Adrian's Journal

In this video, I unbox and set up my new desk fan - The Bear Essentials FSD551 16-inch desk/wall fan… https://qoo.tn/BcKFrX/Q100206579 I have two of them. The other one is unboxed and set up without recording. ~ Adrian Lee

18 Oct 2021, Apple now has 3 new chips. - M1: Powerful - M1 Pro: More Powerful - M1 Max: Most Powerful Apple also has 2 new MacBook Pro. - 16 inch - Starts US$2499/S$3449 longer battery life - 14 inch - Starts US$1999/S$2769 - lesser display pixels What's gone? - No more touch bar What's back? - HDMI Port - SD card slot - MagSafe power port What's great? - 1080p webcam What's annoying? - That familiar NOTCH! I am most happy with the ports coming back, but likely will hate the notch. ~ Adrian Lee

The message "The storage device Macintosh HD is almost full" appeared when I was editing a video with Final Cut Pro X on my new Apple Macbook Air M1.   Final Cut Pro Taking up Too Much Space  My Macbook Air M1 had only 256GB of storage onboard. My raw footage was only about 9GB. The biggest file was the FCPX project files itself at about 140GB! How did 9GB become 140GB? There is not enough disk space for my Final Cut Pro. Why Is Final Cut Pro Taking up So Much Storage Final Cut Pro renders files in high-quality media so that we can playback our edits smoothly direct from the timeline.  It creates multiple HUGE high-quality files of our footage in the background.   It is a good thing, so as to maintain high-quality final edited video, BUT not a good thing for a laptop with only 256GB. How to Clear Disk Space on Final Cut Pro The question is how to delete the rendered files in FCPX? 1. Select the library in FCPX...  2. Go to Files > Delete Generated Library Files...  3. Sele

Where are the Movies and Pictures folders on the mac? The folders are missing and not showing in Finder.  In September 2021, I bought a new Apple Macbook Air M1 and installed Final Cut Pro X (FCPX) video editing software. After creating a new FCPX project, I couldn't find the Movies folder where all the media files are stores.  So I Googled and found out that it was hidden and I have to unhide it. Here's how... 1. Open a Finder window. 2. Go to Finder Preferences. 3. Select the Sidebar tab.  In the Sidebar tab, I noticed the Movies and some other folders were unchecked. I checked them all.  Now I have every folder in my Finder.   Why did Apple choose to hide them in the first place? Please leave a comment to let me know.  ~ Adrian Lee