If you live in the "All Mac World," you know the old pain: Premiere Pro used to turn your Intel Mac into a space heater with a spinning beach ball of death. That era is dead.
Historically, Premiere on Mac was buggier than on PC. That has flipped. Recently (2024-2025), the Windows version has seen more crashes, while the Mac version is oddly stable. However, a specific Mac bug remains: Exporting to H.264 with hardware encoding sometimes produces glitched frames on M3/M4 chips. You have to switch to Software Encoding—which is slow. adobe premiere pro all mac world
Your workflow is glued to After Effects and you have a Mac Studio or M2/M3 Pro with 32GB+ RAM. Avoid it if: You want the fastest possible render times or you only own a base-spec MacBook Air. If you live in the "All Mac World,"