Is the Base Model M2 MacBook Air Good Enough for YouTube?

[@BiancaMikaehla]

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[@MT_20_25]

Question ? How does the mba m2 16gb of ram 512 ssd does with light or heavy video editing ?

[@itiswhatitis-yes]

This kind of video is a lottttt better than just looking at benchmarks!!! Love the vibe of the video...Great work!!!

[@GeGe-gg3zt]

true

[@JoeNaflish]

premier crashed caught on camera! 6:27 love that u just keep calm and laugh it off 😂

[@mazentech450]

I’m not talking about you specifically I’m talking about the people making a fuss about the 256 gb one being slower and OMG IT TAKES AN ENTIRE 2 MINUTES LONGER THAN THE MBP OR THE OLD MBA like I’m coming from a laptop with originaly an hdd that took 20 to 30 mins to transfer a 5 or so gb file and when I upgraded to a Sata sad and the same file would take only 15 to 20 mins instead of 30 mins I thought that that was incredibly fast but ppl making a fuss on the mba that probably did the same thing in 30 sec is outrageous.

[@Joyboy.753]

Hey hi, i have a 2016 dell i7 and it's gotten pretty slow after all these years. I know and also feel you but can speak/write more on this. I just need reassurance that m2 macbook air is fine for normal video editing and other basic stuff

[@julianc691]

Its a BIG fuss because of the price. Its STUPID to buy a 1200$ machine with those specs.

[@atticustay1]

@@julianc691Specs aren’t everything

[@julianc691]

@@atticustay1 you are right. Only an idiot would buy a computer looking for something else than the specs. It depends on how much you know about computers,or in this case, don’t.

[@priyankmehra532]

​@@Joyboy.753hey did you get one? How your experience been with video editing?

[@JoshMadakor]

Top-tier video and editing. Thank you for this ^^

[@skd]

Yeah, it sucks on Premiere Pro, but it does much better on Final Cut. The render time is much lower and the overall experience is much better on native apps, like Final Cut. I own the base model to be able to edit while on vacation and I never needed more than this (but my timeline looks similar to yours, nothing crazy). Very good review, no benchmark bull.

[@NoyonDey-k2f]

Brother can i buy this base model for my iPhone & go pro,s 4k footage Editing perpose.. I Don't edit crazy like 4-5 layer.. My edit limited in 3 layer

[@tobiaslescano5419]

i found that a couples of days ago. Also affinity is works so much better than photoshop. I think is something with adobe and mac, but i don't know. The truth is, m2 air works really good with adobe alternatives.

[@nightsbeatswitchgood]

it's insane that on my fully spec'ed out 13" 2018 macbook pro, i cant even playback 4k Log footage in premiere *at all* unless it's 1/4 quality in premiere (and even then, it's choppy), so Im just used to editing with proxies. This just convinced me to get an air with the upgraded RAM and 512gb ssd. It's unbelievable how good these M chips are!

[@verasambience]

What do you mean editing with proxies? I edit videos on my 2013 13” macbook pro lmao and its so slow like u said playback is choppy in 1/4 quality so what do you use for that?

[@nightsbeatswitchgood]

​@@verasambience proxy files are small, low-resolution versions of your original video files. It speeds up your workflow because then Premiere (or any editing platform) doesn't have to render those big video files constantly, but uses the fast, low-res versions instead, making for much smoother and faster editing. Premiere will automatically link and render the original files at export too, so you can toggle between the two for example when you start grading. Look up "How to EDIT FASTER with Proxy Files in Premiere Pro (2022)"-this is a great explanation/tutorial on YT!

[@pietrot90]

I've watched a ton of videos about this topic and yours is the best and most informative one! Thank you very much!!

[@RiverBrat]

Thank you for this insightful video. Exactly the information I've been searching for. There is nothing like direct preview of 4k editing workflow and timing to see how the computer performs. Hope many people will see this video, asi it was a deal breaker for me. For 1200 euros, I will go for the base model Air M2, and switch to mac from win. Great work Bianca, thank you once again.

[@giuseppeo7769]

upgrade the RAM

[@NoyonDey-k2f]

Brother Can i buy this model for my iPhone & Go pro's 4k video editing perpose ??

