MacBook Air

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MacBook Air

HI everyone,

this is my first time I am writing a question on it, actually I am planning to learn music mixing and direction.. where I have seen people mostly use Logic Pro x but to use this one needs a very good mac like pro, which I can't afford to buy.. I have made some saving and looking to buy MacBook Air but will that be good for me coz I am beggener and I could use garageband as well to learn it. so MacBook Air will be good coz I have been finding the answers on google and youtube but that wont satisfy me. coz this will be my biggest ans first investment for mac and i want to retreat. If MacBook Air can handle Logic Pro x then this will be enough for me

MacBook Air, iOS 7.1.2

Posted on Sep 30, 2016 10:08 AM

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Answer 1

léonie

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Sep 30, 2016 10:29 AM in response to iamacash

To get you started with mixing music, GarageBand will be fine. It comes free with every new Mac. So you can test if it will suffice for you, and when you find, you need a more professional tool, you can still upgrade to Logic. GarageBand 10.1.2 is a kind of "Logic Light".

And a MacBook Air will be able to run GarageBand. But don't go for the smallest MacBook Air. You will want a large display to be able to arrange several tracks and apply effects. If you can afford it, get yourself the 13" model, not the 11" version. Also make the internal SSD as large as possible. GarageBand (and Logic) need to install many sound files and loops on the system drive, and if you only have a small SSD, there will be barely storage left for other files and documents.

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iamacash Author

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Sep 30, 2016 9:31 PM in response to léonie

I highly appreciate your response, actually i am not going for 11" I will be getting my hands on 13" one MacBook Air. cos i dont have handsome budget to go for MacBook Pro.

This is why I have decided for Macbook Air 13" Model with 1.6ghz with 2.4ghz turbo boost and 8GB RAM and basic model of 128GB with SSD large.

The reason I was concerned that it has been long time that I couldn't give a start to my self for music and dont want to waste my time any more.

So since it is MAcBook Air Iam gonna buy, and this will be good for my requirment for garagband and logic pro and other good apps like iMovie, photo shoot or CAD softwares..for the future.

so shall i go for MAcBook Air.. finally . what do you say...

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léonie

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Sep 30, 2016 10:56 PM in response to iamacash

So since it is MAcBook Air Iam gonna buy, and this will be good for my requirment for garagband and logic pro and other good apps like iMovie, photo shoot or CAD softwares..for the future.

The MacBook Air has a powerful and fast processor. The bottleneck is the 8GB RAM, that is glued onto the logic board and cannot be upgraded, if you later device you need more RAM. All the apps you mentioned need plenty of RAM, but will work well with 8GB of RAM. Only, you will probably not be able to run all of them at the same time.

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iamacash Author

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Sep 30, 2016 11:02 PM in response to léonie

Not the same time I am gonna use all these softwares together, when I am using GarageBand I will only use garageband, when I am using Logic Pro I will only use logic pro, when I am using cad or photo shoot I will only use one Softwares at one time. not together all these software, then it would be fine I believe.

and will i be able to upgrade ssd up to 256 or only 128 what maximum ssd I can upgrade up to

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léonie

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Sep 30, 2016 11:49 PM in response to iamacash

The internal drive an be upgraded to 512 GB internal flash drive (see this page to compare models: https://www.apple.com/mac/compare/). If you can, go for at least 256GB storage, because the media software like iMovie, GarageBand, Logic will install the resources on the internal system drive.

With the 8GB limit I meant the memory used by the processor for the running applications. (8GB of 1600MHz LPDDR3 onboard memory for the 13" model). I don't see, that it can be upgraded, but as long as you are quitting applications that you are not using, it should suffice.

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iamacash Author

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Oct 1, 2016 1:09 AM in response to léonie

I Really appreciate your resposne, but if I go for 128 and later but 128 SSD external storage.. that will be okay right

and I was asking can download songs from google chrome like we do in microsoft pcs.. or we only have to buy son from itunes

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léonie

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Oct 1, 2016 7:35 AM in response to iamacash

and I was asking can download songs from google chrome like we do in microsoft pcs.. or we only have to buy son from itunes

I have not tried to buy from Google Chrome, sorry.

iTunes will play audio files, as long as there is no digital right attached.

