Trade in Mac
If I choose the trade-in credit option but pay in full for my new MacBook, can my credit go to my personal bank account? Do I need to do the Apple trade in before I buy it?
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 11.2
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https://www.apple.com/shop/trade-in
"You must be at least 18 years old to be eligible to trade in for credit or for an Apple Gift Card.
Trade-in value may be applied toward qualifying new device purchase ~ or added to an Apple
Gift Card. Actual value awarded is based on receipt of a qualifying device matching the
description provided when estimate was made."
A usual happening is a credit, that may be in form of a gift card.
If a monthly payment cycle is created toward the new purchase
that credit may be directed to or absorbed by that cycle.
You can arrange to have your older Mac on hand, for file transfer
or migration, etc; so it does not get shipped away ahead of new
Mac's arrival. (I've never done trades; I have kept most older Macs
for a long while; in good shape. And gifted to people I know.)
If the trade-in isn't of value, or low-to-zero margin; Apple will
dispose/recycle those, as part of their green business model.
There's an entire section covers Help - Apple (Shopping, etc)
https://www.apple.com/shop/help
[In some instances, one may find a better idea would be to
keep an older Mac; with its older systems intact, as backup.]
And transfer contents piecemeal, from older to newer Mac?
Migration or a Transfer. Either choice, has potential issues.
Setting up 'a new Mac' as such, to bring in only needed items,
is one way to contain overflow; instead of importing ??? tons.