[@RiverBrat]

@@NoyonDey-k2f Absolutely. I've been using a base model for over a year. I edit 4k ocasionally for my channel, and I have up to 10 apps running, 30-50 tabs, it just works flawlessly.

[@Romeo.Filmss]

Subbed to the channel ✨ 2:48 You can highlight both audio clips , right click, synchronize. Or select all audio and video clips in the project, create multi camera sequence, click sync with audio and you’re good ✨

[@gerlindechristina238]

Love your gentle approach to teaching! Thankyou for this tutorial!

[@SarahHalina]

Thank you for this. I am a basic KZbinr (I still use iMovie for editing because for me and my style of videos it works just fine). I have the 2019 M1 MacBook Air and edit all my videos on it. It does take forever to export it, but it's good enough for me. I've been considering upgrading my MacBook to the M2, but the Pro is a lot more expensive for me while the Air is a little more in my price range. Pretty much every review of the M2 Air is saying that video editing is all but impossible on the Air and the Pro is really the only way to go. I know my experience is going to be different because I will probably still be using iMovie and I haven't fully decided if or when I will upgrade to the new MacBooks, but it is nice to know that the M2 Air is actually an option if I decide to go with it.

[@verasambience]

The base model air should be totally fine for iMovie those ppl are talking about heavy editing like premiere pro and after effects, you know visual effects and animation

[@jtsays1003]

Can we blur or edit video background on imovie?​@@verasambience

[@parask420]

also instead of using slice tool to cut, just use add edit and bind it on s and use q and w to delete forward and backward, that saves time

[@DMRCapitalHill]

Let me save you the 13:56 mins Yes it’s worth it, just get an external hard drive and your good.

[@thelitrcc]

bro is him

[@Abrhm77]

So u mean just get an external ssd and it will be fine? Editing connecting external ssd

[@Michelangelo94]

This is much better than other KZbinrs who run benchmarks and that's it. Great video, and subscribed!

[@Joerivanhout]

Thanks for the video! This is exactly what I was looking for. By the way maybe you should get into multicam editing for your unboxing video’s. Could be a time saver! Thanks again!!!

[@ulfgreger]

Thanks for this video, im considering switching to Mac for editing my KZbin videos

[@Michael_Anthony05]

That was not the macbook air that was premiere pro, I have a very high end PC and I get crashes. But I love premiere pro. You can definitely edit 4K on the macbook air. Premiere pro has some issues that adobe needs to fix. Good video.

[@not-local]

Thanks for the video! Why don't you use the auto sync for audio? It's amazing. I highly recommend it! 😉 Choose one audio clip and one video clip, right button, audio sync (I prefer to set hot key Shift+S), do one by one. It safe tons of time 😊

[@AyresDib]

Congratulations for this video, good information, good audio. Hugs from Brazil.

[@karissapaulafeliza840]

Awesome review. Thank you! Off to buy one now 🚀

[@stefandesu]

I think it's so funny that this is still a thing. I was already editing videos on my 11" MacBook Air in 2015. Obviously it wasn't suited for anything close to professional work (although I did also use it for coding a lot), but for a beginner, it was enough. The M1/M2 MacBook Air models are SO incredibly fast compared to that 2015 model. In my experience and opinion, the M1 is fantastic even if you're getting into video editing (and it's a much better value than the M2 which is way more expensive).

[@rossdownie7959]

So as a hobbyist and a beginner myself, I have a MacBook Pro 2020 i5, its not unified memory and its not ssd, would a Mac air M2 be an upgrade for me in terms of performance? if I get the 16GB unified memory? Plus its SSD. I don't do lots of editing every week but I want to be able to do 4k stuff with my go pros and do some photo edits on Lightroom and photoshop from my Nikon Z6. Personally I feel this intel Mac has quite slow transfer speeds, and gets very hot very quickly doing anything.

