Just bought my first Mac in 10 years

Just bought my first Mac in 10 years

Posted by: Black

Date: November 09, 2024 05:16PM

2015 i7 MacBook air. I don't love that the seller was all up inside it (replaced battery, cleaned) - prefer the one that never really got used, but hopefully they knew what they were doing.

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Re: Just bought my first Mac in 10 years

Posted by: special

Date: November 09, 2024 05:32PM

well, that Mac is almost 10 year old now. So what was your previous machine?

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Re: Just bought my first Mac in 10 years

Posted by: rich in distress

Date: November 09, 2024 06:51PM

You dodged one, I almost leadered you until I understood it’s still in transit.

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Re: Just bought my first Mac in 10 years

Posted by: Black

Date: November 09, 2024 07:21PM

Replacing a 2011 MBA with 2 GB of RAM.

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Re: Just bought my first Mac in 10 years

Posted by: mattkime

Date: November 09, 2024 07:26PM

Are you afraid of the future? Er, the present?

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Re: Just bought my first Mac in 10 years

Posted by: Black

Date: November 09, 2024 07:30PM

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mattkime
Are you afraid of the future? Er, the present?

What does that mean?

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Re: Just bought my first Mac in 10 years

Posted by: special

Date: November 09, 2024 07:41PM

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Black

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mattkime
Are you afraid of the future? Er, the present?
What does that mean?

M4

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Re: Just bought my first Mac in 10 years

Posted by: mattkime

Date: November 09, 2024 07:47PM

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Black

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mattkime
Are you afraid of the future? Er, the present?
What does that mean?

M4

M-Anything

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Re: Just bought my first Mac in 10 years

Posted by: GGD

Date: November 09, 2024 07:48PM

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Black

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mattkime
Are you afraid of the future? Er, the present?
What does that mean?

Doesn't it mean he prefers 11" screens? To live in the future it might mean iPads instead of Macs.

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Re: Just bought my first Mac in 10 years

Posted by: Black

Date: November 09, 2024 07:52PM

My 11" Air is absolutely perfect for my use, except for choking on anything graphic intensive and being left behind by Google Chrome. The new MBA will be well worth the $600.

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Re: Just bought my first Mac in 10 years

Posted by: davester

Date: November 09, 2024 08:26PM

Antique Almost There Leader!

"In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion." (1987) -- Carl Sagan

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Re: Just bought my first Mac in 10 years

Posted by: Black

Date: November 09, 2024 08:31PM

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Antique Almost There Leader!

Thanks, hopefully not oversold, defective, or lost in the mail leader.

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Re: Just bought my first Mac in 10 years

Posted by: mattkime

Date: November 09, 2024 08:59PM

The newest 13" MBA is 1" deeper and .17" wider than your 'new' 11" MBA.

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Re: Just bought my first Mac in 10 years

Posted by: Black

Date: November 09, 2024 09:15PM

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The newest 13" MBA is 1" deeper and .17" wider than your 'new' 11" MBA.

It's a different shape, the weight is distributed differently and I don't like it. And it's $800 more-- I don't throw money around like you wealthy folks.

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Re: Just bought my first Mac in 10 years

Posted by: Lew Zealand

Date: November 09, 2024 10:06PM

Does your new one have 4GB or 8? I have a 4GB version and it's OK but rough with more current RAMpig OSes. In fact I use my 8GB 2015 13" MBPro instead of my old 11" Air mostly because of the memory capacity.

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Re: Just bought my first Mac in 10 years

Posted by: Black

Date: November 09, 2024 10:14PM

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Lew Zealand
Does your new one have 4GB or 8? I have a 4GB version and it's OK but rough with more current RAMpig OSes. In fact I use my 8GB 2015 13" MBPro instead of my old 11" Air mostly because of the memory capacity.

Good question, it's 8 GB. Learned my lesson trying to get by on 4 GB on my 2012 Mini (now with 16.) And especially since the GPU shares the RAM.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/09/2024 10:15PM by Black.

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Re: Just bought my first Mac in 10 years

Posted by: RAMd®d

Date: November 09, 2024 10:59PM

...and I don't like it.

This is the final arbiter of my purchases, no justification to anyone but me, required.

That's a combination of, or triumph of intangible over tangible.

How often does anyone find something that's absolutely perfect for their use case.

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On fewer occasions I say 'Alright, you drive, dammit.'

