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caddison

caddison

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I have a 2.9 1TB 460 15" on order that should be shipping this week, and these graphic glitch reports are freaking me out. I'm trying not to let it bother me, but I tend to have bad luck with electronics.

Any Adobe CC power users with similar configurations out there NOT having any problems?

While I appreciate comments in other problem threads from people who are trouble-free, it's hard to know if they're just word processing, web surfing, performing other light usage tasks... I'd like some feedback from illustrators, design professionals, video editors, etc. who are pushing the limits of their machines using Adobe CC.

Thanks so much!
 
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I can honestly say that the battery on my new 15' standard model is phenomenal. No glitches anymore, close to 10 hours of real-world usage. That only happened after I did a clean install and explicitly left out Adobe CC stuff this time.

I very rarely used Illustrator, but depend on Photoshop, Lightroom and Acrobat DC. After seeing (via Little Snitch firewall) that Adobe CC kept ~ 15 connections to different IPs open at the same time, I was baffled.

Performance was ok on the CC Apps I used, but overall the whole system wasn't running very well. That drastically changed now. I am really beginning to see Adobe CC as a giant ******* mess that I'm gonna try to avoid as good as I can from now on (hello Affinity etc.)
 
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caddison said:
I have a 2.9 1TB 460 15" on order that should be shipping this week, and these graphic glitch reports are freaking me out. I'm trying not to let it bother me, but I tend to have bad luck with electronics.

Any Adobe CC power users with similar configurations out there NOT having any problems?

While I appreciate comments in other problem threads from people who are trouble-free, it's hard to know if they're just word processing, web surfing, performing other light usage tasks... I'd like some feedback from illustrators, design professionals, video editors, etc. who are pushing the limits of their machines using Adobe CC.

Thanks so much!
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Adobe CC is not very friendly to Metal and OpenCL at the moment, and those are what OS X is pushing. I have found CUDA to be the only solution for Adobe CC. I work at a film and tv post production company, and we have tested every type for work flow possible on every OS and hardware setup. Linux, Windows, OS X, Intel/AMD, AMD(ATI)/NVIDIA.

FOR ADOBE CC, The fastest is NVIDIA/CUDA on PC. Second is NVIDIA/CUDA on OS X then it goes down from there. I was personally bummed that Apple is sticking with AMD GPU's.. I don't want to get into an argument over it.. Its too exhausting, but working in TV and FILM for 20 years, things go up and down, but thats the state of things currently.. IN ADOBE CC that is..

BTW this is for Premiere, After Effects and Media Encoder, it goes down in terms of power needs from there, for us..
 
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Got the 15 and it does charge and quicker than I expected unless doing something substantial like Photoshop where it will still charge but slowly. Once I went to use the MBP and the battery had drained in an hour from 100% to zero even though I had it plugged into the monitor. Nothing funny since an SMC reset and I'm tempted to put it all down to the MBP especially after reading all the other threads. I've got an audio interface plugged into the back of the monitor too and that always kicks in when the MBP wakes from sleep no issue.
 
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I am in the same boat and very interested about your experience with CC apps on MBP 15". I'll get mine on Monday and can report by then, but would love to hear anyones experience already.

@caddison Yes, if you get a faulty device, Apple will take care of it. I have no doubts that they will fix this issue and adapt their production to fault free devices. No question about it. I once had a faulty graphics card that broke after 4 years and Apple replaced it for free, despite it being out of warranty for 3 years at that point. That's one reason why we pay more for Apple devices (than similar devices from other brands), their support is top notch!
 
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13 TB 3.3/16/512. The majority of my job is not Adobe CC but being the only IT person in my organization, I have to do a bit of everything. The laptop has handled photoshop, illustrator, premiere, after effects (small projects on each) all 2017 versions and even a quick DVD author in Encore CS6 without the slightest hiccup. Laptop is sometimes hooked to a Dell 4K via a $20 Amazon USB-c to display port cable and no issues there either.
 
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I've spent most of my waking hours over the past 5 days in Adobe CC on a 2.6/460/1tb and can say it's been an absolute dream.

The touch bar doesn't work in CC (for me anyway – dunno if they just haven't released that update yet), but the computer is a screamer.

I've been running Lr, Ps, Id and Ai.

Haven't used Premiere (hate that program), but FCPX is amazing on this machine.
 
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Running Photoshop, Lightroom and Acrobat since yesterday at work (CC). So far no issues, despite editing large files. Absolutely stunning device.
 
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I have hte same model as what you have on order: 2.9, 1TB, 460. I don’t use Adobe CC, but I am a very heavy user of Capture One Pro and Final Cut Pro.

I’ve never had a problem with any of my Apple devices before, but I did notice very short battery life. After 4-5 days of usage (waiting for indexing, etc to complete) my battery life was still short. I just performed two SMC resets (wasn’t sure if the first one took) and now my battery life looks to be excellent. I haven’t had a chance to run it completely down on battery power yet, but it’s looking like 11 hours with daily internet use. All seems to be good on that front.

I’ve edited a few hundred photos so far and I’ve done about 4 hours of editing in FCPX and have not noticed any glitches at all in regards to the graphics. However, what I have noticed is phenomenally improved speed versus my mid-2012 1st gen rMBP and the display is simply gorgeous. I am very impressed so far. Admittedly, I probably need a couple of months of heavy use to make sure there are no hidden glitches, but its been nothing short of great so far.
 