[@stefandesu]

@@rossdownie7959 Are you sure your computer doesn't have an SSD? I don't think Apple has sold a laptop without an SSD since... 2013? Maybe 2016, not 100% sure. Anyway, the jump to Apple Silicon was pretty big, so it's absolutely an upgrade in performance, even though your computer isn't very old. Also the M1/M2 Airs don't have a fan which I think is amazing (and mine doesn't really get hot, even when video editing). I would absolutely recommend the 16 GB memory and at least 512 GB of storage. If you think you need a bit more power for photo/video editing, I've heard that the 14" MacBook Pros (with M1 Pro or M1 Max SOC) are supposed to be absolutely fantastic devices. Of course it's going to cost much more and they are bigger and heavier than the Air. But maybe it's still an option for you. Hope I could help.

[@sulogno]

@@rossdownie7959 hey! I’m on the same boat as you.. thinking whether to get a windows 2 in 1 with 512gb nd 16gb for same price of mba m2.. was looking at HP spectre 360..

[@mercynik2019]

Your past is my present brother........I working as a video editor and learning coding in the same 2015 model right now.......I mean coding is cool in this 2015 air machine but.....it really too much slow in terms of editing ....

[@mercynik2019]

@@stefandesu I have 2015 mac air and even it has ssd

[@weljenks]

If 512 gb and 16 ram are ideal then the extra for the base 14 seems like it’s worth it when you can find them for as little as $1600.00 . A sign that Apple overpriced the M2 is that you can now get the base version for $1050 which is what it should have originally cost.

[@mikedimond8816]

All that power and led display drains battery fast and the weight is significant in the 14.

[@13hubi13]

In europe the are way more expensive

[@PodiumTuningRacing]

Just bought a M2 Air, 512 ssd, 8gb ram for 1200. Feels about right

[@Josephsoto221]

I blame premier for the crash tbh, when I used to use it it would crash all the time on my PC with a ryzen 5900 and 3080, I use divinci now on my macbook air 15 with 16 gigs of ram and it has never crashed on me once

[@lovepreciate]

I've been pondering this for sometime! I was just about to buy M1 base model in gold, because I love the color, but I think I'll seriously consider this again in Starlight. Thanks so much for the review.

[@priyankmehra532]

Hey how's your experience been ? Planning to buy, but confused between M1 and M2 in terms of performance.

[@seanchen4439]

You have the most beautiful editing style I’ve ever seen - which is your smile ❤

[@vladzrivera]

Great video! Natawa ako sa pag crash ng premiere while editing. Hahaha

[@BrentSalamorin]

Great video about editing on the base M2 Macbook Air but just can't go on without mentioning these features - syncing footage and using multi cam editing(preferential) and also using the remix tool when using the same bgm for the whole video

[@EasyBreezy]

Nice video!!

[@georgekbaby]

Hi Great video. Can you tell me how did you screen record with this much clarity?

[@blindtechh]

I was debating on which MacBook I should go but I’m thinking that I would lean to the m2. I am coming from the Lenovo thinkpad e15 gen 4 and I hate windows laptops due to the lack of battery life.

[@priyankmehra532]

Hey hows your experience been till yet?

[@JominsonKJohn]

6.57 that moment🤯 I'm have an issue on my keyboard! "control & S" key is not working😶😶

[@NursePeter]

Was this the 13" M2 Backbook Air or the 15"? Thank you!

[@ChrisIssac]

Great work, nice video, thanks for your intensive work.

[@everythingf1]

Great video, it answers my question

[@BiancaMikaehla]

Glad I could help!

[@TrippyTrails520]

Awesome video. How was the temperature while recording and editing? Did it get hot?

[@davidpickett3546]

Do you think I'll be able to use footage from my phone with imported music to make a single shot video, bare minimal effects

[@rj_ayushh]

How hot it became while editing and recording at the same time?

[@Secretherbs33]

Thanks I needed to see things video

[@TheGlamLifeWithStacy]

I just ordered the 3M, 16GB memory , 256GB storage so I pray I made the right decision. Lol

[@SylviaPaing]

Thanks for the review. Just want to also know whether it gets heated up significantly when it is going through the "hardship"?

[@thisisbgm]

thank you for this!

[@mohitbhardwaj7573]

Pretty helpful video. I am a budding photographer and want to enter into short video creation, like high quality insta and stuff. I was about to buy Macbook pro m2 pro as nothing is available in M1 now here in India. I guess I will go ahead with 512 m2 Air. Thanks again.

