I am basing my opinion off of what I had seen in this video. Does it not work like this for you?
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Setting up the Studio Kinda Sucks (Updated)
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I am basing my opinion off of what I had seen in this video. Does it not work like this for you?
Great idea. And if you need to peel off the black ring to get inside the studio you can just leave it off as these feet take care of it all!
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What a stupid setup procedure. You shouldn't need to google or watch a YouTube video to get through setup. Why would apple assume that people will have an apple keyboard AND mouse for setup when the studio doesn't come with one?? I'm using like 3 different mice now to set this thing up.
Started with MX mouse, plugged in, no luck. Next plugged in a corded gaming mouse and that got me through migration. Now that migration is finished, the plugged in corded gaming mouse is no longer working... the mouse is lit up, but the studio is not recognizing it anymore. Tried plugging and replugging etc. Then tried to pair a Magic Mouse and the studio won't see that either. It says migration finished and I need to press the "done" button... but I can't get the studio to recognize any pointer and I'm afraid a restart might mess up the migration.
Completely ridiculous for apple to not allow for bluetooth pairing of non-apple keyboards and mice during setup for a computer that doesn't come with an apple keyboard and mouse. Just mind-boggling.
Started with MX mouse, plugged in, no luck. Next plugged in a corded gaming mouse and that got me through migration. Now that migration is finished, the plugged in corded gaming mouse is no longer working... the mouse is lit up, but the studio is not recognizing it anymore. Tried plugging and replugging etc. Then tried to pair a Magic Mouse and the studio won't see that either. It says migration finished and I need to press the "done" button... but I can't get the studio to recognize any pointer and I'm afraid a restart might mess up the migration.
Completely ridiculous for apple to not allow for bluetooth pairing of non-apple keyboards and mice during setup for a computer that doesn't come with an apple keyboard and mouse. Just mind-boggling.
i just grabbed the spare le creuset silicon round trivet from our kitchen and used that.
i just grabbed the spare le creuset silicon round trivet from our kitchen and used that
This would be an amazing opportunity for third party accessory makers to create Mac Studio non slip silicone coasters and sell it for $19.
Maybe it's just me, but I always stabilize any computer with my free hand when I'm unplugging or plugging in peripherals. Just a natural tendency for me, regardless of whether the computer has rubber "feet" or not.
My Apple keyboard refused to pair with my M1 Mac Mini when I tried to set the Mini up. Had to go out and buy a wired keyboard. So even if you have all Apple peripherals, there's no guarantee something won't be screwy.
Same sort of thing here!i just grabbed the spare le creuset silicon round trivet from our kitchen and used that.
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IMHO download and run one of the many fan control apps for mac (many free) to set the fan RPMs from 1300 to 1000. Tests show no degradation in temperatures and that its effectively silent.
Give it a shot just to check impact on noise if you don't want a compromised desk layout.
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Once I figured out to connect the trackpad and keyboard with lightening cables it went fine. The file transfer was sort of a pain because for some reason it simply quit right in the middle after about 3 hours. Got a message that said "cannot find source, would you like to start transfer over?" NO, but it seemed I didn't have much of a choice. The second one went smoothly but did take a lot longer than a usual MBP transfer.
Also for what this is worth early on in setup I had cabled up the keyboard and magic pad. The studio asked me to double-press the power button on the back of the unit to auto-pair them over bluetooth. I did that and it worked. This was an apple keyboard and apple magic pad.
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The wireless Apple keyboard works as wired if you plug it in with the lightning to USB-A cable.
Mine's the older one that uses AA batteries. No lightning port.
Aaaa, that's a shame then, I am not sure what Apple is doing... it is an older Apple keyboard, but still a legitimate Bluetooth keyboard. Shame on Apple.
I don't think it's anything intentional on Apple's part. Once I finished setting up the Mini with the wired keyboard, I was able to connect and use the old keyboard just fine (in fact, I'm using it right now). However, in this thread we're wondering if it may be causing other issues (see later posts).
I hear you, it may not be intentional, but it reminded of the old Windows days where I had to keep a spare wired keyboard for OS re-install.
Interesting thread, I was not aware that the M1 Mac mini also crashes in sleep... I thought it was only my Mac Pro 2013 that started crashing since macOS Monterey, I started a thread about it.
As for the Logitech mouse, did you have it paired via BT before on the previous computer? If so, you'll need to put the mouse into pairing mode first before you can pair it with your new computer. Make sure the house is in BT pairing mode before clicking on the 'Discover' button on BT on the Mac.