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Bryan Bowler said:
I just performed two SMC resets (wasn’t sure if the first one took) and now my battery life looks to be excellent.
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How do you SMC reset with no power button? I was trying to figure this out !

EDIT: omg the finger print reader is a power button. I literally hadn't touched it till now since I don't use biometrics hahahaha.
 
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echoout said:
I feel you on ALL of what you just said. I'm a freelance motion designer and teach in a college motion graphics program. I feel like the Apple ecosystem is as strong as ever but the hardware is just getting to be kind of eccentric. It does some things so well and might abandon other things altogether. I'm so deep in the ecosystem it's just insane. If you saw me type this from my classroom you'd laugh because I'm surrounded by so much Apple gear it's ridiculous; Mac Pros, iPad Pros, MBPs, Watches, Pens, and exactly 1,000,000 dongles.

But after days of benchmarking, I'm just sad about the performance. I have 2 nice 2009 Mac Pros (in my signature) that along with an HP z820 allow me to get some serious work done at home, but at this point I might end up with the same 13" MBP you have and an HP Zbook in my bag for heavy lifting when out and about. Can't believe I just said that.
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I mean when I think about it, it makes me mad, then sad. OS X was and still is such a solid operating system. There have been times when I was working doing digital composting, coloring, editing(final cut pro-NOT X), working 14 hour days, and my MacPro tower, or my MacBook Pro with OS X would never crash!! It would always boot, everything would always work. It just "WORKED". It was incredible. Everything was so rock solid. Also I used to compile little Linux applications that no one else on the PC had.. Stuff some guy from ILM or PIXAR wrote in his spare time to make his life easier, and It was awesome.

Then when I would jump to Windows it was like yeah, not so much, the same hardware, but every vendor has different drivers, and plugins and what nots, it just made it so scrappy, but not in a good way. Microsoft never made it easy either Constant updates, constant bugs, constant malware warnings.

I do have a Windows10 tower, and its fine, some of the FONT rendering and stuff drive me nuts, and I think it needs more refinement like OS X. And if its just windows, adobe and nvidia its fine, but drivers and updates constantly happening are very annoying.

When my tower dies at work they want to get me a Z100 or whatever HP makes as a high end tower at the time, and switch our grading theatre to Windows from OS X.. It will be sad when that happens, but apple totally abandoned my market.. so what can I do.
 
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keysofanxiety said:
Worst case scenario: if you get a lemon, Apple will replace it as a result.

So I wouldn't worry too much. :)
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Coming from someone with a username like yours, that's pretty sound advice... ;)

Seriously, though...

I would like to hear from people who have been using Adobe CC successfully... not just to know if they're problem free, but if they have any other comments to share.
 
Just in case this thread died early because of the weekend, I wanted to give it a bump to see if anyone else wanted to chime in... thanks!
 
keysofanxiety said:
Worst case scenario: if you get a lemon, Apple will replace it as a result.

So I wouldn't worry too much. :)
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Thats great advice - if you could just walk into any store and get a replacement. But you can't. BTO's that are "defective" (if they even are, we don't know for sure) could take a few weeks to get a replacement.
 
I'll have mine tomorrow and I won't install anything from adobe and no migration since it will be my first mac. It'll be affinity Photo, Final Cut Pro, motion 5. I'll report if I have battery issues.
 
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Thats great advice - if you could just walk into any store and get a replacement. But you can't. BTO's that are "defective" (if they even are, we don't know for sure) could take a few weeks to get a replacement.
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You're not disputing the fact that you will still get a replacement. Yes it'll take a little while to wait because they've just been released, though this is no different to every other brand-new portable Mac that was DOA.
 
Been using mine primarily with CC apps since I purchased it few weeks ago. It has been working great for me. I have had what seems like an odd issue with Adobe Media Encoder where about halfway through the fan just stops blowing and the render speed slows down. It continues to export, but the computer just starts running cool and and silent. If you have any specific questions I'm happy to answer.
 
No problems so far with Lightroom, Illustrator or Acrobat. But I wouldn't say I was exactly pushing it to extremes.
 
No issues with Photoshop or Bridge so far on mine. Seems most of the Adobe issues are coming from Premiere/Media Encoder side (don't subscribe to those so I can't test).
 
I'm thinking the same thing. As for those that say Apple will replace it, sure they will, but then it'll take another few weeks.
 
Got my 15" (2.7/460/1TB SSD) hooked up to an LG 27UD88 4K monitor and often use both screens.

Lightroom is noticeably faster than my late 2013 iMac (3.5 i7 iMac/4GB graphics/3TB fusion drive). It zips along with no lag at all on. No issues at all with Photoshop, Illustrator or InDesign - can't really give a comparison because I never really had an issue before. I'm delighted with the performance enough to ditch my idea of getting a new iMac when they come out. The only problem is that I have to keep checking I've made duplicates of files because it happens so quick you think it hasn't worked! The SSD is insane.

I'll be first in the queue to get the Ultra 5K and the 4K will become another screen for proofs etc. Keen to see what the performance will be like and will rethink keeping the 4K if it is poor but I needed to do work now and didn't want to jump between the old iMac and new MBP. (Slight bitch - I wish Apple would line up their ducks with with new launches - if the discount is gone because they don't go on sale until Jan, I'll just get another 27UD88. Bit like selling the iPhone 7 without the new ear pods even though you've made it a selling point.)
 
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