How long does preparing to ship take?

I ordered the 2020 MacBook Air with a custom configuration of 16 GB ram and i7 processor. My order just moved from processing to preparing to ship on Monday. How long does it usually take for it be shipped after this stage, if anyone has experience with this sort of order?

Posted on Apr 29, 2020 3:22 AM

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Posted on Aug 6, 2020 10:48 AM

Here's how it went for me. I know when trying to research the same topic as you this is the sort of answer I was looking for.

I ordered a 27-inch iMac with a memory upgrade. The whole process took 13 days for me. I'm sure there are lots of things that can make an order take longer, but this is how it went for me.


Order Placed: July 22nd

Processing: July 23rd

Card Charged: July 25th

Preparing to Ship: July 28th

Shipped: July 29th

Delivered: August 4th

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Sep 12, 2020 10:20 AM in response to applepro2020

Mine is estimated 21st-28th. I ordered Aug 27th, and not even processed in my credit yet. And on the same day I cancelled one of my orders and cancellation is still pending. It is not even pandemic result but poor financial service. Charging at the ‘shipping’ day is also ridiculous. I’ve never seen this system.


Anyway, for the test of my items,

I want to see any change in my delivery window...I can’t wait any longer..!

Mar 1, 2021 11:39 AM in response to Polnareff3

Hi, when did your MacBook come in the end? I’ve ordered a base model MBA with the M1 chip and it’s been a week today and it still says processing and my card hasn’t been charged my estimated arrival window is the 2nd-9th of Feb and the 2nd is tomorrow and still nothing has happened. Did yours come in the time frame and how long was it processing for?

Mar 1, 2021 11:43 AM in response to applepro2020

Today is March the 1st , i ordered my MacBook on the 22nd of February and my estimated window was the 2nd-9th of March which is literally tomorrow LOL (Ik it puts an extra week on but it still says processing!) I am from the UK so if anybody else is from here and has ordered a base model MacBook Air with the M1 chip from Apple recently would you be able to give me some information on your experience with processing and shipping :) i go back to college on the 9th of March so fingers crossed it comes before then as i have some work i need to get finished!


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