My Mac Studio is on the way… from China!
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My Mac Studio is on the way… from China!
Got an email tonight that my M1 Max Mac Studio looks like it will ship a week or so early! It was scheduled for 8/24 and according to the email I supine get it 8/17. UPS tracking says 8/15. Of course, as always, it’s arriving when I’m going to be very busy and not have much time with it.
What’s interesting to me is it appears it’s coming straight to me from Shenzhen, China. Probably because it’s customized with 64GB RAM and 2TB SSD. Even still I don’t know why I thought maybe Apple would warehouse them somewhere and then ship from California. I guess the shipments of the base model might come over on a ship, but looks like mine is being built and sent to me direct from the factory, or some intermediary in China.
I guess that’s how they do things today. Eager to get it though. I already moved my sample library to an external TB enclosure with 2TB NVMe drive in preparation for its arrival. Still haven’t gotten that MOTU 828es, but that’s next on my list.
What’s interesting to me is it appears it’s coming straight to me from Shenzhen, China. Probably because it’s customized with 64GB RAM and 2TB SSD. Even still I don’t know why I thought maybe Apple would warehouse them somewhere and then ship from California. I guess the shipments of the base model might come over on a ship, but looks like mine is being built and sent to me direct from the factory, or some intermediary in China.
I guess that’s how they do things today. Eager to get it though. I already moved my sample library to an external TB enclosure with 2TB NVMe drive in preparation for its arrival. Still haven’t gotten that MOTU 828es, but that’s next on my list.
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UPS lost my first one I had to wait for a credit to order another.
Tip: If you use FireFox you can copy your profile from your old Mac and it restores all your bookmarks and passwds.
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I use Brave and it will do the same thing also, so I'm good.
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And Chrome and Safari and…
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Re: My Mac Studio is on the way… from China!
FWIW: Other than my most recent MacBook, which I got from an Apple Store because my old one died while I was on a show, all my Macs have come to me direct from China.I think it's Apple's SOP these days.
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Mine came from Malaysia.Rick Cornish wrote: ↑Wed Aug 10, 2022 10:08 am FWIW: Other than my most recent MacBook, which I got from an Apple Store because my old one died while I was on a show, all my Macs have come to me direct from China.I think it's Apple's SOP these days.
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Interesting... it's been THAT long since I purchased a new Mac directly from Apple. I've bought a few used. I think my last direct Mac purchase from Apple was a refurbished MacPro1,1! I remember how much faster it seemed then my G5!! Hahaha!Rick Cornish wrote: ↑Wed Aug 10, 2022 10:08 am FWIW: Other than my most recent MacBook, which I got from an Apple Store because my old one died while I was on a show, all my Macs have come to me direct from China.I think it's Apple's SOP these days.
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Migration Assistant and iCloud take care of a lot of stuff. Although I definitely wanted to do a clean App installation, IIRC, I used Migration Assistant to transfer Network settings and such.
PS: Woohoo!
PS: Woohoo!
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Yes, even if doing an otherwise clean install, I'll still use Migration Assistant to transfer my network settings.
My Studio choices have come down to two. One of them showed up in the Refurb Store but, before I could get into my office where payment info etc. is stored and order it, poof! it was gone. Had it still been there, I could have had it in two days.
For those of us with access to EDU pricing, Refurb Store is the same except for AppleCare+ which is a little less for EDU. There's a grace period for adding AppleCare after you receive your Mac.
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Ahhh. I hadn’t used it in so long that I didn’t realize you could use Migration Assistant just for certain things. I definitely don’t want it moving apps, but network settings and even email would be nice.HCMarkus wrote:Migration Assistant and iCloud take care of a lot of stuff. Although I definitely wanted to do a clean App installation, IIRC, I used Migration Assistant to transfer Network settings and such.
PS: Woohoo!
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If you use the Apple Mail Client, I'm pretty sure emails will populate automatically.James Steele wrote: ↑Wed Aug 10, 2022 7:35 pmAhhh. I hadn’t used it in so long that I didn’t realize you could use Migration Assistant just for certain things. I definitely don’t want it moving apps, but network settings and even email would be nice.HCMarkus wrote:Migration Assistant and iCloud take care of a lot of stuff. Although I definitely wanted to do a clean App installation, IIRC, I used Migration Assistant to transfer Network settings and such.
PS: Woohoo!
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I have been using POP instead of IMAP so not totally sure. About messages that have already been downloaded and not still on server. Not a big thing though. I still have everything that’s important I want to keep on office Mac.HCMarkus wrote:If you use the Apple Mail Client, I'm pretty sure emails will populate automatically.
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I know my main monitor, 43” Samsung 4K TV will connect via HDMI.. What adapter will I need to connect my old 30” Cinema HD. I guess TB to Dual-Link DVI?
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Apple has support documents on that.James Steele wrote: ↑Thu Aug 11, 2022 3:02 am I know my main monitor, 43” Samsung 4K TV will connect via HDMI.. What adapter will I need to connect my old 30” Cinema HD. I guess TB to Dual-Link DVI?
As I recall, these run so hot to the touch that you may wish to think twice about keeping it. When I replaced my old 23" Studio Display, the energy savings paid for it in a few months—and the display looked a lot better.
Yes, POP?SMTP mail is stored locally.James Steele wrote: ↑Thu Aug 11, 2022 12:43 amI have been using POP instead of IMAP so not totally sure. About messages that have already been downloaded and not still on server. Not a big thing though. I still have everything that’s important I want to keep on office Mac.HCMarkus wrote:If you use the Apple Mail Client, I'm pretty sure emails will populate automatically.
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Yeah baby!!!
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