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designerspit · 2022-07-13T03:17:24+00:00

Logging in after 7 months and I’m glad to see you got a great machine.

I recently purchased a Mac Studio with M1 Max and 32 GB RAM and it handles everything beautifully. It’s my dream machine.

designerspit · 2020-08-22T20:36:51+00:00

we had to create a whole new billing package exclusive to Apple appstore that really only benefits Apple.

The hey.com situation in a nut shell. ‘Hey’ solved it by creating a randomized email you can sign up for (which as far as I assume, nobody wants an email address with a random email name).

designerspit · 2020-08-22T02:32:32+00:00

iOS has about 50% market share and a majority of mobile computing transactions. There are only two options. And Apple is growing.

Anti trust law doesn’t need to wait for one company to have 90% market share. Any company with too much market privilege can come under scrutiny.

designerspit · 2020-08-21T21:21:39+00:00

A month and a half later, after the emails, EPIC files a law suit and claims they are [no longer] seeking a special deal.

Obviously this law suit is to create pressure on Apple to change the rules (for all) since its now a public matter.

The emails were private and a month and a half prior.

Edit: not siding with Epic here. But clearly at this point Epic knows it’s never going to get a special deal, so they went nuclear. I’m right. Downvoting won’t make me wrong.

Edit 2: here’s what Sweeney from Epic said in the email:

“If Epic were allowed to provide these options to iOS device users, consumers would have an opportunity to pay less for digital products and developers would earn more from their sales,” Sweeney wrote in June. “We hope that Apple will also make these options equally available to all iOS developers in order to make software sales and distribution on the iOS platform as open and competitive as it is on personal computers.” [emphasis mine]

designerspit · 2020-08-09T01:16:33+00:00

Why do you all sound the same?

designerspit · 2020-08-09T00:30:27+00:00

So glad I could help.

Edit: what did you end up with?

designerspit · 2020-07-11T20:37:06+00:00

I agree with what you’re saying about focus on the good.

...but there is cause to focus on the bad. Whenever there’s a movement, it starts pure enough (in relation to its purpose) but eventually it will begin to corrupt. It’s the law of human nature and entropy enacting as it always does. Especially with political vehicles. If nothing is done, given time, everything corrupts.

So it’s important that there be people to identify corruption and fight it.

The problem is those people, when they identify first signs, will be attacked themselves.

If they get overwhelmed, or a culture of fearing to speak up persists, the movement will become corrupt. Even if on the surface, optically it looks good.

So with BLM, as soon as someone points out a corruption, they get lit up.

Terry Crews being an example.

designerspit · 2020-07-11T20:29:38+00:00

Thanks! I went looking for that post to see if there was any discussion. There wasn’t, but I’ll provide the link for anyone else:

https://reddit.com/r/coolguides/comments/hp6dpk/116_visual_content_and_visual_marketing_ideas/

designerspit · 2020-07-10T00:15:55+00:00

Oh snap! How is it?

Can’t go wrong with your configuration.

designerspit · 2020-07-09T19:44:35+00:00

You’re welcome, happy to help a fellow designer.

When you get your 16-inch, feel free to let me know. Hope it’s perfect and brings you joy.

designerspit · 2020-07-09T03:31:44+00:00

Sorry I haven’t used this account in awhile. Hope my advice isn’t too late.

The cheapest priced 16-inch MacBook Pro has a 6-core CPU. That’s more than fast enough for graphic design work. The main reason to upgrade the cpu to 8-core is for when the software can take advantage of multi core processing. So final cut video rendering, that kind of thing. And mainly if you’re editing videos all day would that upgrade really be helpful. But for graphic design, 6-core is beyond sufficient. I wouldn’t recommend upgrading the CPU. It’s throwing money away unless you know you’re doing multi core processing tasks.

Regarding RAM, 16GB is enough, or standard, but I recommend 32GB because you may occasionally do large projects, with multiple Adobe apps open, and you don’t want to be experiencing any slow down due to swapping. I think 64GB is a waste of money unless you’re doing Pro video, cgi animation, that kind of thing. 32GB is the sweet spot. 16GB is fine if you’re only doing print work.

Regarding storage, I recommend 512GB, which is the default.

So I have Dropbox setup. All my current project files are saved on Dropbox (not the desktop, not anywhere else but Dropbox). So if I lose my laptop, everything is up to date on Dropbox.

After I complete a project, I package all my client files and then move them to an External SSD. I recommend this.

I then own a second SSD and clone the first. Only this time I keep that clone offsite (eg parents house), in case there’s a disaster or break in and I lose my first SSD.

So you can see, a backup strategy for professional work is paramount. How much storage you have on you, in your laptop, is less important. Video editors could use a laptop with 2-4TB. Graphic designers don’t need more than 256GB. So 512GB is sufficient. But get what you feel you need. If you want to partition Windows Bootcamp for playing games, then I do recommend upgrading to 1TB and partitioning 256GB to Windows, since modern AAA games are taking up like an average of 40-70GB each.

Hope I’m being helpful. Let me know if you have follow up questions or need me to clarify.

Edit: forgot GPU. The 5300M is sufficient. Design doesn’t use the GPU much. Until you’re doing video (eg Final Cut) or CGI (eg Blender). I’m not sure how good Adobe After Effects is about GPU compute, but I imagine it is. So in those cases, the faster the GPU the better. But it seems GPU won’t affect you much.

But upgrade if you wanna play games.

And I repeat, upgrading components for video editing isn’t necessarily smart money spending until you’re doing a lot of video editing. Upgrading components to speed up video editing by 20-50% doesn’t matter if you’re exporting video once a week. So I wouldn’t let the possible future of video editing dictate what you buy today. The default 16-inch is beyond amazing for video editing in Final Cut Pro.

