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  • Video: Apple's iMac Pro vs 2013 Mac Pro (Part 2) - photo editing comparison

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    The problem I have with this comparison is that this the iMac Pro chosen would NOT be what is chosen by a real professional.

    Here is a real professional review:

    www.fcp.co/final-cut-pro/articles/2029-new-imac-pro

    The comparison Macs are:

    2013 Mac Pro 
    - 8 core, 3.0GHz Intel Xeon E5 CPU with 3.9GHz turbo boost.
    - 32 GB RAM
    - Dual AMD FirePro D700 GPUs with 6 GB of 1866MHz GDDR5 VRAM each. 
    - 1 TB system drive
    - 27” Apple 2560x1440 max, Thunderbolt Display. 
    - Cost = $9,626.78 in 2013

    2017 iMac Pro
    - 10 core, 3.0GHz Intel Xeon W CPU with 4.5GHz turbo boost.
    - 64 GB of 2666MHz RAM
    - Radeon Pro Vega 64 GPU with 16 GB HBM2 VRAM. 
    - 2 TB SSD system drive
    - built-in 27” 5120x2880 max, 5K monitor.
    - Magic Keyboard and Magic Trackpad
    - Cost = $9,050.89 in 2017

    All media and Libraries are on a Promise Pegasus 16 TB RAID 5, with Thunderbolt 2 connections. All of the tests were run strictly off of the RAID for a real world performance test. Professionals don't store video on the Mac. They store the files on an external RAID.

    Both Macs are running macOS 10.13.2 High Sierra with the current versions of FCPX 10.4.0, Motion 5.4.0 and Compressor 4.4.0.

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    You can read the numbers on the website's review. But I converted them to how much faster the iMac Pro is compared to the Mac Pro 2013.

    USING FINAL CUT PRO X 10.4.0:

    IMPORT CLIPS: 1.046x faster
    COVERT CLIPS TO PROXY MEDIA: 2.09x faster
    COVERT CLIPS TO OPTIMIZED MEDIA: 3.65x faster
    RENDER TIMELINE OF CLIPS: 4.44x faster
    MULTICAM PLAYBACK AND RENDER: 4.42x faster
    FILE EXPORT TO H.264: 6.7x faster
    FILE EXPORT TO MXF BROADCAST FILE: 5.69x faster
    BRUCEX XML TEST: 1.39x faster
    REAL WORLD TV SHOW EXPORT TO H.264: 2.14x faster

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    USING COMPRESSOR 4.4.0:
    REAL WORLD TV SHOW IMPORT PRORES 422 AND EXPORT TO MXF PLUS H.264: 3.069x faster

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    The iMac Pro 2017 simply smokes the Mac Pro 2013 when doing real world video work.

    Exporting files - which can take longer than editing the files - is 2 to 3 times faster on the iMac Pro than the Mac Pro 2013. 

    This is a huge savings in time for real Video Professionals.

    The iMac Pro easily pays for itself. For real Video Professionals, the iMac Pro essentially is a free computer because of the time and money it saves the pro.


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  • Watch: Why Apple TV 4K can't play 4K YouTube videos

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    This is ENTIRELY GOOGLE's fault.

    1) If they want their YouTube App to run V9 video's (Google's proprietary format) then they should re-write the YouTube App to play V9 videos. The YouTube app is Google's app, not Apple's. 

    2) Otherwise, Google should stop blocking access to 4K MP4 Videos on Apple TV.  MP4 is THE STANDARD for video.

    BLAME Google for lack of 4K Videos on YouTube for Apple TV.
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  • AT&T workforce stricken with over 2000 layoffs U.S-wide days after $1000 tax reform bonus ...

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    The Middle Class and these AT&T Employees can thank the Republicans and Trump for their loss of jobs while the rich get richer.
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  • Hands On: BusyCal's long development benefits feature set for Mac, iPhone

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    I have
    * BusyCal and BusyContacts
    * Fantastical
    * Market Circle's Daylite
    * Microsoft Outlook with Office 365 for Business.

    BusyCal and BusyContacts simply blows the competition away.

    BusyCal + BusyContacts' integration with Mac OS Calendar and Address Book is the best.
    Having a calendar alone is insufficient for running a business or maintaining organization of your contacts.  The calendar needs to integrate fully with the address book.

    It is so nice to open up a client's address book entry and instantly see every appointment and to-do you have with them. You cannot easily do this with the competition.

    It is so nice to have integration to the point every Mac and iPhone and iPad I have are synchronized.


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  • US AG Lynch says FBI not asking Apple to break into iPhone, simply disable 'password blocker'

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    Lynch is not very bright or is a baldface liar. 
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  • OpenGL, OpenCL deprecated in favor of Metal 2 in macOS 10.14 Mojave

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    OpenGL will continue to work with Vulkan.
    The key is that Apple will no longer include it in MacOS.
    Third parties have to use Vulkan drivers, etc.
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  • Apple ditching Imagination Technologies GPU technology, moving design in-house

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    Apple should simply buy AMD as I told Tim and Phil to.
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  • Apple 'seems willing' to help repair, access iPhone of teen lost at sea

    jameskatt2jameskatt2
    Apple is willing to help so long as it doesn't compromise the security of every iPhone on Earth like the FBI wanted.  So no back doors.

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  • GoPro turns to HEVC compression for Hero 6 Black, same codec used by Apple in iOS 11 and m...

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    Hopefully, this will force Google to use HEVC instead of VP9 for YouTube.
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  • Compared: Fortnite on the iPhone XR versus Note 9

    jameskatt2jameskatt2
    The iPhone XS and XS MAX are PRESET to dim the screen to save battery life via a setting called Auto-Brightness.  

    It is an irritating setting since I have to constantly to go the control panel to brighten the screen.
    But it prolongs battery life enormously to the point the iPhone XS Max can last 2-3+ days. So I have learned to live with it.

    You can turn it off by turning off the Auto-Brightness setting in the Accessibility settings when playing games:
    Settings > General > Accessibility > Display Accommodations > Auto-Brightness.


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