Best Mac Video Editor

As a cynical/snarky video editor I was looking for a drive that would perform well for a (7) mulitcamera HD edit. This drive was all that and more. What really threw me was the fact that it's the size of a Snickers candy bar! Dang it's small! It blows my mind that something this diminutive could perform so well. It was up to the task. The source footage (several 78 gig files) was copied off a PC. I then connected it with the provided Thunderbolt III cable to my new Mac Mini (3.2gHz 6-Core/i7/32gigs RAM/1 TB SSD). The drive was instantly recognized (no PC/Mac format issues) and off I went to work. The Helix Dura enclosure got warm but never hot where I was concerned. To be cliear I intentionally got the Dura version because the chipset is more robust and didnt want to risk any speed issues. I'm glad I did. Great drive. Bite!

I had to switch from Mac to Windows for my new job. As a video editor I loved the flexibility the Magic Mouse provided with its trackpad. This is perfect for those Mac users who have to switch to Windows, or those who love to horizontal scroll and do video editing or graphic design. I was worried this was going to be too small but this fits well even with my big hands.

I use this at work as a video editor. I love it

These are THE BEST recordable DVD's out there for copying video/audio for a Mac. I have tried 4-5 different dvd's from various companies and all other ones chop up the video/audio and don't efficiently copy them. B&H has a great price ...

I'm a professional editor waiting to update my aging 2008 Mac Pro. Though incredibly expensive, I saw how the new Mac Pro was optimized to work with FCP X and knew it would work with my workflow. Being part of my livelihood, the purchase was deemed by me to be worth it. It is incredibly much smaller and lighter (which when I have to travel to location is greatly appreciated), and quieter. In my office where there are hard drives whirring, that is a welcome respite. As Apple has designed the new Mac Pro as the hub, this purchase may require additional considerations such as having to buy external storage such as USB 3.0 or Thunderbolt drives, a PCIe chassis (for those with cards needed for video ingesting like the RED Rocket card or AJA cards), an e-SATA Thunderbolt hub, a DVD / Blu-Ray burner, etc. It can be a bit of a wire jungle behind the computer but that was always the case with me and my last Mac Pro. It is worthy purchase for me, but I realize that if I did less processor intensive tasks like word processing, e-mail, internet surfing, media consumption, etc. I would definitely not find this worth the price and just opt for the excellent iMac series for far less. However, if you're a video editor, 3D artist, serious photographer or anyone who has to render images quickly and efficiently, then I would seriously give this a strong consideration. Personally, I'm loving it. One thing I do wish the Mac Pro came with was bigger internal storage (I got the 1TB internal SSD) as I had to take my rather large iTunes library and put it on a 2TB external USB 3.0 drive, but maybe one day someone will release larger capacity SSDs.

Even if your not an FCP editor, using one of these keyboard skins can seriously save your mac (when the kids spill a bottle of water over the open laptop!)

I use this drive for my FCPX video editor. It is fast enough to keep up with my 1920 x 1080 videos

To output your video from you mac

Wonderful computer! Best Mac I have usef

I'm a video editor who works from a home office. If the power goes out, the computers and drives go down. Well, not anymore. The APC UPS has saved my skin many more times than I can remember. I have an Mac Pro trash can and 32 Terabytes worth of drives connected to it and it has not ever failed. In fact, I just purchased my second for another work station.