MBP vs iMac

What do you recommend, iMac + iPad mini or MacBook Pro 15 "(without the retina)? I want to edit film and images, and I want to have one device with me when Im not home, for example, are on a vacation or just photographing.

"and I want to have one device with me when Im not home, for example, are on a vacation or just photographing."
You're not describing an iMac that's for sure.

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  • MBP vs. iMac Display: Better for Photo Editing?

    Would anyone care to give their opinion of the display pros/cons of using a MBP vs. iMac for photo editing?
    I have been considering getting a new iMac, and I would like to do photo editing (somewhere in the middle between professional and iPhoto). First I thought 20", but then I learned about the relatively poorer display quality. Then I thought 24", but still had concerns about gradients. Then I waited for the new (Penryn) iMacs, but it sounds like there hasn't been an obvious improvement in iMac display quality. Perhaps a MBP would be a better bet.
    Thanks in advance.

    The quick answer depends upon the quality of work you intend to do:
    1) Are you a general amateur photographer? As long as you perform your own color calibration of the display, and NOT use the dull color profiles Apple provide, you're fine.
    2) If you are a PROFESSIONAL performing color management on your images then the answer for BOTH the MacBook and MacBook Pro are NO. You are kidding yourself if you think you will ever get full accurate colors on their LCD displays.
    All of Apple's LCD laptop displays have, up to this point, been only 6 bit color capable. A professional requires full 24 bit color, which is what the human eye is capable of seeing, which requires an 8 bit color capable display.
    Note: 6 bit color = 262,144 colors. (It was incorrectly listed above). 8 bit color = 16,777,216 colors. This is a drastic difference. Apple use an FRC dithering method to fake the other colors, but this by no means equals real 'millions of colors' depth.
    Do not use an iMac as the same 6-bit color depth remains the case. You must use either a VERIFIED 8-bit LCD display (note- one of the Apple Cinema Displays is ONLY 6-bit, so buyer beware), or use a CRT. The CRT still provides more colors than any LCD display, AND you don't have to worry about the viewing angle problem that plagues most LCD displays. (Shift your head up or down, right or left and you will see the contrast and color quality of lower quality LCD displays change. This ruins them for professional use).
    :-Derek Currie
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  • How do I use/copy iPhoto library from my MBP to iMac?

    I purchased a new 3TB iMac and wanted to use my existing ~128GB iPhotoLibrary from my MBP. I tried to AirDrop the library, but, after 12 hours or so, it was downloaded as a "package" kind file instead of a "photoLibrary".
    For now, I have both machines in the sharing mode and "switched" the iPhoto library on my iMac to use the MBP one.
    Any help is appreciated.
    -- Regards,

    The iPhoto Library is a package since iPhoto 7 (08).  Did you try to open the packaged library after the transfer was done? 
    A safer way to copy the library to your iMac is to connedt the two with a LAN or in Target Disk Mode,  Transferring files between two computers using FireWire, and manually drag the library from the MBP to the iMac.  If you new iMac doesn't have a FW port you might need a Thunderbold to FW adaptor to do the Target Disk Mode.
    Another way would be to use an external HD or large enough flash drive to copy.
    OT

  • How do I share data between my MBP and iMac?

    I have two Genealogy programs on my iMac that I would like to share data between my MBP and the iMac.  I would like to gather the data on the MBP and then share new data to the iMac which is where I basically do all of the Genealogy work from, since it is much easier with the larger screen and better keyboard. 
    Can someone please explain or direct me to a tutorial or procedures if this is possible?  Thank You!

    Click Apple>System Preferences>Sharing
    Check File Sharing. In File Sharing add the folder you want to share with another computer. Then add users. Then proide access previledges such as Read & Write, Read Only, Write Only or No Access.
    Now in the System Preferences, Click iCloud, sign in to iCloud. It's free and you can access your Macs from anywhere.
    In iCloud, check Back to My Mac.
    Do the same to another computer. You're all set by now.

  • Mail not working on MBP or iMac

    I can't believe I can't fix this
    My mail on my two computer MBP, Mavericks  and my iMac Mountian Lion will not send, recieve and my folders are gone
    All my mobile devices work fine iPhone, iPad, Ipod touch
    This happened after I upgraded to mavericks on my MBP
    I did not install mavericks on my iMac because of a software I use does not support it
    I tre entered all the settings from the icloud support page
    It did used to call my mail account Mobile Me icloud.  That is the only difference.
    I can use icloud on the web as a work around but how do I get my Mac mail back
    Thanks
    MacBook                          Pro, Mac OS X (10.9.2), 2.44 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 8GB ram
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    iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G

    I think I may have some insight as to what happened with the Mavericks update
    It was previousy a Mobile Me account converted to iCloud when they ended the Mobile Me
    They problaby ended support for that after the Mavericks update

  • How i can use ipad access time capsule files? play movies and music , without any mbp or imac device., how i can use ipad access time capsule files? play movies and music , without any mbp or imac device.