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Re: Just bought my first Mac in 10 years

Posted by: Lew Zealand

Date: November 09, 2024 11:27PM

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Black

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Lew Zealand
Does your new one have 4GB or 8? I have a 4GB version and it's OK but rough with more current RAMpig OSes. In fact I use my 8GB 2015 13" MBPro instead of my old 11" Air mostly because of the memory capacity.

Good question, it's 8 GB. Learned my lesson trying to get by on 4 GB on my 2012 Mini (now with 16.) And especially since the GPU shares the RAM.

That's a sweet configuration with 8GB and the i7, I'm jealous. I love the 11" form factor as it fits everywhere though when I got my Mom a 12" MacBook, I found I rather liked that one too.

Small is good, enjoy!

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Re: Just bought my first Mac in 10 years

Posted by: Black

Date: November 09, 2024 11:30PM

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Lew Zealand

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Black

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Lew Zealand
Does your new one have 4GB or 8? I have a 4GB version and it's OK but rough with more current RAMpig OSes. In fact I use my 8GB 2015 13" MBPro instead of my old 11" Air mostly because of the memory capacity.

Good question, it's 8 GB. Learned my lesson trying to get by on 4 GB on my 2012 Mini (now with 16.) And especially since the GPU shares the RAM.

That's a sweet configuration with 8GB and the i7, I'm jealous. I love the 11" form factor as it fits everywhere though when I got my Mom a 12" MacBook, I found I rather liked that one too.

Small is good, enjoy!

Thanks, it'll be my most powerful mac by a good measure :-)

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Re: Just bought my first Mac in 10 years

Posted by: sekker

Date: November 09, 2024 11:30PM

You can put newer Mac OS versions on it with patches. Will run just fine.

Enjoy!

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Re: Just bought my first Mac in 10 years

Posted by: Black

Date: November 10, 2024 12:17AM

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sekker
You can put newer Mac OS versions on it with patches. Will run just fine.

Enjoy!

Thanks, I might do so when Chrome decides my OS is too old for updates.

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Re: Just bought my first Mac in 10 years

Posted by: Ombligo

Date: November 10, 2024 05:46AM

you got what you want and are happy, that is all that matters. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

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Re: Just bought my first Mac in 10 years

Posted by: mrlynn

Date: November 10, 2024 06:27AM

I have an early 2015 11.6" MBAir, with 8GB/256GB. Running Monterey (12.7.6); that's the latest it will run. I use it for my travel computer (weighs only 2lb) and for recording radio shows. I'm finding the screen too small these days, so I'm thinking of upgrading to a more recent Air or Pro.

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Re: Just bought my first Mac in 10 years

Posted by: Black

Date: November 10, 2024 07:24AM

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I have an early 2015 11.6" MBAir, with 8GB/256GB. Running Monterey (12.7.6); that's the latest it will run. I use it for my travel computer (weighs only 2lb) and for recording radio shows. I'm finding the screen too small these days, so I'm thinking of upgrading to a more recent Air or Pro.

Dang wish I'd have known, that's exactly what I was looking for :-)

I'm actually a bit surprised that the screen isn't too small for me (yet.) 13" with similar specs were way more plentiful but I really love the 11" size/shape/weight.

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Re: Just bought my first Mac in 10 years

Posted by: mrlynn

Date: November 10, 2024 08:06AM

Not selling mine yet, Black. Thinking of replacing is not the same as actually doing it!

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Re: Just bought my first Mac in 10 years

Posted by: mrbigstuff

Date: November 10, 2024 11:45AM

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mrlynn
I have an early 2015 11.6" MBAir, with 8GB/256GB. Running Monterey (12.7.6); that's the latest it will run. I use it for my travel computer (weighs only 2lb) and for recording radio shows. I'm finding the screen too small these days, so I'm thinking of upgrading to a more recent Air or Pro.

how much space does your radio show take up after recording? are you using an external drive?

I'm curious, but I missed it this week.

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Re: Just bought my first Mac in 10 years

Posted by: sekker

Date: November 10, 2024 12:05PM

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mrlynn
I have an early 2015 11.6" MBAir, with 8GB/256GB. Running Monterey (12.7.6); that's the latest it will run. I use it for my travel computer (weighs only 2lb) and for recording radio shows. I'm finding the screen too small these days, so I'm thinking of upgrading to a more recent Air or Pro.

Dang wish I'd have known, that's exactly what I was looking for I'm actually a bit surprised that the screen isn't too small for me (yet.) 13" with similar specs were way more plentiful but I really love the 11" size/shape/weight.

My wife is finding the screen on her 13" 'too small' - that's because she's made the font size etc all bigger to counter her aging eyesight...