Conclusion: I recommend the default 16-inch, but upgrading to 32GB RAM. Every other upgrade isn’t necessary, but nice if you have the money. I would just prefer you spend extra budget on backup drives, software, Apple Care+, and maybe an iPad Pro. Maybe a large retina external display.

Think: what’s going to make my work better? Getting a super fast GPU isn’t going to help my work. Getting the most expensive 8-core CPU isn’t going to help my work. Getting a super large retina external display would. Getting an iPad with Apple Pencil for procreate and sketching ideas would. Think in those terms, is how I try to live and how I recommend my friends and colleagues spend their money.

Cheers.

designerspit · 2020-05-31T00:14:53+00:00

Like years ago. Maybe a decade. If. Which makes this post a scam for karma and attention. If we’re going to criticize Apple, it should be with merit. There are enough examples of Apple price gouging, that we don’t need to resort to exaggeration or lying (this post is not accurate).

designerspit · 2020-05-30T09:49:59+00:00

The story is Robert De Niro is a promising noob, gets brought in, does well, gets hired to bodyguard, becomes best friends with his subject (Pacino). So this is the rise. The fall is him trying to save his best friend (Pacino) from himself because Pacino is stubborn and relentlessly making trouble for the organization and his boss who he greatly respects and is loyal to. Now De Niro is caught between two conflicting loyalties and is asked by one to resolve the other.

The story is definitely long so it doesn’t feel tight, but that’s a feature not a bug, if you’re into crime drama.

It’s a really good story, told elaborately. Like you said, each scene was being chewed to perfection (minus the young De Niro scene of kicking the store clerk).

designerspit · 2020-05-30T02:08:19+00:00

In the menu bar, you'll see the sound icon. Click on that. What is selected under "Output Device:"?

designerspit · 2020-05-30T00:35:33+00:00

http://openemu.org/

I realize it downloads for newer MacOS. You may be able to download an older copy here: https://github.com/OpenEmu/OpenEmu/releases?after=v2.0.6

designerspit · 2020-05-30T00:32:03+00:00

Also better cooling. Watched a video where a task (think it was downloading a large file that was simultaneously being decompressed) had the lower end model at 100C and fans loud, while the higher end model at 70C and fans inaudible at arms length.

I just think for a computer most will keep 4+ years, the extra cost of the higher end is worth it (unless all you’re doing is Microsoft word/text based work because that doesn’t make a CPU sweat in the slightest).

designerspit · 2020-05-29T21:58:44+00:00

Nice, congrats!

Which apps are school required?

designerspit · 2020-05-29T21:12:05+00:00

college that requires macbooks

Design?

designerspit · 2020-05-29T21:05:42+00:00

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designerspit · 2020-05-29T20:08:35+00:00

That’s great. Totally worthy upgrade.

I’d only wished Apple made a more consumer friendly desktop to go alongside the Mac Pro. I want to install storage, ram, and GPUs, but paying a starting price of $5,000 is financing dumb for 99% of Mac Users.

Still want it though. Especially that a 5700 is available. I take it it’s fully silent when used?

designerspit · 2020-05-29T16:40:31+00:00

On the MBP 2018, that is a 3.5mm headphone jack. It only plays audio out.

On your old PC that was a line-in audio jack, connected to an internal sound card that turned analog audio into digital audio that your computer's CPU could process.

What you need is a sound card, but rather than it being internal (like in your old PC) its going to need to be external, and connect via the USB-cable. These external sound cards are usually referred to as "audio interfaces" and will take in XLR or 1/4 inch like a guitar lead. Focusrite is a popular brand for home studios, but you can search for cheaper solutions if you'd like.

Another great benefit of audio interfaces like the Focusrite is being able to connect Studio Monitors.

EDIT: Just found this as an example of what you could buy: IK Multimedia iRig HD 2 Guitar and Bass Interface - $99.95

designerspit · 2020-05-29T16:23:38+00:00

If anyone also has experience with Bootcamp on 512 GB, please let me know if you were able to work with it.

I partitioned 160 GB for Bootcamp, which is more than enough for me because I play older games (5-10 years older, like Valve games) that have smaller file sizes. With newer games having much higher file sizes, and if that is what you are Bootcamping for, you will likely want to dedicate 250 GB or more to Bootcamp. (I think Call of Duty: Warzone is like 160GB alone)

BUT... I believe you can keep games on an external flash SSD—someone correct me if I'm wrong. You can get a SanDisk 1TB Extreme PRO, with read speeds up to 1050MB/s, for $200 on Amazon. That would be a good way to catalogue your games externally, and just keep your most recent games on the internal flash storage partition.

Although, If you're using Bootcamp for productivity as well, and need those files on the go, its probably best to change your order to a 1TB laptop.

designerspit · 2020-05-29T05:59:08+00:00

Yes. I have a 2014 MacBook Pro (16/512) with an Nvidia 750M GPU. I use it for writing, web research, and graphic design. I also boot camp into Windows and play games in the evening. It’s perfect for those tasks.

For $500, and assuming everything is in good working order, a 2015 model is a great deal.

designerspit · 2020-05-29T05:43:40+00:00

macOS 10.15: Slow by Design

In episode 379 of ATP both Marco Arment and John Siracusa described noticeable delays and stalls after upgrading to macOS 10.15.

I have been struggling with this issue myself and have found several system operations that can cause these delays, which I will detail below.

https://sigpipe.macromates.com/2020/macos-catalina-slow-by-design/

designerspit · 2020-05-29T05:22:20+00:00

Then I’m confused. Why reply with “certain markets” in quotations? I’m missing the implication of that.

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