[@priyankmehra532]

Hey hows your experience been? Planning to buy a Mac

[@DeboPreyoDatto]

hey Bianca✊ Do you think it can edit my iPhone and Go Pro's 4k 60 12-15 minute footage well? please know Actually I don't have much budget for the upgrade right now. Maybe later I can upgrade to pro. Do you think this 8 GB RAM is enough for me for a 13-15 minute 4k video edit? Actually seen many reviews but the difference between 8GB and other RAM variants is very little. Not getting the right suggestion. Please let me know your opinion.. 🤘 Take❤

[@mr_red13]

Would the base 15” m2 Air be a good option for editing 4K iPhone footage or should I wait for the next round of macs?

[@kayavisuel]

you can buy it bro take juste with 16gb ram

[@mr_red13]

@@kayavisuel would that help with video editing?

[@MT_20_25]

@@mr_red13 i have the 16gb ram 512ssd go with that instead, Light video editing would be no problem. You could even cut and scrub through some more complicated timelines. I would say to add effects once you're done cutting, which is what I recommend regardless...but once you start adding the effects and especially rendering and exporting, this is where the thermal headroom ( and a fan) really matter. But this thing isn't going to heat up like a toaster oven like the machines with the x86 chips in it.

[@jtsays1003]

​@@MT_20_25can we edit video background on imovies? Is there any good app other than FInal cut pro bz it's too expensive for me

[@davidmelunderscore]

wow thank you for this video!!

[@franciscoestrada5006]

there are better ways to edit multicam, you went really prehistoric right there, I think thats why premiere crash, also getting clips together by the audio is very simple in premiere pro you are making a lot of extra work right there.

[@plammenn888]

@BiancaMikaehla Was the footage 8 bit or 10 bit 4k ? Thanks

[@popcorn5968]

How's the performance on fusion? 4k with some camera tracking mixed with 3d objects

[@novayorkbrasileiros]

Great video! What do you use to record your screen?

[@shy_ondemanpodcastph]

GUYS, I AM BUYING IT THIS YEAR, IS THIS WORTH IT?

[@PositivitysDust]

Go for MB pro 16gb unified memory

[@naawritings]

Why are you not posting any videoa.. Your presentasion and quality really awesome..

[@CycleSusa]

Video was awesome and u all so look so pretty 🎉

[@STEIN_TechGear]

Hi, I just saw this vid in searching that can MBA M2 edit videos on base models? and this landed me to your page. My question is: how about using DaVinci Resolve on this? I have the same base model just bought a couple of days ago. I didn't have choice picking up MBA with higher RAM or Storage because it was out of stock but then jumping to MBP is a hefty choice on my pocket. Does editing here in my MBA still accepts DaVinci or Final Cut Pro to start in YT?

[@zandavid8729]

at 7:00 min wonderful reaction

[@SyahrinAAziz]

How long is the video you rendering?

[@WeTheKongs]

Thank you for this in depth video. With this i think i have made up my mind to get the M2 air. 🎉

[@Stagmike]

What about temperatures when it rendering?

[@arash5565]

It gets warm but not hot. If you keep it in a cool room, you wouldn't even notice it.

[@Me9ace]

​@@arash5565 does after effects run smoothly? And what are the specifications of your m2 :)

[@lawrencedlcrz]

Hi is Mcbook goodnfor editing 360 videos?

[@KeineFreunde13]

This was a useful videos! Thx and switch to fcp so you don’t get premiere crash lol

[@BikerDaDInt650]

Does it support editing 4k and 5.3 k videos of go pro i am an motovlogger , can i edit wihithout any drop pf frames or without slow ness please reply

[@adredy]

wonder what is time line will be 2hours long

[@frostgodx]

got to the 6:40 premiere crash and we all know damn well if your on apple silicon you use Final Cut and that adobe is dog shit on apple.. boom. (and you just said the same thing LOL)

[@GeGe-gg3zt]

nice video, thank you

[@TrueRay17]

I like you, great and informative video

[@TheDude-vx6wn]

Great video. I don't think including screen recording is fair.

[@XaviJT]

Great video! New sub :)

[@luisg.8982]

Very helpfull.

[@jk-fy8on]

So whats your main machine

[@whatsupcallum]

did it get hot?

