yeah new file system, it's a lot faster at least like 3x with SSDs

they kept the old one around just for Time Machine but now they got rid of it and made Time Machine work with the new one.. at least it's great news if you have a SSD for backups

i have 3 backups ima keep 1 on the old one and roll 2 of them over as new backup drives
but yeah you need a second one if you don't wanna lose that file history

Why would you have to keep music on an external?

got around 250gb so either Id have to use external or pay more for the 512 and even then it'd take up half of it

Just got the 12 pro max

No real diff from my 11 pro max but it feels nicer

Yeah I always opt for a lot of SSD storage because my music library is insane. Got the 1TB this time for my M1 MBP... pushing a 19,000 song iTunes library

mind blowing

good watch^

LMFAO

It was a gift 😂

thank you for posting this

i've been waiting on this nigga to post a video lol damn

do you guys have any 13 inch sleeve or case recommendations?

I've seen the phrase "black magic" describing these new Macs so many times lmao

damn OKAY THATS A WIN

This puppy working pretty well for me so far tomtoc.com/products/13-inch-laptop-bag-gary-for-macbook-air-pro available on Amazon

Got Apple Watch SE as a gift for my bday

Is there anything I should adjust or download any apps?

thanks, late reply but would this also overwrite my current itunes library so there is only one library active at a time? or is there a way to create a separate library and just see what these old files come up with while maintaining the current library?

what do you mean by active library? you mean like synced to your phone?

I guess in itunes is it possible to have more than one library? my only concern with importing my old library files is it will overwrite my current library and delete playlists and the like

Looks like it's possible from a quick search, sorry haha:
support.apple.com/guide/itunes/use-multiple-itunes-libraries-itns3259/windows

In related news...

Just bought the new M1 Macbook Air after being a Windows user all my life. Really excited to have all this computing power coming from an i3 with 4gb RAM.

That being said, looking to become more familiar with MacOS and learn as much as I can before the laptop arrives. Any tips for a beginner or any videos, resources, etc? Also curious about integration with iphone. I imagine that will be much improved with a Mac

I believe it is possible to export the files for your playlists, and actually the metadata for your whole library so your tracklists, play counts, and everything can be downloaded and imported again.

I think it depends on what version of MacOS/iTunes do you have?

With this new macbook I'll just be starting with the latest itunes unless there's a way to load an older version?

I don't think I need the level of detail you described, more so just wanted to load the old library files and see what playlist names pop up and the songs part of them for nostalgia. Will be cool to see what I was listening to in winter 2012 for example

EDIT: just remembered itunes is gone now, so not sure if even possible to do this with the new laptop

Yes so you can download your playlists by going to them in Music and going to

File > Library > Export playlist

It should save it as a text file, then you should be able to import them on a new computer

thanks, I have my current library in windows backed up as an xml file. is Music on Mac basically the new itunes and I can play my local files? is spotify usable and solid on Mac too?

Yes Music is the new iTunes.

To save all your playlists you will have to go into each one and you have to click Export Playlist. It should download as a txt file

I haven't used Spotify, and AFAIK it hasn't been updated for M1 yet, but yes it should still work under Rosetta

appreciate your help, looking forward to getting this mac and becoming acclimated