Eardog

This is all super helpful. Thank you! So, even though I don't do the vast majority of my editing, it sounds like the faster machine with more memory is going to serve me better over the long term. The reminder about how big the backup drive needs to be is SUPER HELPFUL as well. Thank you so much for taking the time to reply!!

Hi Brian! If you're someone who outsources most image editing, but need to cull, mockup wall art, have chrome and safari and culling software open at the same time, and use PS to edit or tweak occasionally and have that open too. ...And you're considering a new Mac Mini Pro purchase, and your current Mac (several years old) has 16gb of memory (and it's super slow and about to die) and 1T of storage that is basically consumed, would you go for 4T of storage since the new Mac will automatically need to have the 1T transferred to it upon purchase and don't want to have to replace the Mac Mini anytime soon. I keep edited jpegs on my main computer, but use external drives for RAW storage and working drives. Also, should I be concerned about having issues with wireless Mac magic keyboards and Mac wireless trackpads being a pain.. problems connecting or having to charge them all the time? Here's the configuration I'm considering.