FWIW, my Mac Studio Max that was ordered the last week in March and was supposed to arrive in June was delivered today. I don't have any tracking information because it was handled by my purchasing department, but I was pleasantly surprised.
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🌎 Mac Studio Pre-orders, Orders and Delivery Status Thread - All Countries (2022)
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Yes, I didn't know that Apple does that kind of authorisation check. B&H does it on all pre-orders, well before shipping.
I don't know what it achieves, either. As far as I know, it doesn't reserve the amount on your credit card. It appears that all it does is show that the funds were there at the time of the check. Perhaps others know more about how this works.
It does reserve the amount and will reduce your available credit for as long as it stays on there.
Order place March 9th just changed to preparing to ship.
Ultra 20/64/128/4
Estimated delivery has stayed as 10-12th May since the day I ordered it
Ultra 20/64/128/4
Estimated delivery has stayed as 10-12th May since the day I ordered it
Feeling fortunate, my Studio Ultra order that Apple promised for April 21-28 delivery just arrived early on April 18. For some reason last week UPS was saying it would be delivered on Friday 4/15, but it didn’t even start leaving Asia until 4/16. Apple under-promised and over-delivered, can’t say the same about UPS but I’m happy it’s here!
In the past I’ve usually bought year-end closeout models from Adorama and B&H, this is the first time I’ve ordered a new product direct from Apple and I gotta say, it’s pretty amazing to watch its progress moving from factories in Asia, through customs, and air shipped through Alaska and Kentucky to my door in San Francisco. Air shipping from Asia is not cheap. I used the AfterShip app to track its progress and seeing its current location on the map was quite cool. What a time to be alive.
Specs of my order if anyone’s interested:
M1 Ultra 48 core, 64GB, 2TB
AppleCare+ 3 years
Edu discount, financed on Apple Card
Ordered 3/9, 11:45pm PT
Screenshots of tracking history attached. Timestamps are a little confusing and out of order because each is reported in the local time zone.
In the past I’ve usually bought year-end closeout models from Adorama and B&H, this is the first time I’ve ordered a new product direct from Apple and I gotta say, it’s pretty amazing to watch its progress moving from factories in Asia, through customs, and air shipped through Alaska and Kentucky to my door in San Francisco. Air shipping from Asia is not cheap. I used the AfterShip app to track its progress and seeing its current location on the map was quite cool. What a time to be alive.
Specs of my order if anyone’s interested:
M1 Ultra 48 core, 64GB, 2TB
AppleCare+ 3 years
Edu discount, financed on Apple Card
Ordered 3/9, 11:45pm PT
Screenshots of tracking history attached. Timestamps are a little confusing and out of order because each is reported in the local time zone.
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Appreciate the replies about authorisation checks. As stated in my original post I used a debit card NOT credit. Money taken from my account. Based in the U.K. Pretty confident there’s no such thing as pre authorisation for debit card transactions.
Again, 2 months(!) prior to original estimated arrival date.
Would love the machine sooner rather than later but can’t quite believe the fact they’ve taken my money means it’s going to happen.
Again, 2 months(!) prior to original estimated arrival date.
Would love the machine sooner rather than later but can’t quite believe the fact they’ve taken my money means it’s going to happen.
Wow. My order is the same config, placed a few days later on 3/12 with the edu discount too, also coming to NorCal, and yet my delivery estimate is 5/31-6/15 and the order status haven't budged since I placed the order. Maybe I should have considered using an Apple Card and gotten the extended AppleCare lol. 😄 Congrats on getting your Ultra already!
There is pre-authorisation (authorisation hold) available for debit cards.
Gotcha. I never knew that. Figured as that was essentially money out it didn’t work that way. Thanks for the reply.
Yeah I think when I checked back the next day out of curiosity, delivery estimates had gone up by about a month!
I actually was stressing about it because I originally ordered the stock Ultra config the night of 3/8, but then after sleeping on it decided to bump up to 2TB. Apple customer service told me they couldn't change my existing order, I'd have to cancel and place a new order. So I did that, but then the first charge hadn't yet dropped off my Apple Card, so it didn't have enough credit left to place a new order! (I only got the Apple Card because it was the option they offered for 0% financing the Studio purchase.)
