Considering buying a Macbook Air to replace Macbook Pro 16” 2019

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Considering buying a Macbook Air to replace Macbook Pro 16” 2019

Good evening,

I use my Macbook Pro 2019 16” mainly to do some basic 4K editing eith FCPX. I have 16GB of RAM and 512 SSD. I was thinking to get the new Macbook Air with M1 Chip, 16GB of Ram and 1TB SSD. I find that my Pro is crashing all the time with Final Cut and I was reading theat the M1 chip outperforms the Intel chip.

I know I will lose in ports and screen size but I can live with that.

Thank you in advance for your input dear community.

MacBook Air (2020 or later)

Posted on Jan 8, 2022 7:46 PM

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Answer 1

steve359

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Jan 8, 2022 8:44 PM in response to DJBiggystyle

Before you lay out money, try etrecheck (https://etrecheck.com). The creator is a senior contributor who made this to detect issues with hardware, MacOS and even some things you might have forgotten you installed (just saying ...).

There is a trick to posting the report, which I am ashamed to admit I do not know ... someone else knows and I hope chimes in.

SPEAK OF THE DEVIL: https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-6173

That document tells how to attach down near the bottom.

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Answer 2

Jack-19

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Jan 9, 2022 4:39 AM in response to DJBiggystyle

Sorry, but I am having a hard time reading your report. The formatting is not correct.

Please follow these steps exactly and post your report again: How to use the Add Text Feature When Post… - Apple Community.

Thanks.

Jack

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Answer 3

Axel Foley

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Jan 8, 2022 8:08 PM in response to DJBiggystyle

Does your current 2019 MacBook Pro 16" have the i7 intel processor? It is still a very capable Machine. It is also less than 3 years old. You know, your current machine should be able to hand FCP with ease.

Having said all that, You will see a performance improvement with the M1 MacBook Air 16GB. What I am unsure about is how much performance improvement. If you have the i7 Intel with 16GB and a dedicated Graphics card in your current MacBook Pro, then you may see marginal or no difference using FCP. I also feel that you will miss the screen size real estate with this change (16 vs 13.3).

If you really want to see some noticeable and meaningful improvement then my recommendation is to go with the new 14 inch M1 MacBook Pro and 16GB.

Have you tried putting your current MacBook Pro into recovery mode and reinstalling macOS and other data from scratch? This may resolve your FCP crashing.

Axel F.

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Axel Foley

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Jan 9, 2022 7:27 AM in response to DJBiggystyle

I was able to read the attached report. My recommendation is that you either uninstall the Avast Pro software OR disable it. Then reboot the computer and try checking for performance issues again. Thanks.

Axel F.

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Answer 5

DJBiggystyle Author

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Jan 9, 2022 7:43 AM in response to Axel Foley

Avast was removed and still my Macbook crashes while exporting or even rendering files in FCPX… I think I will wipe my entire Macbook and reinstall Big Sur and FCPXand see where this brings me. I am wondering if my Macbook as a faulty component…

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Answer 6

DJBiggystyle Author

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Jan 9, 2022 4:27 AM in response to steve359

