Mac Studio M2 Struggles importing 8K ProRes RAW – Any Advice?

Hi everyone,


I’m currently using a Mac Studio with the M2 chip, but I’m running into serious performance issues when importing 8K ProRes RAW footage. Even a 1-minute video takes an unusually long time to import.


Is this expected behaviour, or could I be doing something wrong? Any recommendations or tips would be greatly appreciated!

Mac Studio, macOS 15.5

Posted on Jun 7, 2025 3:12 AM

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Posted on Jun 7, 2025 4:19 AM

Where are you importing from? How is the camera or device connected to your mac?

And to which program? Final Cut Pro? Are you transcoding the files on import?

How much free space on your system drive?

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Mac Studio M2 Struggles importing 8K ProRes RAW – Any Advice?

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