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Apple has confirmed that developers must return their Apple silicon DTK units by March 31.
It comes following a fiasco about the amount of credit offered to developers in return.
Some developers are now upset they aren t getting the full rebate amount they paid like developers in the U.S.
Apple has confirmed to developers they must return their Developer Transition Kit by March 31, 2021, but some developers still aren t happy about the rebate being offered by Apple.
The units were sold to developers to begin developing apps on Apple silicon last year. According to multiple reports, developers have been told in an email they must ship their DTK Macs back as the Universal App Quick Start Program comes to a close, from an email sent to developers:
Source: Jon Prosser / Front Page Tech
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Apple Requiring Developers to Return DTK Mac Minis by March 31
Friday February 26, 2021 2:57 pm PST by Juli Clover
Apple today sent out emails to developers who are in possession of a Developer Transition Kit, asking them to return the machines by March 31. The Developer Transition Kits are Mac minis with A12Z chips that Apple provided for development purposes ahead of the release of the M1 Macs.
Apple in the emails provided developers with shipping instructions, and plans to begin collecting the DTKs starting next week. The DTKs featured 16GB RAM, a 512GB SSD, two USB-C ports, two USB-A ports and an HDMI 2.0 port in addition to the A12Z chip, which was first used in the 2020 iPad Pro models.