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iamacash Author

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Oct 1, 2016 7:39 AM in response to léonie

since it was a helpful answer for me and would like to thank to you that finally I got my hands onto MacBook air and I am too happy to use it first time.

but ever since I have got it, have observe that in my disk other storage(yellow one) is increasingly too fastly

could u tell me how to delete other storage from mac.. any resolution

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léonie

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Oct 1, 2016 8:02 AM in response to iamacash

Congratulations on your new MacBook Air!

"Other storage" is everything that is not recognized as documents or media in the named categories. It is mainly system files, caches, logs. Don't run any programs that claim to automatically remove the "unnecessary Other" files. Apps like CleanMyMac or MacKeeper y are dangerous, because they sometimes delete essential files and will slow the Mac down. Also, if you empty caches, the apps will need to recreate all the data whenever you launch them again. Most of the Other is necessary.

is your new Mac running Sierra?

Then you can free storage easily from the -menu:

Click the -menu in the upper left corner of the display. Select "About this Mac".

In the About panel click "Storage", then the "Manage" button.

The In the Manage panel click "recommendations" in the sidebar. Use the last option "reduce Clutter" - press the "Review Files" button to see files that may be removed.

How much "Other" do you have on your Mac?

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iamacash Author

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Oct 1, 2016 8:34 AM in response to léonie

Thanks for your recomendatin, to tell me not to use third party software which claims to clean all these, actually tried using Omini which I deleted quickly coz I read about it and found bad feedback

aactually I haven't updated Serra software yet but once I update it I will follow your instruction for sure

meanwhile is there a way to remove other files somehow

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léonie

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Oct 1, 2016 8:49 AM in response to iamacash

How many "Other" do you have? Usually they are all necessary, because the system or other apps you installed need them. You will not want to delete these files. See this document: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT202867

In OS X El Capitan or earlier, “Other” files are those that your Mac doesn't recognize as belonging to any other category. These include files within disk images or archives, data stored by apps such as Contacts or Calendar, and app plug-ins or extensions.

I'd check the Downloads folder, if you have still installers lying around. I#d keep any installers on a backup drive, in case you need to reinstall an app and the clean up downloads.

Delete emails with large attachments.

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iamacash Author

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Oct 4, 2016 8:29 AM in response to léonie

Hey Buddy,

Hope you doing great !!

I need you, have chatted so many apple support, but no one could help me.

Actually I have updated macOS Sierra on my air and it is updated.. but whenever i click on apple logo..then go on about this mac.. it shows update software(macOS sierra).. once I click on update software it takes me to the app store and show no updates available.

this is happening over and again..not getting resolved by any apple representatives.. all ***** and waste time

on top of when i go on app store and click on macOS sierra it shows download and get option for macOS sierra which i have already updated..

I am lost, please help me with that if possible

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léonie

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Oct 4, 2016 9:46 AM in response to iamacash

I am lost, please help me with that if possible

I'm also lost.

Could you post a screenshot of what you are seeing, when you use the command  > About this Mac?

What does the About panel show? Which version of Sierra do you have installed?

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iamacash Author

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Oct 4, 2016 9:55 AM in response to léonie

Thanks for the rocket response.

I really appreciate this.

when i click on >About this mac::it shows below

though I have already updated this software on 02nd of october. rest I have already mention on above query.. what do i get once i click on software update.

do you see this its updated but it shows always..

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léonie

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Oct 4, 2016 10:07 AM in response to iamacash

You are running the current stable public release of Sierra. Ignore the prompts to update, until Apple will release the version 10.12.1 of macOS Sierra.

All current updates to macOS Sierra are only available to the developers or Beta testers.

Perhaps you previously have been running a public Beta version of OS X and still have a Beta certificate installed?

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