    1:  i have 10 mac device at home. include iphone , ipad , ipod , imac , mbp ...etc
    2:  i want share the files, all file just auto backup into home store, not the ICLOUD, they not easy to get 10T size.
    3:  i want make media push , or media  stream post. such as push iphone game screen view to 3 ipad, air , mbp , and iphone.. and record them as video on timecapsule<home Store>
    I mean , dirctly , use ipad , read imac's disk, play timecapsule video and music , hear them in airport express, view the picture in project(through air HDMI connect).
    maybe the home cloud like a NAS.  but stream push cant not instaed the " <<<media files countent play task project push >>> .
    it means i want use muti device together , push task and orgnize them .

    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1549?viewlocale=en_US

  • Forgive me for a MBP vs iMac question

    Please forgive my post as I'm sure people are tired of this question, but I'd like to ask with details about how I work.
    My current MBP is an early 2010 with the following:
    3.06 GHZ Core 2 Duo
    8 GIG ram - 1067 MHZ DDR3
    NVIDIA GoForce 9600M GT 512 MB
    I bought this to edit video, and it has worked great. Just a side note, I bought this and 1 month later the new i7's came out!! Ugh.
    Anyway, as I was saying, it's working fine, but now that I'm using FCPX and Motion, it's acting a bit tired, and I usually get a new computer every 2 years anyway.
    My question is this, will the new TOP of the line MBP provide a noticable difference from my current MBP? Or should I be leaning towards a new iMac?
    Second question is this, is the top end iMac faster than a top end MBP?
    I'm interested in pure performance, so portability isn't an issue.
    Thanks
    Tony

    Ok, so I spent some time on the phone with apple, how disappointing... I spoke with a person at the apple store, which they directed me to apple sales, and they just told me what the website said, not to mention he told me that the iMac with the upgraded processor is only for gamming and it wouldn't do anything for me for video editing... ugh...
    Anyway, I'm leaning towards the maxed out 17" MBP with my 24" monitor.
    http://www.macworld.com/article/157893/2011/02/2011macbookpro_benchmarks.html
    Thoughts?
    Thanks so much for all your help.
    Tony

  • FCPX 10.0.3 "instant edit" problem with OLD MBP and iMac

    The setting
    ~15Gb of footage from 5D Mark 2 (with half the bitrate through Magic Lantern)
    ~Short editing project.
    The problem
    In the beginning, I used my early 08 MBP
    I tried importing the footage from CF to an event on my USB drive (I don't have a FW800 drive atm)
    Selected "create proxy media"
    Instantly all clip show up, however,
    all clips in event has the red document and ! sign, cannot preview.
    the "background activity window" shows that it is converting.
    I have to wait until the first clip finish processing, then the red document with ! sign icon will be gone,
    I can preview, and start editing
    Then, I tried running FCPX on an 2007 iMac
    using the same import setting, I again import the footage from CF to USB drive
    again selected "create proxy media"
    INSTANTLY all clip show up WITH PREVIEW and I can just start editing right away,
    and I can see that the maching is doing background proxy conversion to ProRes 422
    Then, after iMac has finish creating the proxy media for the first clip (there are about 14), I stopped the background processing, and confirmed that all previewing, editing function are still intact, i can see every clip and the waveform and everything.  Since both the event and the project is on the USB drive, I ejected it and put it back on my macbook pro. FCPX on my macbook pro can see the event, the project, so I load them up.  However, all the clip that has no proxy media show up again with the red document ! icon, and i cannot preview any of those.  The file which has proxy media created is behaving just fine.
    The machines
    MacBook Pro 15" Early 08 (last version before unibody)
    2.4Ghz Core2Duo
    6Gb Ram
    200Gb 5400 HDD
    Nvidia 6800M GT 256Mb
    OSX Lion (latest one i forgot the number after 10.7)
    iMac 7,1 (sometime in 2007 I believe)
    2.4Ghz Core2Duo
    4Gb Ram
    500Gb 7200 HDD
    ATI Radeon HD 2600 256Mb
    OSX Snow Leopard 10.6.8
    USB 2.0 Drive 200Gb 5400Rpm I believe
    Question
    Is this a setting problem anyone seen this same problem before
    I'm particularly puzzled since apparently the imac is only better than my mbp in terms of having a bigger and faster harddrive....
    Please help!!!

