot and is getting slow when having multiple tabs open in Chrome. I’ve disabled spotlight to free up CPU which bought me about another year, but alas, it is time to upgrade.

So I’ve been out of the game for a while and have no clue about the new Apple chips and graphics. But basically I’m looking to buy a 2-3yr used MBP and am looking for some help in which model/spec to buy.

Thanks All!

Went through much deliberation but we pulled the trigger. Let's go!

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Is there any knowledge yet when stores will have stock of the new MBPs? Right now if trying to purchase one online it won't ship until November 27th? Trying to see if there will be any hope to buy one in-stores earlier.

i have only ever used HP laptops for a few word docs here and there, never really heavy duty work. however i am starting university soon and going to be studying business economics and considering buying a 13” m3 mba 16gb ram 512gb storage for $1,299. i anticipate to be using my mac in uni a lot, as well as doing occasional video editing through a bootlegged (im broke) version of final cut pro or adobe. any opinions or ideas as to if this is a good idea?

i looked into buying an m1 pro mbp considering how many people love the mbp and the m1 is still thoroughly well loved but none available at the apple refurbed store or even resellers :( ALSO looked for the m2 pro mbp but nope. i did find a m3 pro mbp 16gb ram 512gb storage for $1,529 at the apple refurbished store though. sooo …. confused 😅

please help a fella out !

I’m a grad student in the US and I need to get a new laptop. There’s nothing really wrong with it but it doesn’t have the computing power that I need. It starts wheezing and when I’m running multiple programs or have one too many tabs open.

In contrast, for work I’ve been using a 2021 M1 and it was amazing. Never made a peep! It could handle everything.

I’m on a budget so I’m not sure if I should preorder the newest M4 or settle for a cheaper M2 or M3. Not sure about the Pro vs Pro Max parts but hoping for guidance.

I’d love to spend as little as possible for something durable but I’m willing to go up to $1800. Ideally $1400 would make me happy. Thanks!

Want a multi port charger with at least one port outputting 140w to charge my MacBook 16 inch. The other ports can have whatever output.

I found UGreen Nexode X 160w but read about it overheating. Any other suggestions?

heard about lunar and vivid but also saw posts that it crashes m1 macs. is there a brighness app thats considered the best and stable for m1max macs? and that lets me adjust the brightness level to any level between 500nts to 1600nts?

Im a videographer & photographer who switched to custom built PC when I killed my (2009) MacBookpro in 2016… now that it seems MacBookpro are up to snuff for my type of video editing workflow, I want to switch back to the apple ecosystem. 🤝🏼

My first thought is to just max everything out, but it’s costing out at 6 grand ish… LOL. I’m hoping to get something a little more affordable with specs that will support 6k and 8k raw video editing workflow… in premiere...😅

Budget is realistically sub 4k… but bonus points for something under 3.5!

Looking for a little help, thanks yall!

Hi all,

I am currently a college student and am looking to upgrade my current laptop, as it is a gaming laptop and only gets about two hours of battery life, while also having a gigantic brick of a power supply, and I just don't want to deal with that anymore. That said, I am wanting to still be able to play games on my new MacBook, while having the battery life I need to get me through a typical college day.

I know MacBooks are not designed with gaming in mind, and that's fine, I don't need to be running them at 4k120, it just needs to be playable on an external monitor, and I have verified the games I play do have MacOS native versions, so that won't be a problem either. So, my question is: should I get the base M4 Max 14 inch, or would the M4 Pro 14 core be more than enough? My goal is to not spend the extra money on the Max if it's not going to make much of a difference in this use case, since I know the Max really excels more with loads such as video rendering, editing, etc., which I don't do.

Thanks

I've had a m3 13.6 base model but sold it. Were looking to purchase the m4 in a basemodell but my eye sight isn't the best anymore and looked and the 13.6 air it's just under 1 cm vs the macbook pro m4. Would have loved a 15 inch mbp instead. The 16 inch to big to carry around. But I wq t to ha e pro motion and the better speakers. Don't really care for more ports either. But a MBA 13.6 M3 with 16/512 costs almost 1900$ here and the M4 MBP costs 2100$ so it's just 200$ more for the pro version. Better cpu and better gpu also and of course better screen and also some more things is better on the pro. Just ordered my first glasses so i should be fine withe a smaller screen so is it worth picking up the m4 mbp instead of an air m3 again

Been using my Macbook Pro 14 and 16 inch M1 from 2021 and very happy with it so far.

Both are 16GB RAM and M1 chip.

But since its been 3 years and I had 3 struggles, I decided to go ahead and pay for this new 2024 MBP. with the last best M4 Max with 64GB RAM.

Issues were :

1. Both of my 2021 14 and 16 inch have 512GB SSD and it always runs out while Im editing on FCPX during my travel, as I hate cables tangling out from external drives

2. I shoot all of my videos everyday at 4K60fps 10 bit on my sony a7s3 - and it takes a lot of time to render those videos, as all of the videos are always 25-30 mins long

3. Everyday for my youtube videos and courses chapters, I have to screen record close to 1 hour videos and it takes almost more than 90 minutes to render those screen record video at 4K60fps.

So, to save on all 3 three fronts, I decided to pull the trigger.

I hope the time gets saved by 70-80% now! I HOPE!!!

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Currently rocking an M1 Pro 16" baseline. I have a family member who works at the Apple store and has a family discount.

I'm looking at upgrading to a 16" M4 Pro with 512GB storage. I'm unsure whether to upgrade the RAM to 48GB or go for a 1TB SSD.

Moving to either of these models will cost the following:

• 16" M4 Pro 512GB with 48GB RAM - £1,166.27
• 16" M4 Pro 1TB with 24GB RAM - £1,020

This is assuming I will get roughly £950 for my current model, as that's what they've been going for on eBay.
I run Docker, VS Code, Chrome. I mainly play Football Manager but that's not much of intense game for the Mac to handle. I'm looking at getting to Xcode long term goal for myself.

I have a 14" MBP M1 Pro 16gb 512gb Late 2021 and with the new M4 coming out soon I was thinking of getting a good deal on an M3. I'm a product designer by trade so I don't need crazy video production specs but I still need good specs to handle all of the open tabs, browsers, and design software that I use. I saw Best Buy had an M3 Pro 18gb for 1,699 with an "up to $640" trade-in on my device. B&H Photo was offering even more on trade-in potentially.

I guess what it comes down to is...how much of a performance lift do you think I'll see going from M1 Pro 16gb to M3 Pro 18gb? If there's anywhere things get bogged down it's memory sometimes so I would kind of like to go 36gb of memory but that pushes the prices up quite a bit. Just curious with this new Apple Silicone if memory is as crucial as it once was. But I don't feel like it's worth upgrading for just a 10-15% boost in performance either...

Thanks for any insights!

After looking at multiple posts in this subreddit, it seems like this model has the worst battery. People are getting under 10 hours with this model.

Can anyone share their experience if they own this model?

Thanks

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I'm an AI major and I got the 16 inch M4 Macbook pro 48GB unified memory M4 pro 14 core CPU with 1 TB storage. I will be programming a lot a lot on it and I would greatly appreciate any advice you have on what applications/programs (especially browsers) I should download for optimal workflow and customizability. I am very used to VSCode and would like to continue using it but I have also heard very good things about Zed. I would also appreciate it if you could give me advice on how best to rice the shit out of it (as much as possible I know that MacOS isn't the best for customizing but I would like to do it as much as possible)

Also any suggestion on carrying sleeves would be appreciated

Edit: I also forgot to ask if you think it would be a good idea to get a case or a dbrand? or something else?