Hello Steve,

Here is the report attached

Etrecheck report

Ericâ s MacBook Pro 2022-01-08 EtreCheckPro version: 6.5.5 (6F024) Report generated: 2022-01-08 10:58:03 Download EtreCheckPro from https://etrecheck.com Runtime: 2:17 Performance: Excellent Problem: Apps are crashing Description: Final Cut Pro crashing Major Issues: Anything that appears on this list needs immediate attention. No Time Machine backup - Time Machine backup not found. Minor Issues: These issues do not need immediate attention but they may indicate future problems or opportunities for improvem ent. Apps with heavy CPU usage - There have been numerous cases of apps with heavy CPU usage. Unsigned files - There are unsigned software files installed. Apple has said that unsigned software will not run by d efault in a future version of the operating system. x86-only Apps - This computer has x86-only apps might not work on future versions of the operating system. Kernel extensions present - This computer has kernel extensions that may not work in the future. Hardware Information: MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019) MacBook Pro Model: MacBookPro16,1 2.6 GHz 6-Core Intel Core i7 (i7-9750H) CPU: 6-core 16 GB RAM - Not upgradeable BANK 0/ChannelA-DIMM0 - 8 GB DDR4 2667 BANK 2/ChannelB-DIMM0 - 8 GB DDR4 2667 Battery: Health = Normal - Cycle count = 147 Video Information: Intel UHD Graphics 630 - VRAM: 1536 MB Color LCD (built-in) 3584 x 2240 AMD Radeon Pro 5300M - VRAM: 4 GB Drives: disk0 - APPLE SSD AP0512N 500.28 GB (Solid State - TRIM: Yes) Internal PCI-Express 8.0 GT/s x4 NVM Express disk0s1 - EFI [EFI] 315 MB disk0s2 [APFS Container] 499.96 GB disk1 [APFS Virtual drive] 499.96 GB (Shared by 6 volumes) disk1s1 - Macintosh HD - Data (APFS) [APFS Virtual drive] (Shared - 155.91 GB used) disk1s2 - Preboot (APFS) [APFS Preboot] (Shared - 280 MB used) disk1s3 - Recovery (APFS) [Recovery] (Shared - 1.10 GB used) disk1s4 - VM (APFS) [APFS VM] (Shared - 20 KB used) disk1s5 (APFS) [APFS Container] (Shared - 15.75 GB used) disk1s5s1 - Macintosh HD (APFS) [APFS Snapshot] (Shared - 15.75 GB used) disk1s6 - Update (APFS) (Shared - 872 KB used) Mounted Volumes: disk1s1 - Macintosh HD - Data [APFS Virtual drive] 499.96 GB (Shared - 155.91 GB used, 355.48 GB available, 326.76 GB free) APFS Page 1 Ericâ s MacBook Pro 2022-01-08 Mount point: /System/Volumes/Data Encrypted disk1s2 - Preboot [APFS Preboot] 499.96 GB (Shared - 280 MB used, 326.76 GB free) APFS Mount point: /System/Volumes/Preboot disk1s4 - VM [APFS VM] 499.96 GB (Shared - 20 KB used, 326.76 GB free) APFS Mount point: /System/Volumes/VM disk1s5s1 - Macintosh HD [APFS Snapshot] 499.96 GB (Shared - 15.75 GB used, 355.48 GB available, 326.76 GB free) APFS Mount point: / Read-only: Yes disk1s6 - Update 499.96 GB (Shared - 872 KB used, 326.76 GB free) APFS Mount point: /System/Volumes/Update Network: Interface en0: Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac Interface bridge0: Thunderbolt Bridge System Software: macOS Monterey 12.1 (21C52) Time since boot: Less than an hour Notifications: Smart Converter Pro 2.app 100 notifications Security: Gatekeeper: App Store and identified developers System Integrity Protection: Enabled Antivirus software: Apple Unsigned Files: Launchd: ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Executable: /Library/Application Support/Adobe/OOBE/PDApp/UWA/UpdaterStartupUtility -mode=scheduled Details: Exact match found in the legitimate list - probably OK Old Applications: 13 x86-only apps Kernel Extensions: /Applications/Wondershare Filmora9.app [Not Loaded] SystemAudioRecorder.kext - com.Perfect.Driver.SystemAudioRecorder (1.1.0 - SDK 10.6) System Launch Daemons: [Not Loaded] 36 Apple tasks Page 2 Ericâ s MacBook Pro 2022-01-08 [Loaded] 199 Apple tasks [Running] 140 Apple tasks [Other] One Apple task System Launch Agents: [Not Loaded] 15 Apple tasks [Loaded] 191 Apple tasks [Running] 143 Apple tasks [Other] One Apple task Launch Daemons: [Loaded] com.adobe.acc.installer.v2.plist (Adobe Inc. - installed 2022-01-02) [Running] com.microsoft.OneDriveStandaloneUpdaterDaemon.