I dunno, it grew on me. you can make it so the brightness just shows a slider bar instead which has immediate feedback. I also made it not dynamic so none of my buttons change once i selected the ones i wanted. But yeah, it was definitely weird if you leave it as all the defaults.
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First M3 MacBook Pro and iMac Orders Begin Arriving to Customers
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Just received my 14" M3 Pro and the color looks so much better in person. I like it a lot. Much better than Space Gray. Now to go through the set up process.
Edited to add: It came with Sonoma 23B2073 and I didn't have to update anything but the stock Apple apps that came with the Mac.
Edited to add: It came with Sonoma 23B2073 and I didn't have to update anything but the stock Apple apps that came with the Mac.
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I wanted to change from the 15 Air to the new SB 14 Pro but they aren't doing trade-ins yet for the MBA sadly. I hate selling stuff on eBay.Transferred from my 15 Air in about 10 minutes, works wonders when you have the right cable
The only thing is Dropbox is a bit finicky on setup and the Home Screen icon arrangement does not transfer.. *First world problems I know
Yup.. I had my 13MBA just sitting after they rejected the trade. Took it to the store over the weekend and scored a sweet gift card. Applied that to this and cashed out the rest on my Apple Card. Can't do 0.0% and apply a gift card. Just as well, I choose the free financing all the time, then my OCD kicks in and I pay it off in a few days. *Having been in SERIOUS debt rung up by an ex wife, I am still shellshocked about being in debt. Mortgage and car is all I allow these days
I’m a bit baffled. I bought a MacBook Pro 14” M3 Max that was originally scheduled to be delivered between Nov 15-17. I got a notification yesterday that it would then arrive Nov. 9. Now it says it’s on the truck and will come today, along with the usual “today’s the day” text from Apple. Either they messed up my order and sent me an M3 Pro or Apple shipped M3 Max MBP’s a lot earlier than they said they would. It hasn’t arrived yet, but UPS says it’s out for delivery.
Yes, they do, but I didn’t expect it to show up the same day as the M3 iMacs and M3/M3 Pro MBP’s. Apple kept saying later in November, which seemingly means same day as all the others. LOL
Update: I got my M3 Max MBP delivered, so I guess it’s true that all three versions deliver on day 1 of the release. Hopefully all the rest of you who ordered an M3 Max also get yours today, too!
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After playing with my new M3 for the last 3 hours, I came to realize it can't play Wolfenstein. Gonna have to send it back to Apple.
j/k.
j/k.
It did indeed arrive today. I've been setting it up. M3 Max Chip to be clear - the one that was supposed to show up later than the rest.
You'd sell it for a much better price selling it privately anyway. Dunno why you'd let Apple ream you from both directions.
Quite obviously spells "FU". Not sure who it's aimed at though. Possibly customer's wallets.
You either have chalk dust everywhere, or a bad case of dandruff. Maybe next time clean the machines before showing off the "shading"
What's the right cable? Thanks!Transferred from my 15 Air in about 10 minutes, works wonders when you have the right cable
The only thing is Dropbox is a bit finicky on setup and the Home Screen icon arrangement does not transfer.. *First world problems I know
Thunderbolt instead of grabbing a plain old USB-C. I have a TB3 cable
More here: https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...sb-c-cable-which-is-the-right-choice.2341835/
You should be fine. I'm expected to get mine today as well (at least that's what UPS is claiming, Apple is saying Friday). My package is 30 minutes away from me, but not "out for delivery" yet and I didn't get the "Today's the day" text. I also ordered the m3 max (16 inch) and it was originally scheduled for Nov 20-21.
Honestly, I don't think these are selling very well. Usually when Apple announces a new MacBook their ship date starts to slip pretty fast which is why I bought mine in a rush. I can still buy one in Canada today and have it shipped by next week.
Interesting, I wondered about this. It’s my first time buying a new Mac at launch but I had the opposite impression. I ordered my Max/16c/64gb/4tb from B&H Photo on 11/1 and it still shows “back ordered” with no estimated shipping date. I notice they seem to have a couple base configurations of pros in stock and that’s it. It seems either the big retailers weren’t primed with multiple configurations or they sold their whole allocation through pre-orders. Maybe that’s normal for a new Mac launch though?
You're on B&H, third party never gets as much stock as Apple.com at launch. It was also rumored that the m3 was in limited quantity because of the 3nm process but who knows how accurate that rumour was. There's a bunch of binned chips that they're selling so it probably worked out.
I just got my "Today's the day" text!
This just depends on the SKU. There’s configurations for the USA that are backed up to December when I look, particularly any spec’d up Max SKUs.
The standard configurations they have been stocking up before preorders even opened are the ones that are available quick, but the queue seems pretty long if you want a Max chip and a 2TB SSD or something.