Well that didn't work out as planned. Turned up today, and it seems the seller tried to pass off an Intel model with one third the processing power as an M1. So that's going back, and I'll have to start my search again.
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I got my MacBook Air on Wednesday, and it took a few days of trying to migrate the data using Migration Assistant before I came up with a solution. The Peer-to-Peer wifi connection kept stalling, so I ended up moving the SSD into an enclosure I had and connecting it directly to the new MacBook Air with a USB-C adapter. All good. It's so fast!I ordered an M2 13" 1TB/8B MacBook Air in Silver from the Apple Refurb Store this weekend and it should arrive on Thursday! I'm really excited. I have been running low on SSD space for a while on my 2012, and the fans blaring for things like Twitch streams have been really annoying, so I'm excited to upgrade. It's funny that Sonoma brings interactive widgets back, and so I won't have to live without them on the new Mac for very long.
Problem solved. Brand new M1 ordered from Amazon with the Prime Day discount, so I'll have a new toy by the end of the week.Well that didn't work out as planned. Turned up today, and it seems the seller tried to pass off an Intel model with one third the processing power as an M1. So that's going back, and I'll have to start my search again.
Thanks. I looked for restrictions and it said something about only being able to buy the AppleCare under promotion for a product that was also under the promotion. Didn’t see any other fine print, so I think I should be able to get it at the 20% off.
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OK, I just pulled the trigger on a Air 15 16GB 512GB Starlight. I am excited. I looked at every Windows or Mac laptop in existence. It comes in 10 days or so.
Just took delivery of my midnight 15" MBA (M2/16GB/1TB/70W). This thing is beautiful, fast and the 15" screen is so nice. It actually came quicker than Apple promised at checkout...
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Just placed my order for a 15” MB Air in Starlight. Tried to get it under the limit for the Tax Holiday, but didn’t quite get there. Still, got it for 10% off with my Veteran’s discount.
Very nice. I ordered the exact same thing. Looking forward to it. There is no Apple store near me so I have never seen one.
Don't forget dust magnet too, you really see everything! I read all that I could read about the issue, and it's just a tradeoff. I use mine in low lighting more than bright lights, and I dig it's a completely new color compared to the silver and space greys I've had over the years. It's pretty slick.
My beauty came today, a few days early. Nice. Got Win 11 setup with parallels and all good, except I had to buy a key for $12. Worked fine. All seems good. Am still personalizing it. I will only be using it for when I am not home, so it can be a simple setup. Any browser but Safari! 1password and Gmail and I am good to go. Screen is good, have only seen the color at night, will check further tomorrow. I like the name, Starlight
Try Brave (arm64 at https://github.com/brave/, click on the blue "Brave Browser" then the "Latest" down to the right, then scroll down & get the arm64.dmg) or the Universal version at Brave.com. Automatic updates when you hit the About Brave menu, and easy to add uBlock Origin etc.I like the name, Starlight
My order has shipped. ETA delivery 3 August. 7 days away 😎
Thanks, good tip! I am getting really sick to my tummy about how EDGE and all the others track me. I hear Brave does not do that.
Mine arrived 3 days early ! Lucky I was tracking it to see the update. Took a half day off to be at home to receive it. Busy setting it up.... 😎
Brave is based on Chromium, and if you turn off the Rewards function, it is very lean, with no tracking. as far as I know, Chromium doesn't do tracking either, but updates can be quite late at times. The current version(s) are up to date but that is actually a little rare. See; https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium-macos/releases/ for the Intel and ARM64 versions.
Brave is easier to use, as installing extensions is easy, while it is quite complex to do that with the ungoogle-chromium binaries. To do that, you have to use a sync version temporarily and then switch back to the ungoogled version after adding extensions. An Intel Sync version is available for that at https://chromium.woolyss.com/
Accordingly, Brave gets the top place Chromium-based browser prize.
Is there proof that MS Edge tracks users or is that common knowledge? Somehow I doubt it as Edge is based on the ungoogled (no tracking) Chromium, but I am not certain.
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I got the midnight color, but the starlight looks beautiful! Specs?