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2021-12-21) [Loaded] com.microsoft.OneDriveUpdaterDaemon.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2021-12-21) [Loaded] com.microsoft.autoupdate.helper.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2021-12-21) [Loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensingV2.helper.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2021-12-21) [Loaded] com.microsoft.teams.TeamsUpdaterDaemon.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2021-12-21) Launch Agents: [Loaded] com.adobe.ElementsAutoCreator-18.0.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2022-01-02) [Loaded] com.microsoft.OneDriveStandaloneUpdater.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2021-12-21) [Loaded] com.microsoft.update.agent.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2021-12-21) User Launch Agents: [Loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist (? 0 - installed 2022-01-02) [Loaded] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist (Valve Corporation - installed 2022-01-04) User Login Items: [Not Loaded] Messenger Login Helper (App Store - installed 2021-12-21) Modern Login Item /Applications/Messenger.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/Messenger Login Helper.app [Not Loaded] Launcher Disabler (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2021-12-21) Modern Login Item /Applications/OneDrive.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/Launcher Disabler.app [Not Loaded] OneDrive Launcher (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2021-12-21) Modern Login Item /Applications/OneDrive.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/OneDrive Launcher.app Backup: Time Machine Not Configured! Performance: System Load: 6.52 (1 min ago) 5.10 (5 min ago) 2.32 (15 min ago) Nominal I/O speed: 0.00 MB/s File system: 14.22 seconds Write speed: 2542 MB/s Read speed: 2598 MB/s CPU Usage Snapshot: Type Overall System: 1 % User: 2 % Idle: 98 % Top Processes Snapshot by CPU: Page 3 Ericâ s MacBook Pro 2022-01-08 Process (count) CPU (Source - Location) EtreCheckPro 16.88 % (Etresoft, Inc.) WindowServer 7.06 % (Apple) kernel_task 1.60 % (Apple) bluetoothd 0.28 % (Apple) distnoted (13) 0.06 % (Apple) Top Processes Snapshot by Memory: Process (count) RAM usage (Source - Location) EtreCheckPro 584 MB (Etresoft, Inc.) com.apple.WebKit.WebContent (6) 233 MB (Apple) mds_stores 182 MB (Apple) Mail 149 MB (Apple) MTLCompilerService (8) 146 MB (Apple) Top Processes Snapshot by Network Use: Process Input / Output (Source - Location) com.apple.WebKit.Networking 14 MB / 40 KB (Apple) corespeechd 2 KB / 9 MB (Apple) Mail 554 KB / 39 KB (Apple) mDNSResponder 295 KB / 128 KB (Apple) apsd 44 KB / 84 KB (Apple) Top Processes Snapshot by Energy Use: Process (count) Energy (0-100) (Source - Location) WindowServer 3 (Apple) corebrightnessd 1 (Apple) mDNSResponder 0 (Apple) com.apple.AmbientDisplayAgent 0 (Apple) systemstats (2) 0 (Apple) Virtual Memory Information: Physical RAM: 16 GB Free RAM: 7.09 GB Used RAM: 4.75 GB Cached files: 4.16 GB Available RAM: 11.25 GB Swap Used: 0 B Software Installs (past 60 days): Install Date Name (Version) 2021-12-21 macOS 12.1 (12.1) 2021-12-21 MRTConfigData (1.85) 2021-12-21 XProtectPlistConfigData (2153) 2021-12-21 Avast One (21.2) 2021-12-21 Messenger (134.0) 2021-12-21 Brother iPrint&Scan (9.1.1) 2021-12-21 Pixelmator (3.9.9) 2021-12-21 Music Converter Pro (1.5.6) 2021-12-21 Smart Converter Pro 2 (2.4.2) 2021-12-21 iMovie (10.3.1) 2021-12-21 Microsoft Office (16.56.21121100) 2021-12-21 Microsoft Teams (1.00.429478) 2021-12-23 Final Cut Pro X Supplemental Content (1.0) 2021-12-23 Pro Video Formats (2.2.2) Page 4 Ericâ s MacBook Pro 2022-01-08 2021-12-24 CyberGhost VPN (1.0) 2022-01-06 SupremePlayer (2021.3.3) 2022-01-07 Final Cut Pro (10.6.1) Diagnostics Information (past 7-30 days): 2022-01-08 15:44:49 /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ProxiedDevice-Bridge/ResetCounter-2022-01-08-154449.ip s - Crash 2022-01-08 10:43:48 bluetoothd - Crash Executable: /usr/sbin/bluetoothd Details: bluetoothd: BT XPC PreTimeout simulated crash libsystem_c.dylib: abort() called 2022-01-08 00:12:29 /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ProxiedDevice-Bridge/Retired/ResetCounter-2022-01-08-00 1229.ips - Crash 2022-01-07 20:21:07 cloudd - High CPU Use (5 times) Executable: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CloudKitDaemon.framework/Support/cloudd 2022-01-07 18:37:33 /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ProxiedDevice-Bridge/Retired/ResetCounter-2022-01-07-18 3733.ips - Crash 2022-01-07 03:57:48 /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ProxiedDevice-Bridge/Retired/ResetCounter-2022-01-07-03 5748.ips - Crash 2022-01-07 01:55:00 /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ProxiedDevice-Bridge/Retired/ResetCounter-2022-01-07-01 5500.ips - Crash 2022-01-07 00:46:41 /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ProxiedDevice-Bridge/Retired/log-aggregated-2022-01-07-0 04641.ips - Crash 2022-01-06 20:49:08 Final Cut Pro.app - High CPU Use (5 times) Executable: /Applications/Final Cut Pro.app 2022-01-06 00:57:27 /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ProxiedDevice-Bridge/Retired/log-aggregated-2022-01-06- 005727.ips - Crash 2022-01-05 21:30:58 /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ProxiedDevice-Bridge/Retired/ResetCounter-2022-01-05-21 3058.ips - Crash 2022-01-05 20:27:25 /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ProxiedDevice-Bridge/Retired/ResetCounter-2022-01-05-20 2725.ips - Crash 2022-01-05 19:47:12 /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ProxiedDevice-Bridge/Retired/ResetCounter-2022-01-05-19 4712.ips - Crash 2022-01-05 18:51:56 /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ProxiedDevice-Bridge/Retired/ResetCounter-2022-01-05-18 5156.ips - Crash 2022-01-05 16:47:54 /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ProxiedDevice-Bridge/Retired/ResetCounter-2022-01-05-16 4754.ips - Crash 2022-01-05 15:43:51 /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ProxiedDevice-Bridge/Retired/ResetCounter-2022-01-05-15 4351.ips - Crash 2022-01-05 15:43:40 Wondershare Filmora9 - Crash Page 5 Ericâ s MacBook Pro 2022-01-08 Executable: /Applications/Wondershare Filmora9.app Details: ImageIO: ERROR: png: 0x7f7b678b5a00 png_info: 0x7f7b6f660f30 2022-01-05 15:19:47 /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ProxiedDevice-Bridge/Retired/ResetCounter-2022-01-05-151 947.ips - Crash 2022-01-05 14:47:18 /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ProxiedDevice-Bridge/Retired/ResetCounter-2022-01-05-14 4718.ips - Crash 2022-01-05 13:52:48 /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ProxiedDevice-Bridge/Retired/ResetCounter-2022-01-05-13 5248.ips - Crash 2022-01-05 05:20:16 /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ProxiedDevice-Bridge/Retired/ResetCounter-2022-01-05-05 2016.ips - Crash 2022-01-05 04:33:44 /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ProxiedDevice-Bridge/Retired/ResetCounter-2022-01-05-0 43344.ips - Crash 2022-01-05 00:13:09 /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ProxiedDevice-Bridge/Retired/log-aggregated-2022-01-05- 001309.ips - Crash 2022-01-04 20:29:30 signpost_reporter - High CPU Use (3 times) Executable: /usr/libexec/signpost_reporter 2022-01-04 01:13:08 /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ProxiedDevice-Bridge/Retired/log-aggregated-2022-01-04-0 11308.ips - Crash 2022-01-03 00:52:20 /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ProxiedDevice-Bridge/Retired/log-aggregated-2022-01-03- 005220.ips - Crash 2022-01-02 02:15:18 /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ProxiedDevice-Bridge/Retired/log-aggregated-2022-01-02-0 21518.ips - Crash 2022-01-01 17:30:04 /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ProxiedDevice-Bridge/Retired/log-aggregated-2022-01-01-1 73004.ips - Crash End of report Page 6

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Answer 7

steve359

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Jan 8, 2022 8:13 PM in response to DJBiggystyle

Just have to ask ... are you running ANY anti-virus or memory manager ... Norton, CleanMyMac? Those products can actually cripple a MacOS by removing critical MacOS components,