How long does preparing to ship take?

my macbook arrived earlier than expected! here's my full thread in case it's helpful. i'm in the UK by the way. i ordered a 2020 macbook air with 16gb ram being the only upgrade.

— ordered 7th august, expected delivery 26th aug to 3rd sept

— processing until aug 15th, when it was then being prepared to ship

— shipped 17th august from china to the netherlands. i then got an email around this time saying it would be delivered on the 27th.

(this date is what it said on the apple store app and website, however checking the DHL tracking info it says that it arrived in the netherlands on the 15th)

—  arrived in the netherlands 21st, then was shipped to germany and in the UK in my city by 22nd.

— i was then sent an email on 23rd by hermes with more tracking info, this time saying they had the package with them and was going to be delivered the next day.

— i recieved my MBA around 10-11am on the 24th, earlier than they had estimated. a week before school starts!

if anyone is worried about the tracking, the whole netherlands to germany saga didn't appear for a few days even after it had happened. i just refreshed one day and a stack of updates had appeared. 

during quarantine the days seem to have flown by even in anticipation for my new machine, so i hope everyone in this thread receives theirs soon too.

starting school & trying to get back to work waiting on my iMac, most of these post are referring to MacBooks, does anyone have experience ordering an iMac? I am unable to render scenes accordingly on my current computer, it’s taking FOREVER. Any help would be great! I went from processing to preparing to ship today, but I’m curious how long it will take for the computer to get to me from where ever it is currently located! TIA

I order my Mac book air 13’ in august 19

-processing order until August 25.

-preparing for shipping early morning august 26.

-shipping at 11am august 26

so I’m receiving my MacBook today, I’m happing it got my on my nerves too.

They gave arriving date 8/27-31, so is coming the first day they gave me 👌🏼

This is my first time ordering a MBA and I needed it for school for my Masters program. I placed my order on Aug. 18, didn't do any custom things to it and also got AirPods as well. The AirPods were delivered the next day. My card was charged for them at the time of me placing the order. But now its been almost 10 days and my MacBook is still sitting in Processing with no movement. It says that my window for arrival is Aug 26 to Sept 2. My classes started 2 days ago and I'm frustrated. Not what I was expecting from Apple. After reading other comments I'm worried I might now get my MacBook for a few weeks now. Very disappointed. Also, I couldn't pick up this from the Apple Store because they didn't have any in stock or so the website said.

same.

i ordered my mba on 8/22 and it’s been processing since the 23rd. it said everything was good to go and it was going to ship soon until today, this morning they took that back so it’s still in processing. it’s supposed to get here sept 1st-3rd and i start school on aug 31st. this whole shipping thing is driving me crazy (my airpods got delivered about 3 days after i placed my order btw)

Same...I ordered a mba (i5) on 8/21 along with a pair of AirPods. I wasn’t able to do pickup because all the Apple Stores nearby are closed due to COVID. The AirPods arrived on 8/25, and I was given an arrival dates of 8/31-9/8 for my mba. Unfortunately, it has still not moved out the processing phase. I’m beginning to feel that it’s unlikely to arrive in the original window. Very disappointing, not what I expected when purchasing from Apple...

same!! I ordered my MacBook Pro on august 17 and it IS STILL PROCESSING even though more than two weeks have passed. I start school on September 17 and im not sure if it will get here on time. They haven’t even charged me yet. Really disappointed by apple :(

Icytugboat wrote:

Sorry I meant for weeks and school starts soon this is getting ridiculous

This pandemic that has killed close to 200,000 people in the U.S. and had a profound effect on the economy and on supply chains is more tragic than ridiculous.

Placed my order on 8/27 for my MacBook Air and free AirPods (I’m a nursing student). I received my AirPods on 8/31 and my Macbook is still processing. Hopefully I receive it between the dates of 9/4-9/9 like it says on my order. My card hasn’t been charged yet (no big deal) for the Macbook but I was charged for the AirPods (maybe they’ll dock the cost of the AirPods off of the Macbook when I receive it, since the pods are supposed to be free? Not sure.)

Hi! I ordered my custom MacBook Pro on the 20th of august and it’s saying it won’t be here until the 21-28 of September. And I’m two weeks in which is the 3rd of September and it’s still processing.. kinda upset about it. Is it supposed to Take this long or is something wrong

Hi,

I also ordered the Macbook Air (upgraded to i5 with 256gb and 8gb) and had an offer where i was getting free Airpods (With engraving). I ordered on the 31st of August, and the engraved Airpods were delivered on the 3rd of September. As of now, Apple have only taken out the money of the Airpods, and the Macbook is still processing! University is starting soon, and this has to arrive. Shocking that a £1000 item takes that long too ship!

me too!! I ordered my macbook August 17th and it says it’s supposed to deliver 9/9-9/14. I start school on the 10th and was hoping to get it by then. Mine still is in the processing phase and i haven’t been charged yet. I’m hoping it will come soon. I thought apple would be more on top of their shipments

Wow I ordered a base model MBA on 09/02/20 still says processing. Expected delivery for me is Sept 11-15. This gives me no hope your shipment took a full month. I think I’m going to cancel my order and downgrade. But hey I’ll save a couple hundred bucks.

I thought so too I’ve been checking stores daily and there isn’t even any in stock any color in a 100 mile radius of my zip code. I’m just going to cancel my order. It’s way too much money to spend to have to wait a month (This thread experiences)

arman1401 wrote:

Woop! Looks like Apple are reading this. As soon as I posted, my macbook was preparing to ship. Apple said it will deliver between 17-24 September. FYI, I live in London

Correlation does not prove causality. The only Apple employees who are reading these posts are the Hosts. All they have time to do is make sure that the posts conform to the Terms of Use.