If you own or are thinking about purchasing a new M-powered Mac model – whether a MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, iMac, Mac Mini, or beyond – you have a beast of a video editing machine on your hands. And as a videographer and editor that uses Final Cut Pro X, editing on an M1 or M2 Mac is a dream compared to the experience I used to regularly deal with on my former Intel-based Macs.
However, it only takes a bad decision or two or a few key settings that can turn those dreams into nightmares, as I’m now utilizing many different settings and setup choices to improve my editing workflow than I did with my previous Macs, and a number of default FCPX settings can be confusing or unintentionally trip folks up if you’re not careful.
In this tutorial, I’ll cover 5 key editing workflow tips that I’ve made use of for both saving space and editing fast with my M-powered MacBook Pro, and why you may want to consider these tips as well. While I myself own an M2 Max MacBook Pro 16 inch model,…