That's basically why I chose the Air over the Pro, this time. The new Air seems capable, and I would actually pay to get rid of the touch bar.
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We don't know if our packages even made it to Alaska to be on that flight you're tracking, because the segment from Shanghai to Anchorage was cancelled.
Ordered a 16GB/1TB MacBook Air on 11/12. Order is still processing. Delivery indicated as Nov 30 to Dec 7. I guess I just have to be more patient...
Here is the flight history for the UPS aircraft on that route now: https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n623up
It went from Sydney to Seoul to Anchorage. Unless it picked them up in Anchorage, its likely not us.
Recieved tracking information in Eindhoven on the 17th checking in. Inotially I got my hopes up to recieve it this week. Those hopes are crushed
@Gnattu @captchas8 @neworbit99
Does y'all's package have a product name? Mine says:
UPS World Ease® Service
Description
Simplify customs clearance by grouping several shipments destined for one country or the entire European Union into a single shipment. This contractual service is available throughout North America and in select countries in Europe, Central and South America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Each UPS World Ease shipment:
So maybe this is why we aren't getting tacking or Clear customs stamp?
Does y'all's package have a product name? Mine says:
UPS World Ease® Service
Description
Simplify customs clearance by grouping several shipments destined for one country or the entire European Union into a single shipment. This contractual service is available throughout North America and in select countries in Europe, Central and South America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Each UPS World Ease shipment:
- Clears customs as a single unit, reducing documentation and saving time
- Provides guaranteed time-in-transit times
- Offers detailed tracking visibility for every package in the shipment
- Enables customs brokerage savings for UPS Standard shipments
So maybe this is why we aren't getting tacking or Clear customs stamp?
Yes, the service is UPS Worldwide Expedited with UPS World Ease.
Edit: your description says "offers detailed tracking visibility for every package in the shipment," so we should get tracking updates.
Recieved tracking information in Eindhoven on the 17th checking in. Inotially I got my hopes up to recieve it this week. Those hopes are crushed
At this rate i'd be happy to receive it on my estimated delivery date.
@Gnattu @mooshhie @neworbit99
Shanghai gang update: UPS81 from ANC to SDF (Louisville) just landed 5 minutes ago and is now taxiing to gate. It is entirely possible our laptops were on that flight, because @neworbit99 sent a link with the aircraft history, which pointed out that the aircraft had a 4+ hour layover in ANC. They could have unloaded and picked up packages during that time. If our laptops were on that flight, then we should receive an update within the next hour or so as it's scanned and processed through UPS's Louisville hub. If not, we have to wait for Shanghai's next Monday evening flight to anchorage. It hasn't been scheduled yet, but looking at the FlightAware history, there's usually a Monday afternoon/evening departure of UPS81 from Shanghai to Anchorage. Right now it's 1:55 AM in Shanghai, so it'll be a while from now, 12-18 hours.
Shanghai gang update: UPS81 from ANC to SDF (Louisville) just landed 5 minutes ago and is now taxiing to gate. It is entirely possible our laptops were on that flight, because @neworbit99 sent a link with the aircraft history, which pointed out that the aircraft had a 4+ hour layover in ANC. They could have unloaded and picked up packages during that time. If our laptops were on that flight, then we should receive an update within the next hour or so as it's scanned and processed through UPS's Louisville hub. If not, we have to wait for Shanghai's next Monday evening flight to anchorage. It hasn't been scheduled yet, but looking at the FlightAware history, there's usually a Monday afternoon/evening departure of UPS81 from Shanghai to Anchorage. Right now it's 1:55 AM in Shanghai, so it'll be a while from now, 12-18 hours.
@Gnattu @neworbit99 @mooshhie
Shanghai gang update: No tracking update after UPS81 and UPS93 both landed in Louisville from Anchorage, but I spoke to UPS Customer Support over the phone to inquire about my shipment. They found some more detailed information, since there were no tracking updates in over 60 hours and no scheduled delivery date for me. You can only file a claim that a package is missing if it's been 24 hours past the delivery date and it still hasn't been delivered. The customer support representative forwarded me to their international department, who told me that my package was still in Shanghai, the estimated date for delivery was 11/27, and that the latest I'd receive my package was 11/30. I'll wait until 11/30, and then file a claim if I don't receive it by then. Now it's just time for patience.