    There are playback preferences that set playback to either proxy media or original/optimized media. You can only work with and play one type of media at a time. If you have proxy playback switched on you will only see proxy media.

  • Copy iMovie Project from MBP to iMac via DropBox?

    My AVCHD Camcorder records to SDHC card and has my latest holiday on it (1.6GB of it).
    My iMac doesn't have an SD slot so I ordered a USB Multi-cardreader and had to wait for it to be delivered before I could import my project into iMovie '11.
    Meanwhile, as it happened, my daughter went on holiday and lent me her MacBook Pro. It occured to me that I could use the MBP's built in SD reader and I successfully imported my holiday clips into iMovie'11 on her MacBook.  I even got it to analyse for stablisation and persons.
    This morning the anticipated USB SDHC (and other card) reader arrived.  I tried to use it to import the clips into my own Desktop iMac.  Unfortunately the device is rubbish. It has a small mini USB cable to power it.  The cable fell out several times each time forcing the Mac to tell me off about not unmounting the device properly.  When I eventually found a way to stop the power cable falling out, iMovie couldn't import the clips without errors.  Using DIsk Utility to try and fix it failed because DU was unable to dismount the device for some reason.
    Never mind, I thought, I will just copy the clips I imported yesterday to my daughters MacBook.
    We both share a DropBox Folder and I think there is enough space on it to transfer 1.6GB.  How do I do this?  I mean, is it simply a case of copying a certain folder to DropBox then from DropBox to the relevant place on my iMac?
    Also, I have a vague recollection of reading somewhere something about file sharing.  I have an airport router, I wonder if it would be just as simple to transfer the appropriate folder this way instead?

    If you copied the entire contents of the card with the file folders intact, you can try to import using iMovie. Best case scenario, iMovie will recognize the folder and import the AVCHD files. If not, you'll need a converter of some sort. There are many apps out there that will convert AVCHD but the reason I recommend ClipWrap is that the re-wrap simply changes the container of the movie so that the Mac can read it. The contents remain the same and you have no quality loss, whereas most other converters actually re-write the data.
    Another user over at Vimeo has a free option that people say has worked for them. To quote:
    "Alan Somers over at Apple Discussions has made an Automator script to convert native AVCHD files with sound to mpeg 4 (m4v) the files have AC3 audio and are about the same size as the original file. You will first need to install ClipGrab from here clipgrab.de/​download_en.html (free) to your application folder then Perian codecs from here (free)perian.cachefly.net/​Perian_1.2.1.dmg then Alan's Automator from here (free) place anywhere (desktop works) public.me.com/​catservant it's called Rewrap2M4V.app if you would like to read the thread or thank Alan for his work see here discussions.apple.com/​thread.jspa?threadID=2380085&start=0&tstart=0
    Please note the quality is excellent but you will loose the "date" information from the original file."

  • MBP or Imac or maybe even macbook?

    I am certainly buying a Mac but i just dont know which one to buy...
    I use a mac just for school (not very heavy graphic design programs) just text writing etc etc
    but in my spare time i really like to game...
    I heared that you could run games like Counter Strike Source pretty well with bootcamp on the 15 iinch MBP ($1999)
    but is an Imac 20 inch 2,4 Ghz ($1499) worse or better in gaming then a MBP because i think there is huge price difference between them. Problem is i really like mobility so i propably will go with a laptop but then i am thinking between the Blackbook($1499) or the (cheapest) $1999 MBP but is it worth it to pay $500 dollar for my gaming urges? Or give up my mobility and satisfy my gaming urges (if there is not really "gaming" difference between Imac and MBP) and safe $500
    or just buy macbook and forget gaming (or can i play CSS on a blackbook)
    (by gaming i mean playing Counter Strike Source)

    i think the big picture is that you seem to be wanting the mobility which of course is a very nice thing to bring your computer on places you like... the only thing you seem to be on the fence is spending extra money in order to play games on your laptop... the blackbook has a less powerful graphics card then the macbook pro... so that solves that question... i think in your post the the imac is kind of the equation due to the fact that you were interested in it was because of the gaming for a cheaper price tag.
    so at the end of the day if you do get the macbook black i think that your always going to be wondering how much more better the game play would have been on a more powerful laptop if you just spent the extra 500 bucks....
    i am the perfect example.... i now how both macbook and the macbook pro...

