Hey Fam,

Been a Windows User forever and finally after 8 years wanted to build a new Workstation. But because I'm so tired of what's Happening and thinking about leaving this bitch Ass country (i know, no political discussions - i'll leave it by that) and looking at Hardware prices i came to the decision that If i build another Workstation and have to sell it in a few months, i'd burn so much Money, so i decided to Go with a preowned MacBook Pro.
That way i won't lose as much Money If i sell it and on the other Hand its way easier to Just Take It with me...
Long Story Short, i got a

Macbook pro M1 max with
64gb unified memory and
2tb internal space

Cool, if it was a PC i'd know exactly what to do but since its a Mac, i'm totally lost. Let me Start by saying that this MacBook is in an amazing condition and i want it to stay that way. So with that being Said, what could be the worst Thing that could Happen If i Install stuff from the sister site?
Formatting my disc and starting from Zero or could i even damage the whole MacBook? In other words: could i face a Situation where there's no way to restore the system and fuck the whole MacBook Up?

2nd: when i tested it before buying, i used my old Apple ID with real Personal Information. That's What its running on now. I didnt Format it once more. What about that? Is that a Problem?

And what do i need? Hardware Tools, Software Tools?

Which Version (no links of course) of FL Studio ist the latest one that Works on a silicon Mac? Same for cubase and so on.

Treat me as a total noob on a Mac and please make me Fall in Love with Mac Like ya'll did.

Thanks in advance.

 

Last edited: Jun 2, 2026 at 6:07 PM

Stop worrying, and enjoy your new machine. Everything is good on a "light" side.

You'll have a little learning curve (and a slightly bigger "unlearning" curve to rid yourself of those unseemly ingrained Windows habits), but once you get through that I'm sure you'll wonder why it took so long to move over.

Welcome to Mac!

 

You will be just fine.

enjoy. plenty of help here on the forums.

 

Congrats on getting a MacBook Pro! I finally made the way to the dark side ( ) at the end of last year when I got the Mac M4 Mini for $500 (can't believe how much they've got up since then!!?).

Like you, I was a longtime Windows user and I'm still trying to figure out simple things like file structure. But I'm totally in love with the workflow in Logic Pro (from the sister site), from a singer/songwriter perspective, so I'm happy that I've made the switch.

If prices don't skyrocket on the new M5 MacBook Air, I'm hoping to pick one of those up later this year.

Good luck with the transition!

 

Congrats for the jump to the mac world. You will see, once you get used to the macOS system you won't ever get back to Windows, because of the usability, stability, rather bloatware free system, better security and privacy and less spyware, no annoying constant system updates which installs themself in the background, less warning message boxes, plug and play that really works, better use of RAM, real multitasking, no need to defrag the drives because of the smarter filesystem, powerful Apple Silicon chips, very few battery consumption because of the ARM architecture, also very good for games,...

It's nearly impossible to fuck up the system that it won't boot anymore because of the smart protection system.

Some tools which I find very useful:
Sentinel (for codesigning apps)
Little Snitch (firewall)
Keka (compressor)
Amphetamine (keep-awake utility)
Adguard (best adblocker)
VLC (best audio/video player)

 

Last edited: Jun 2, 2026 at 6:42 PM

command line tools from xcode.