Shanghai gang update: No tracking update after UPS81 and UPS93 both landed in Louisville from Anchorage, but I spoke to UPS Customer Support over the phone to inquire about my shipment. They found some more detailed information, since there were no tracking updates in over 60 hours and no scheduled delivery date for me. You can only file a claim that a package is missing if it's been 24 hours past the delivery date and it still hasn't been delivered. The customer support representative forwarded me to their international department, who told me that my package was still in Shanghai, the estimated date for delivery was 11/27, and that the latest I'd receive my package was 11/30. I'll wait until 11/30, and then file a claim if I don't receive it by then. Now it's just time for patience.
I have decided to return my base config MBA and instead use the upgraded MBA with more RAM. I have seen that in my use case, 8 GB just doesn't work out for me, and the computer slows down quite frequently when I am doing actual work.
The machine I will be upgrading to will still be an MBA, but with more RAM instead: M1 MBA: 256 GB SSD/16 GB RAM.
Ordered on: 11/21/20
ETA: 12/16 - 12/23 (Just in time for Christmas!!)
I know that this month will just fly by!
The machine I will be upgrading to will still be an MBA, but with more RAM instead: M1 MBA: 256 GB SSD/16 GB RAM.
Ordered on: 11/21/20
ETA: 12/16 - 12/23 (Just in time for Christmas!!)
I know that this month will just fly by!
Ah patience something I don't have.
I don't think I can go another day seeing Eindhoven.
I don't think I can go another day seeing Eindhoven.
I think you made a good decision to ramp up the RAM. Can you elaborate on your use that caused the RAM drought?
You are much more Zen than I am? I've got 3 weeks to go, minimum, 4 weeks maybe. I'll be eating Thanksgiving turkey, and trying not to check the Apple Store orders at the table
.don't forget to refresh the tracking every 5 minutes because it could have changed in that time.
Good info - thanks for doing this detective work!
Okay, I guess I am naive, but shouldn't Apple be on this too?
My Air is going back as well. Serious video playback and internet connectivity issues. It was great with the work software but when I tried to push existing video conversions in QuickTime, the system would freeze-up, play back would stutter etc.
Also, serious internet connectivity issues when most of our Apple tech was offline and our internet was working fine. I guess it was too early, but my iMac is also out of whack due to a corrupt macOS install so I am a bit frustrated. Have to rethink a machine YET again.
Oh well.
The M1 are fantastic machines and I truly wish Apple well with them. I am sure my next Mac will be awesome.
Enjoy your M1 machines everyone.
Also, serious internet connectivity issues when most of our Apple tech was offline and our internet was working fine. I guess it was too early, but my iMac is also out of whack due to a corrupt macOS install so I am a bit frustrated. Have to rethink a machine YET again.
Oh well.
The M1 are fantastic machines and I truly wish Apple well with them. I am sure my next Mac will be awesome.
Enjoy your M1 machines everyone.
My patience is not strong. The refresh game has been on ever since a few days after I ordered. First it was refreshing the Apple Store to see if it's moved to preparing to ship. Then it was refreshing the Apple Store to see if it was shipped. Then it was refreshing UPS Track By Reference to see if it was going to ship before the Apple Store updated their page. I did all of this even though I knew I was going to get an email when it shipped.
Then the real game began. Signed up for UPS My Choice and all the text and email updates. Installed the UPS app. Refreshing the app, refreshing the website. Watched it clear customs relatively quickly, but still haven't seen it leave Shanghai.
It's unfortunate that the flight from Shanghai to Anchorage was cancelled yesterday - our laptops would have come much sooner then. Why do you think it was cancelled?
I am so sorry to hear of you issues, on both the M1 and your iMac. I'm curious did you check-in with Apple Support? If my MacMini (yet to be shipped) doesn't work out back it will go.