  • MBP or iMac gfx card?

    Which is better? the 8600mgt in the MBP or the HD 2600 pro in the iMacs?
    especially for...
    gaming?
    3D graphics work?
    video encoding?

    As a general rule, the graphics cards in desktop computers will outperform the cards in laptops of the same relative age/trim level, so I would expect the HD 2600 pro to be better - but +only very slightly better+. Note that the Nvidia 8600M edges out the ATI Mobility Raedon HD 2600, which is the mobile version of the Raedon card - this may be the comparison the previous poster refers to; the HD 2600 PRO is the desktop version, which outperforms the companion mobile card from ATI. I couldn't find a head-to-head of the Nvidia mobile (the M in 8600M) vs. the Raedon desktop (missing "Mobility" in the full name), possibly because mobile-to-desktop graphics card comparisons are not the norm.
    The upshot is that the graphics card should not be the driver of your choice between iMac and MBP - base that on need for portability, display size, and cost.
    Hope this helps...

  • Will Age of Conan(mmorpg game) run on my MBP or iMac?

    I want to play the new mmorpg game Age of Conan. But I don't have any windows pc's anymore. But I do have two macs in the house and I might be willing to put windows via bootcamp on one of them if it works.Also I don't want to do it if it's going to run really choppy and barely makes the requirements. So here's the requirements for the game:
    Minimum
    Disk Drive : Quad-speed (4x) DVD-ROM drive
    Hard Drive Space : 30 GB
    Operating System : Windows XP/Vista
    Processor : Pentium 4/Athlon XP or better: 3 GHz
    RAM : 1 GB
    Video Card : 128 MB DirectX 9.0c Graphics Card with Shader 2.0 support (NVIDIA GeForce 6800+ / ATI Radeon 9800+)
    Recommended
    Disk Drive : Quad-speed (4x) DVD-ROM drive
    Hard Drive Space : 30 GB
    Operating System : Windows Vista
    Processor : Core 2 Duo E6600 or equivalent
    RAM : 2 GB
    Video Card : 512 MB DirectX 9.0c Graphics Card with Shader 2.0 support (NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX or equivalent)
    My MBP: ATI Radeon X1600
    2 Gigs RAM
    2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
    Plenty of HD space.
    My iMac(Aluminum): ATi Radeon HD 2600 Pro
    1 Gig of RAM (Willing to add another gig for game)
    2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
    So would it be able to run smoothly? Thanks.

    Drumwiz,
    Hmmm, you must have XP with SP2. You cannot install any earlier version and upgrade it. Of course, Vista will install with no problems, regardless of which point release.
    Now, it sounds to me like your Macbook Pro is a Core Duo model, not a Core 2 Duo. Please confirm this by choosing "About this Mac..." from the Apple menu, but the 2.16 models with the X1600 were all Core Duo, if I am not mistaken.
    At any rate, you can install only the 32-bit version of either XP or Vista on any Core Duo machine (your Macbook Pro). However, you can install either the 32-bit or 64-bit versions of XP and/or Vista on the iMac. There are pros and cons to both.
    Scott

  • Which would you buy? MBP or iMac. I need guidance 2.

    Ok, I'm heading for a replacement. I had a MBP CoreDuo 2.0/1 GB/80 GB 5400 rpm HD/X1600 128 mb/matte. It had some problems and Apple are offering me a replacement.
    I need a computer for (mobile) audio recording/mixing, graphic (Photoshop & Illustrator)and web site design (Flash), browsing, media center. This is a everyday tool that I'll use pretty intensively and maybe I could wait next year to have a notebook when I'll return to school.
    So I have the choice between the Core 2 Duo 15 inch Macbook Pro with matte screen or the Core 2 Duo iMac (20 or 24 inch). The only reason why I hesitate taking a new Macbook Pro are the issues concerning the grainyness/uneven illumination of the screen and the Airport issues.
    Would you consider it safe to take the Core 2 Duo 15 inch Macbook Pro or you would recommend me the iMac? I know the iMac doesn't have the same degree of portability as the MBP...
    Because I had my share of visits at an Apple Service Provider...
    Thank you for the advices!