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Re: Just bought my first Mac in 10 years

Posted by: mrlynn

Date: November 10, 2024 01:20PM

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mrlynn
I have an early 2015 11.6" MBAir, with 8GB/256GB. Running Monterey (12.7.6); that's the latest it will run. I use it for my travel computer (weighs only 2lb) and for recording radio shows. I'm finding the screen too small these days, so I'm thinking of upgrading to a more recent Air or Pro.

Dang wish I'd have known, that's exactly what I was looking for I'm actually a bit surprised that the screen isn't too small for me (yet.) 13" with similar specs were way more plentiful but I really love the 11" size/shape/weight.

My wife is finding the screen on her 13" 'too small' - that's because she's made the font size etc all bigger to counter her aging eyesight...

That's the same problem I've been having; why I'm now considering a 13" Air or maybe even a 14" Pro.

Must say the small, light 11.6 Air is convenient: when I want to watch something on the computer on the big TV in the living room, I just bring in the Air and use Apple AirPlay.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/10/2024 01:48PM by mrlynn.

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Re: Just bought my first Mac in 10 years

Posted by: mrlynn

Date: November 10, 2024 01:44PM

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mrlynn
I have an early 2015 11.6" MBAir, with 8GB/256GB. Running Monterey (12.7.6); that's the latest it will run. I use it for my travel computer (weighs only 2lb) and for recording radio shows. I'm finding the screen too small these days, so I'm thinking of upgrading to a more recent Air or Pro.

how much space does your radio show take up after recording? are you using an external drive?

I'm curious, but I missed it this week.

I'm recording in a primitive home studio, an hour at a time. No longterm storage on the AIr. Each hour creates a WAV file of about 1GB, and a 'mixdown' WAV file of 600+ MB. I transfer the mixdown hours to an external OWC 4TB RAID1 drive on my iMac, and save them in Audacity for editing (which creates 1GB files), and then export the edited version to WAV again (c. 600+ MB), which I can upload to WHRB. So I end up with finished 600+ WAV files on the RAID, and when the 256GB drive on the Air gets too full, I delete most of the old working files from there.

I should go back into the WHRB studio on Saturday mornings, which will save this folderol, but the commute is an equal or bigger pain, so I am resisting.

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Re: Just bought my first Mac in 10 years

Posted by: rich in distress

Date: November 10, 2024 08:20PM

Why is it that the mixdown is 400mb lighter?
Would you consider recording straight to the external?

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Re: Just bought my first Mac in 10 years

Posted by: mrlynn

Date: November 11, 2024 06:28AM

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rich in distress
Why is it that the mixdown is 400mb lighter?
Would you consider recording straight to the external?

I don't know why the 'mixdown' is smaller; maybe meta-data gets eliminated. I am a novice at the recording technology; using Studio One 5, which I got for free when I bought a two-channel mixer (not using that now); Studio One 5 is designed for multi-source live studio recording, most of which I don't understand. Audacity is great for editing, but it does not support recording from more than one source (in my case, mic plus three line inputs).

I record to the MBAir because my 'studio' is in a different room from my iMac and the external; I just transfer the file over the network.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/11/2024 06:28AM by mrlynn.

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Re: Just bought my first Mac in 10 years

Posted by: rich in distress

Date: November 11, 2024 08:06AM

It’s clear you’ve found your groove fine, and made it work.
Yet, let me mention that you can most likely skip going to Audacity, since Studio One should be capable for editing.

Also, here’s a link to change where files are recorded on Studio One.
[www.youtube.com]

This would be so you can record straight to the external to skip the transfer and not fill up the air.
Then again, you would have to bring an external to the studio, making the rig less compact…
So as said, you maded it work fine.

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Re: Just bought my first Mac in 10 years

Posted by: mrlynn

Date: November 11, 2024 10:41AM

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rich in distress
It’s clear you’ve found your groove fine, and made it work.
Yet, let me mention that you can most likely skip going to Audacity, since Studio One should be capable for editing.

Also, here’s a link to change where files are recorded on Studio One.
[www.youtube.com]

This would be so you can record straight to the external to skip the transfer and not fill up the air.
Then again, you would have to bring an external to the studio, making the rig less compact…
So as said, you maded it work fine.

Thanks, rich— I have a separate folder on the Air where I direct the mixdown files. And transferring the files on my home network takes only a minute or less.

Editing in Audacity is simple, and I really like doing it on the big iMac screen. So I haven't bothered to learn how to edit in Studio One, which being more complex, also seems less intuitive.

But thanks for your advice. I'm generally out of my depth, so every bit helps.

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