I spent much of the day working my next video. I’m excited about the finished product of my latest artistic endeavor; I always feel a sense of peace and satisfaction when working on little projects that completely consume my interest for a bit.
I’m fortunate to have a husband that is understanding in this regard.
One thing I’m not excited about is my experience with Final Cut Pro, my video editing software. I recently updated MacOS on my M2 Pro Mac mini and ever since that update FCP is getting confused about something. The interface freezes randomly, albeit not that often but just enough to make things a little frustrating, and I end up with the little beach ball spinning at me.
The pessimist in me thinks this is because Apple recently released the M4 line of their Macs and perhaps they’re starting to deprecate the viability of older systems. This is most likely not the case, but one wouldn’t really know because Apple is a closed source ecosystem and no one really knows what’s going on under the hood. And I suspect the engineers that design half of Apple’s software don’t even know what’s going on under the hood any more.
My march toward an open computing platform has been progressing well here in 2025, but my video editing habits will be the last to get converted over. I have too much money invested in my current hardware and software setup to just abandon the platform and move that experience to Linux. But when it comes time to buy a new video editing computer, something I hope is still a ways down the road, I’ll be looking at all available options. I know big movie production studios have Linux mixed into their production workflow in some capacity.
I’m sure I can eventually make the switch for my little vlogging habit.