[@openrelationships]

Premier Pro always crashes. How long was the video you exported?

[@animeluxe887]

is this the 8gb ram?

[@altwodoor]

N1 Skill in every A/V workflow CMD + S... Cute chill vid btw💗

[@meldonik]

Am I the only one who hit CTRL + S after every click in any app? 😂

[@prakhar1768]

I'm a Premiere Pro editor. Do you think M2/M1 Max is better or is the Intel 12th gen the better choice?

[@joyceannecornejo4917]

Does this have 8gb of ram?

[@vasconcllos]

6:28 Classic from Adobe 🤣

[@eleven8338]

Hey whats your editing software

[@BiancaMikaehla]

I use Adobe Premiere Pro CC.

[@FlyingWing]

@@BiancaMikaehla is it a full version? Can you tell me from where i can get that?

[@vaibhavsharma6491]

Sister I gonna buy m2 air bass model.. can i edit 4k 6ofps 15 minutes video on it m2 air without any frame drop …? For my new you tube channel… is it good for 4k 60fps …? Please reply

[@priyankmehra532]

Hey have you bought one? How's your experience been? Planning to buy a mac for the same purpose!

[@Abrhm77]

@@priyankmehra532did u buy it?

[@nrkhtm]

is using macbook air m3 to edit videos, graphic design in adobe premier & photoshop valid?

[@jtsays1003]

Ram?

[@woodyoulove-reynaldguibone6890]

I think you can always blame Adobe for crashing. It's there default. TO CRASH.

[@wellwedou]

Hey a new follower

[@koenignero]

Sad that you not tried to do anything else during the Export to see if the system is able to handle at least another task

[@Cargo_Bay]

Shouldn’t be doing other tasks when exporting tbh.

[@GeGe-gg3zt]

@@Cargo_Bay agree

[@sergebureau2225]

Totally ridiculous question since we already could on an M1

[@hasshho]

6:28

[@MarMarGeo]

This video is stupid on principal alone. 2 4K streams one 1080 P stream video recording everything you wanna do is even hard for a pro to do and this is the base model. Nobody buying the base model is gonna be editing 4K video professionally.

[@jlomein4634]

why do ppl still use Pr... it sucks period..........

[@TheKid_88]

who are you?

[@zandavid8729]

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[@zszenasi]

Lovely girl😍

[@vippygill]

Whats wrong with ur voice ??

[@adeebkhan6976]

I got a crush on you!❤

[@richaneesh]

8 GB definitely not enough to do 3 heavy tasks at a time. Need at least 24GB to do everything fluently

[@sergebureau2225]

You are totally wrong.

[@jonathangraham7148]

So wrong 😂

[@davidkendrick617]

This guy works for Samsung 😂

[@richaneesh]

@@davidkendrick617 lol.. I don't know why everyone is laughing at me. I wish I had a macbook with m2 but totally outside my budget. I want to know from a real user if they are able to edit and render 4K prores videos on Da Vinci Resolve on an 8 GB on Macbook without issues then I will buy the 8GB because I can save up for it. I have been looking at the used market over here where I live and all everyone is selling is 8GB macs.

[@bharathtaurus2]

Go with the 8GB RAM m2 Air if you don't plan on heavy multitasking or if you don't care about heavy swap memory usage that could render your Macbook air into a lightweight brick in about a couple of years. 16GB of RAM is a good balance for light multitasking and 24GB RAM is ideal for heavier multitasking usage (at which point I would consider buying the MacBook Pro with the M1 Pro chip instead). I've owned all 3 variants above to test them out and found heavy memory pressure with the lower RAM variants, which is detrimental to the lifespan of the device.

[@MariusMurg]

Too much Blabla Too less Display showing Your pretty Face but we want the TECH

[@bobbydhuth]

Exactly and her high base talking is just irritating😂

[@bobbydhuth]

You should talk with less base i believe, it's like that guy in one series mocking the cafe girl for talking exactly like this like she doesn't care at all

[@ionutmititelu2083]

How much the RAM memory the laptop has??

[@claretv]

she said the m2 base model 8/256

[@Rikoshet124]

why you talking to yourself and smiling to the wall while alone in a room in front of a laptop?

[@Adtysnt_]

This is a good quality video!🤍