Why are so many people using this as a Homelab? Wouldn't it be much better to just use something from synology or an old PC? Am I missing some nice performance form Macs or is it just the aesthetic (I does look pretty nice)?
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Apple Announces Redesigned Mac Mini With M4 and M4 Pro Chips, Two Front USB-C Ports, and More
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Pay the apple tax to have peace of mind I guess, in your case minimum 512
If a person is using Logic Pro and Final Cut Pro to that degree, why wouldn’t you go for the M4 Pro version anyway?
Sounds like they should’ve pulled the store down for this guy.
iCloud Drive can only reside on the main SSD (apart from the Photos library, that is)
They actually have 2 512GB SD base versions. One for $799 with 16GB RAM and one for $999 with 24GB RAM which is very cool. Now that 16GB is the minimum, you could do another 8GB to future-proof.
Oh I'm considering it, BUT even in my heavy storage use case my M1 (not pro or max) isn't that boggled up (it get so, but considering the generations passed I'd still need to see official benchmarks to decide if I would benefit form the pro ) , so I'm open to whatever. I'm not caught into the "get the max Apple has to offer band wagon", just trying to be realistic on specs.
Yes but files in iCloud Drive, Documents & Desktop can be removed from the SSD and ONLY live in the cloud by right-clicking and clicking Remove Download. This has been a feature for a long time now that some people still don't know about.
What do you mean by Homelab? I have an old gaming PC I use for Unraid For Nextcloud, WebDAV, and Jellyfin. Is that the same thing? If so I agree?
I think M4 Pro with 48gb or 64gb ram is the sweetspot for me… Esp with memory bandwidth upgrade, it will likely scream in anything I throw at it… Light 3d work in blender/Zbrush… 4k editing/illustration/animation…
Do I need it? Currently mental acrobatics on olympic level justifying 48gb ram…. Might go just 24gb M4 pro and it will still murder my 2017 imac pro…
Do I need it? Currently mental acrobatics on olympic level justifying 48gb ram…. Might go just 24gb M4 pro and it will still murder my 2017 imac pro…
Nope, still base M4. The M4 Pro model starts at $1399 for 24GB RAM/512GB SSD. Which is actually $100 more than what the M2 Pro model cost last year.
I'm happy to see that they didn't murder the memory bandwidth on the M4 Pro. I mean, at least is beats the M1 Pro, which, in a massive head-scratcher of a decision, had the M3 Pro lagging behind my old M1 Pro(!!). I'm not in the market yet for $$$ reasons, but at least the M4 generation is looking interesting to me now.
How do you back them up anywhere else if you don’t have a copy locally?
Please don’t tell me iCloud drive is your only back up
It is not the pro. It is just the M4 for $999. The Pro costs $1399.
I still think the main steal is at $599. So cheap.
Like impulse buy cheap.
Edited to add: I don’t know though. Getting an M4 Pro 64GB RAM/512GB SSD for $1999 is actually pretty cheap as well.
Like impulse buy cheap.
Edited to add: I don’t know though. Getting an M4 Pro 64GB RAM/512GB SSD for $1999 is actually pretty cheap as well.
Looks like Dropbox is working on this, using an encrypted external drive. Search for "Dropbox for macOS on File Provider". I use OneDrive because we have a family 365 subscription and I don't see any way around it as of yet. $200 for an extra 256GB is maddening, but expected.
I'll probably have a dongled SSD as well, HDD time machine, etc. Still going to be a mess of cables unlike the pretty pictures in the ads.
I paid a lot more than that about a year ago b/c I couldn't wait any longer to upgrade, M1 with 8GB was useless with lots of apps open. Probably over double once I convert from AUD to USD.Heck Safari still freezes my M2 with 16 GB three times a day!
Yeah, exactly. IMO its better to offload any heavy lifting to PC/Linux and use Mac as the head/monitoring if you want.
That's where Optimize Mac Storage comes in clutch.
Yes and no. I have a 2nd 2TB Thunderbolt drive that the files go on first before they go into iCloud. But my lesser-needed files just reside in iCloud. I have never had any issues with iCloud but I make sure all my important files are just in the iCloud Drive part and under their own folders. There are still a lot of people that don't understand (I see it on Reddit all the time) iCloud is 2 services in one, it's a sync and backup service but it's also a true cloud service. I see comments on Reddit all the time that iCloud is just a sync and backup service and always have to comment and say not true, the iCloud Drive folder is the true cloud part...
I just pulled the trigger on the £999 top M4 model. I don’t do video editing or traditional ‘heavy lifting’ apps, so one could argue that an M4 Pro would be over spec’s for my productivity/office based needs.
RAM and SSD upgrade costs do smart a little, but this is to replace my 2017 MacBook Pro!
Yeah even on windows you can log into iCloud.com and get your files. Good point.
Base model will be a nice device for a homecloud with DAS and plex etc.