    yv,
    Have you actually seen this "graininess" issue for yourself? I only ask because I was very hesitant about buying a MBP for that reason. I went into the Apple Store, compared screens between MacBook, MacBook Pro and iMac. The MacBook screen was clearly inferior. The MacBook Pro (15") and the iMac screen looked comparable in quality. I saw no graininess.
    I went to CompUSA the following week. I brought my wife with me. She's a graphic designer, works on very good quality monitors all day--in fact she makes the purchasing decisions for the graphics department of a Fortune 500 company. We compared the same three sets of monitors. She came to the same conclusion as me: the MacBook monitor is inferior. The MacBook Pro and iMac monitors are not noticeably different in quality. In fact, she even thought the MacBook Pro was every bit as good as the Apple Cinema Display they had. I bought a MacBook Pro right there.
    I've been using it for about 6 weeks now. Its the best laptop screen I've ever used-better than my daughter's PowerBook G4 (last generation), better than my wife's high-end PC laptop (I think its a Toshiba), better than my son's PowerBook G4 (second to last generation). I also compare it to my higher end 22" external monitor (more expensive Gateway version). Sure, the external is better, but it isn't designed for a laptop.
    So, maybe I got lucky, and all the MacBook Pros at the Apple Store, and the ones at CompUSA and the one I purchased all happened to be the few that don't have this problem (mine was manufactured during the last week of November or the first week of December). Or, this is a relatively rare problem with one of the earlier batches. Or it is exaggerated to begin with. Take a look for yourself.

  • Mail - MBP works, iMac doesn't with identical settings

    I recently purchased a new retina iMac, and I've spent about 5.5 hours trying to get ONE email account to work on it.  It's a workspace email, from GoDaddy.com that is connected to my website hosted by them.  The settings are identical to my Late 2011 Macbook Pro, iPad, and iPhone, which send and receive mail fine using this account.  I've deleted and added it as a new account 3 times, verified and re-verified the POP and SMTP server settings and usernames/passwords for the account.  POP is working (mostly), occasionally connecting and disconnecting randomly without any changes when looking at the Connection Doctor.  SMTP is always red and hasn't worked at all yet, so that's my main issue.  My Gmail, and iCloud accounts work fine on the iMac, so it's just this one account that's having issues.  I've done all I know to do, as it seems like it "should" be working, since I've set this same account up on 3 other apple devices with the same settings and they have no issues.  Is there anywhere else to check and see what's going on, or what the problem may be?  I did notice one weird thing, the "check again" button is greyed out on my iMac's Connection Doctor, but it's not on my MBP.  Both the iMac and MBP are running OS X 10.10.2 Yosemite and Mail 8.2 (2070.6).

    Okay, so I checked their support site and it seems Go Daddy is having server issues this morning, so maybe that has something to do with it.  It's still odd that 3 of my 4 devices work with the same settings, although they were set up prior to this morning. 
    Is there a way to copy a mail account's settings from one Mac to another?  If I could just copy what's working on my MBP to the iMac, maybe that would work.
    I don't want to copy the entire mail folder, if possible, b/c I've done that before and it causes other issues that I don't really want to deal with (you can't delete your email accounts from Mail and they're not listed under Internet Accounts in settings, for instance).

  • IChat MBP to iMac - 1 .mac account

    How can I have my MBP iChat (video) w/my iMac using only 1 .mac account?

    Try logging into both computers. If it logs you out of one while logging into the other then you can't. Just get another .Mac account and/or AIM account.
    If you still think there is a way then you also might want to try the right discussion board. If there is a way it would be in the iChat settings and it has nothing to do with MBP.So...yeah. Wrong discussion board.
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  • Switching from MBP to iMac with 2nd SSD drive

    Hi, all.
    I'm thinking of the possibility of upgrading my 2007 MBP to an iMac running Logic 9. What's impressed me is the BTO option with the quad-core models where they add a second SSD drive for the OS plus the 1 or 2 TB hard drive at 7200 rpm. I currently have a Glyph hard drive for samples, audio and backups. I know it's expensive and many people aren't using SSD's, but would that be a good way to go if I put all my samples (BFD2, Omnisphere, Trilian, etc.) on the 7200 rpm hard drive and backup stuff to my Glyph? This would free up my Firewire bus for the Duet so that I can put the Glyph on a USB port to backup stuff.
    I'd like an answer ASAP on this, please.
    Thanks,
    Damian.
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    Sounds solid to me. If the Glyph was connected on a firewire port that is. This would free up the bandwith that way but actually it is hardly an issue with the Duet considering the limited inputs. But using the Glyph as a backup for your projects is good wise idea anyway.

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