And then they said it could take up to 5 days for the first authorization to drop off the card, and I started to despair that my order would end up months behind while I waited for the Apple Card to clear up. I went around and around with Goldman Sachs and Apple seeing if there was some way to authorize the second order on the Apple Card, but no dice. Luckily, the first charge for the canceled order dropped off late that evening, so I was able to place the new order for the 2TB upgrade before going to bed.
Also FWIW, at the time I was ordered it seemed like the Edu Store was showing different delivery ETAs than the regular retail store, I got the impression they might have had separate allocations of units.
Glad that the scramble for changing the order worked out for you. I nearly opted later to increase the SSD to 4TB but also didn't want to get back in line and have my delivery bumped back even more.
Someone earlier in the thread I think mentioned that the edu orders were initially running longer estimates, and then the regular order delivery times caught up with them. Apple used to do "strategic allocation" for new products where demand exceeded supply, and I assume they still do. Seeing how exactly those worked would be interesting, I imagine.
Until this morning my Display was 'preparing to ship'. A few hours ago I received a text from Apple saying it would be delivered tomorrow by DI Overnite. When I click the tracking link a page for Deliver-it.com pops up and it has a tracking number and a delivery date for tomorrow. Anyone ever hear of this company? I'm in the US (Arizona).
Studio delivered today and all set up. Love it!! Display delivery projected for 4-28.
Im delighted that people in USA are getting smooth deliveries from Apple. In the UK it's a different story, especially if it is UPS and what they see as a fairly remote area. Other delivery companies have got their ball game together, when it gets to delivery day with DPD I can see where the driver is and can plan my day around delivery. With UPS delivering my Mac Studio so far I've had a weird 'out for delivery' notification on 12th April which I had to call Apple about and sit and wait for UPS to tell me that they didn't know where the parcel was. Then they found it was delayed in China. And then my delivery estimate day was pushed to this week. Great. Only... Easter happened so its either delayed in Germany or someone hasn't updated the status. And then I have another look and the day Ive put aside for when the parcel was supposed to come has been moved back a day, so I have to reschedule my life around the parcel again.
Of course, Im not in a 3rd world country and life is good. But why does UPS have to be such a dick.
Of course, Im not in a 3rd world country and life is good. But why does UPS have to be such a dick.
I’m in the same boat but in the US (WA), I don’t think everyone in US are experiencing ideal shipping/notification.
@UPS_Sucks See if you can sign up for UPS My Choice in the UK. If you can, you may be able to access more detailed tracking.
That doesn't make UPS suck less.
Personally, I am more annoyed by inaccurate tracking than I am about the inevitable delivery issues that crop up when they are flying a bajillion boxes across the world and trying to get each one to their individual doorstep during an endless pandemic.
That doesn't make UPS suck less.
Personally, I am more annoyed by inaccurate tracking than I am about the inevitable delivery issues that crop up when they are flying a bajillion boxes across the world and trying to get each one to their individual doorstep during an endless pandemic.
My studio max base 1TB arrived a few hours ago and now I’m restoring from a backup.
3+ weeks ahead of time..and 3 weeks after the order.
…and no noise so far..but will need more time to assess..
3+ weeks ahead of time..and 3 weeks after the order.
…and no noise so far..but will need more time to assess..
Hello, i have just contacted the assistance who unfortunately has not been able to give me information except that they are working to unblock the shipment from Shanghai. So nothing new indeed .....
Thanks! That saves me a call (as I don't really have time for that today haha).
In my case the status has also changed to 'Shipment information received' with 'Service Area: AMSTERDAM - NETHERLANDS, THE'.
Does anyone with this status have more information? Or is the Mac Studio already delivered?
Shipment information received with service area: EINDHOVEN - NETHERLANDS, THE. I live in Maastricht so Eindhoven always would have made sense in my case.