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Geometry and compositing issues when migrating from Intel to M1 Mac Mini
Hey all,
I’ve been editing a project on an Intel iMac running OSX 10.14.6 and Premiere Pro 14.2.0
I’m in the process of trying to move to an M1 Mac Mini as my daily workstation. It’s running OSX 11.1, and Premiere Pro 14.8.0.
When I got the M1, I installed all my apps, and used the Creative Cloud tool to download Premiere and several other daily use apps. I then migrated my main user from the iMac, and once that was done, shut it down, moved the TB3 cable on my RAID from the iMac to the M1, and got the M1 booting and everything seemingly ready to rock.
When I tried to open my current project (brought over from the iMac), the first thing I noticed was that *all* of my render files seemed to be lost, even though the folder containing all those files was still populated with scores of files, none of the names match what Premiere was expecting.
Since I figured I could re-render everything, I didn’t give much thought to that gremlin, but now my main issue is that most, if not all of my motion, position, transform, and compositing effects are all screwy. Images and videos that I’ve layered on top of each other no longer bear much resemblance to how I dialed them in on the iMac. Doing a full render did not fix this.
I took screen shots of a representative composite effect on the M1’s effect controls screen, and then moved my drives back to, and re-opened the file on my iMac. On the iMac, everything looks correct, and the numeric settings in the effects controls match 100% between iMac and M1, but the images don’t.
I thought it might be a version problem, so I went to the CC utility to try to install Premiere 14.2 on the M1, but the oldest version that it offered was 14.5. I did then try installing 14.5 on the M1, but the end result is still the same – all my geometry and compositing/transparencies are borked, even though the settings are correct.
I searched around a little to see if anyone else was having similar problems, but didn’t find anything.
Is anyone having a similar issue? Any suggestions? Is the problem the version? I just spent a good amount on a fully loaded M1, so I’d hate to have to park it on a shelf and keep using my klunky iMac.
thx!
AJ
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2 Replies
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Hi AJ, this isn’t exactly about your issue, but perhaps is related.
I notice you mention working with Premiere Pro 14.2.0. I have a version of PPr called Version 2013 and also called 7.2.2 running on an old Macbook. Adobe told me they don’t support P Pro versions older than 1 year. I’m running PrP 2019 on an iMac but could/should? update to PrP 2021. It seems you can only install 14.5 on your M1 machine. Can you share any references to PrPro version naming and support?
Thanks,
Robert
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Hey Robert, thanks for the reply. I’m a little confused about what you mean by “references to PrPro version naming and support?” Are you talking about whether I’m on CC 2019/2020, etc?
thx!
A
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