RE: Would love to hear from anyone who owns an M1 MBA

Karen Lewellen Fri, 07 May 2021 11:39:14 -0700

Hi,
Thanks for that article.

brad's point was that professionals recommend starting clean, instead ofrestoring, which is different from a clean install.

what is interesting about this article too, is that the author states

he has never done a clean install on their macbook pro, but only updates,which seems to counter the claim that not restoring data from timemachine is a professionally recommended choice.

I may be mixing the terminology, but still.

My own search could not find any supporting articles about this being astandard recommendation, lots of details on how it is done.

It may differ in the IOS arena, but  again Donna  has a mac.
Nice article though.
Kare




On Fri, 7 May 2021, skipper8...@gmail.com wrote:

Hi,
I understand why Brad recommends the clean install, and this article points out 
the advantages for Windows and Mac.
However, I usually only reinstall Windows every few years and am so new to the 
Mac that I can't tell you if I will ever do a complete reinstall of the OS.
https://lifehacker.com/in-defense-of-the-clean-install-1726140915
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brad,
Would you provide two objective sources to document your claim  that
starting   clean is  what professionals recommend?
Objective sources would include wire magazine for example.
If this were industry standard, the concept of backups and restorations would 
not be incorporated into systems, speaking personally.
So, kindly document that this is, as you say, a professional   standard,
with  objective published sources if you do not mind?
speaking personally, it counters  the professionals I have worked with for 
years, but I am willing to learn from published sources.
Thanks,
Karen



On Fri, 7 May 2021, Brad Snyder wrote:

Hi Donna,

I am keeping my fingers crossed in the hope that you will have better luck with 
your exchanged MacBook Air.
I am confident that you will have better luck setting up the new machine as a 
new computer than doing a restoration from a Time Machine backup.
As I said before, starting clean is the recommended way to go by most IT 
professionals.
I donâ€™t think some people understand that doing a restoration from a Time 
Machine backup is different than using Time Machine to transfer files and other 
data from a backup.
When restoring from a Time Machine backup, you are essentially wiping the 
destination machine, and essentially cloning the old machine onto the new 
machine.  this transfers all the settings and configurations from the old 
machine to the new one.
When considering that the M1 Macs are very different internally from the older 
Intel based Macs, this opens the door to a lot of compatibility conflicts, 
which I believe is at the root of the problems you have experienced with your 
new M1 MacBook Air.

Please let me know how it goes with your exchanged machine.

- Brad -


On May 7, 2021, at 08:40, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries 
<macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Hi Brad,

That makes two of us!  I know the works out of the box thing is setting the bar 
kind of high, but even so, this one really takes the cake.  The thing that most 
irritates me about all this, is that when I googled the error message about not 
having an available user for authorization, it was all over the internet.  I 
followed the steps exactly as described at Apple Support, and there was no 
mention of the possibility of receiving that error there.  Had there been, I 
probably wouldn't have tried to erase and reinstall.  Apple really should 
include that in their instructions, and better yet, find a fix for it, because 
it really is a show-stopper.

I think I've decided I'm going to do as you suggest, and exchange it.  Clearly 
other users have not had the problems I have had, so I'll give it one more go.  
As for Time Machine, I will probably use it to restore files, but nothing else. 
 It seems unlikely that the Time machine restore had anything to do with the 
authorization error, but who knows whether it was the cause of my original 
issues with Voiceover.  I personally agree with others that if it's a supported 
method of migrating data, it shouldn't result in such major issues, but that 
doesn't mean it didn't.
Take care,
Donna

On May 6, 2021, at 9:12 PM, Brad Snyder <wb...@swbell.net
<mailto:wb...@swbell.net>> wrote:

Donna,

I am really puzzled by all the issues you have experienced trying to setup your
M1 MacBook Air.
While I donâ€™t have an M1 Mac at this time, I know of several others who have
M1 macs, and have not experienced the problems that youâ€™ve had with setting
up your new machine.
I do know that the M1 is a completely different animal than the prior Intel
Mac, and I canâ€™t help but think there is something in the configurations that
are brought over to your new Mac through the Time Machine backup, and are
causing some kind of conflict with the M1 environment.
If you decide to exchange your bad M1 MacBook Air for another one, you might
consider setting the new one up as a new Mac, and see if that works out any
better. If you do this and still have problems, I guess you can return that
one and get your money back.
Hopefully, you wonâ€™t have to do that.

- Brad -

On May 6, 2021, at 17:29, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
<macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>>
wrote:

Hi all,

As I mentioned, I'll now be returning my MBA. I have to decide whether to
return it, or exchange it. After my experience this week, I am very concerned
that this computer just may not be ready for prime-time. I don't mean to go
negative, but I would appreciate it if anyone who owns one of these machines
could share about any problems that you have encountered.
TIA,
Donna

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