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Can the MacBook Pro (16-inch, M1 Pro, 2021) run Final Cut Pro?
Minimum requirements
Likely meets minimum requirements
Likely meets recommended requirements
Operating system — supported (macOS 15.6 or later); versions are shown, not compared. RAM — needs 8 GB; it depends on the configuration bought (up to 32 GB). Processor — no Mac processor restriction is stated. Graphics — Apple silicon graphics are Metal-capable.
How this was judged
Graphics chips are compared by class (an 8-tier rubric), not by benchmark score. The same tier as the requirement is only ever “likely”. Read the tier rubric and its limitations.
- Final Cut Pro system requirements · publisher requirements
Published requirements
Minimum requirements
- GPU
- Mac: Metal-capable graphics card (Intel-based Mac computers only; Apple silicon Macs use the chip's integrated GPU)
- RAM
- 8 GB
- Storage
- 8 GB
- OS
- macOS 15.6 or later
Recommended requirements
- RAM
- 16 GB
- OS
- macOS 15.6 or later
Sources and limits
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- Apple — Final Cut Pro - Apple (hardware and software requirements) · retrieved 10/7/2026
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