How to Speed Up After Effects Rendering on Mac Mini M1
I have a 2020Mac mini M1 that I bought last year. I bought every upgrade possible, the 2TB hard drive, 16GB of Ram, 🐑 8 cores. I don't know the processor speed, but it was the fastest one they had.
I bought it because I needed something beefier to be able to use Adobe After Effects. Even with every upgrade possible, After Effects Rendering is still a lengthy process, sometimes taking 12 hours to render a 10 minute movie.
Is there anything anyone can recommend to get more out of the computer? I looked into using extra SSD space as additional RAM but that appears to happen automatically. Of course the RAM is not upgradable.
Purchasing a $5,000 Mac Pro for a hobby is out of the question.
Mac mini, macOS 12.5