Here’s a Real-World Look at the Dramatically Smaller Mac Mini and More After announcing new iMac, Mac mini, and MacBook Pro models this week, Apple invited selected journalists and content creators to check out the products in person. Image Credit: The Verge The Verge attended the gathering, and it has now shared hands-on photos of the dramatically smaller Mac mini, the refreshed color options for the iMac, the u…

M4 MacBook Pro Gets First Discounts at Best Buy for Members Apple today introduced new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models with M4, M4 Pro, and M4 Max chips. Although these computers were just announced, Best Buy is already providing early pre-order discounts exclusively to My Best Buy Plus and Total members at up to $150 off. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Best Buy. When you click a lin…

New MacBook Pros Feature Brighter Displays Outdoors, Also Even Dimmer in Low Light The new MacBook Pro models unveiled today feature display brightness enhancements in both bright outdoor lighting and low lighting. Apple’s tech specs page says all of the new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models have a peak display brightness of 1,000 nits for standard content in bright outdoor lighting, such as on a sunny day. The previous-…

Apple’s New M4 Macs Will Have Day One Update to Get Apple Intelligence Features Customers who have pre-ordered an M4 iMac, Mac mini, or MacBook Pro will need to update to the latest version of macOS Sequoia after receiving their machines on Friday, November 8. Apple today released ‌macOS Sequoia‌ 15.1 (build number 24B2083) for the new M4 Mac models, which are shipping with a special version of ‌macOS Sequoia‌ 15.0 (build …

Entire Mac Lineup Now Starts With at Least 16GB RAM, Ending 8GB Era Apple this week announced new iMac, Mac mini, and MacBook Pro models, and they are all available with a minimum of 16GB of RAM. Apple also announced that the MacBook Air lineup now starts with 16GB of RAM too, at no additional cost, and this means that the entire Mac lineup now starts with at least 16GB of RAM. Until now, the iMac, Mac mini, 14…

MacBook Pro Now Available With Nano-Texture Display for First Time Apple’s new MacBook Pro models are available with a nano-texture display option—the first time the option has ever been available on an Apple laptop. First introduced with the Pro Display XDR in 2019, nano-texture glass is etched at a nanometer scale, which is meant to preserve image quality while scattering ambient light to cut down on glare. …

MacBook Pro Now Features Up to 24 Hours Battery Life—Longest Ever in a Mac Apple’s new MacBook Pro models feature longer battery life thanks to the efficiency enhancements of the M4 family of chips, with some models and configurations reaching up to 24 hours—the longest ever offered in a Mac. The biggest improvements come to models configured with either the M4 or M4 Pro chip, with M4 Max models seeing either the same…

Apple Announcements Recap: M4 iMac, Mac Mini, and MacBook Pro Apple this week made three key Mac product announcements: new iMac, Mac mini, and MacBook Pro models. These machines bring the M4 chip series to Apple’s Mac lineup for the first time, but each in its own way offers several new features and changes that go beyond processors. Below, we’ve compiled a recap of all the highlights. New iMac Apple on…

Proton VPN Launches Native Apple TV App, Adds Vision Pro Support Proton today released its native Apple TV app, allowing users to access VPN services directly on their Apple TV following tvOS 17’s introduction of built-in VPN support last year. The company has also announced compatibility with Apple Vision Pro. The new tvOS app enables users to connect to ProtonVPN’s network of over 8,500 servers across 112 …

Apple Updates Base 14-Inch MacBook Pro With M4 Chip, 16GB of RAM, Extra Thunderbolt Port, Space Black, and More Alongside higher-end 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models with M4 Pro and M4 Max chips, Apple today announced a handful of upgrades for the entry-level 14-inch MacBook Pro, including the standard M4 chip, a minimum of 16GB of RAM instead of 8GB, an additional Thunderbolt port, a Space Black color option, and more. In the base 14-inch MacBook …

Apple Announces MacBook Pro Models With M4 Pro and M4 Max Chips, Thunderbolt 5 Support, and More Apple today announced new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models featuring M4 Pro and M4 Max chips, alongside a new entry-level 14-inch MacBook Pro powered by the M4 chip. The new M4 Pro and M4 Max machines come with a minimum of 24GB of Unified Memory as standard, up from 18GB in the previous models. Both models feature three Thunderbolt 5 por…

Apple Announces M4 Max Chip: Up to 16-Core CPU, Up to 40-Core GPU, Up to 128GB of RAM, and More Apple today announced the M4 Max chip alongside new MacBook Pro models—its most advanced and powerful Apple silicon chip to date. Like the M4 chip introduced in the iPad Pro and the M4 Pro chip unveiled yesterday in the redesigned Mac mini, the M4 Max chips are fabricated with TSMC’s enhanced 3nm (N3E) process. Apple’s senior vice president of …

Apple Announces MacBook Air Now Starts With Increased 16GB of RAM With No Price Increase Apple today in its new MacBook Pro press release announced that the MacBook Air lineup now starts with 16GB of RAM, up from 8GB previously. This change applies to the 13-inch model with the M2 chip, the 13-inch model with the M3 chip, and the 15-inch model with the M3 chip. In the U.S., the MacBook Air lineup continues to start at $999, so the…

Apple Shares 17-Minute Video Announcement and Ad for the New MacBook Pros and M4 Chip Apple today shared a 17-minute announcement video on YouTube for the new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models, which feature M4, M4 Pro, and M4 Max chip options, Thunderbolt 5 support for higher-end configurations, and more. To learn more, read our coverage of Apple’s announcements for the base 14-inch MacBook Pro and the higher-end 14-inch …

Apple Expected to Unveil New MacBook Pros Today With These Features Apple promised three Mac-related product announcements this week, and it has delivered on two of them so far with the new iMac on Monday and the redesigned Mac mini on Tuesday. The final announcement today is expected to be updated 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models with M4, M4 Pro, and M4 Max chips. Below, we outline what to expect from th…

Mac Mini vs. Mac Studio Buyer’s Guide: 25+ Differences Compared In 2023, Apple updated the Mac Studio with the M2 Max and ‌M2‌ Ultra chips. Apple has now refreshed the Mac mini with the M4 and M4 Pro chips, meaning that the ‌Mac Studio‌ faces a formidable competitor that offers “Pro” capabilities at a substantially lower price point. There are now two desktop Macs and four Apple silicon chip options for us…

Samsung Considers Dropping Iconic ‘Galaxy’ Brand for Flagship Phones Samsung is considering introducing a new premium smartphone brand that would exist alongside or even replace its iconic “Galaxy” branding, according to Korean publication E-Today. The potential rebranding initiative reportedly aims to differentiate Samsung’s high-end devices from its budget offerings. Currently, the company’s broad use of “Gala…

Apple’s USB-C AirPods Max Hit New Low Price on Amazon Alongside Steep Discounts on Apple Pencil Pro and More Amazon this week has a few solid deals on popular Apple accessories, including the Apple Pencil Pro, M4 iPad Pro Magic Keyboards, and MagSafe Charger. There’s also a new best-ever price on the Orange AirPods Max with USB-C at $62 off, available only on Amazon. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with some of these vendors. When you click a l…

Apple to Start Providing Summaries of User Reviews in App Store Apple has reportedly designed a new AI-based system that will summarize reviews in the App Store to highlight the most common customer feedback for users before they download an app. According an unlisted App Store article seen by 9to5Mac, AI-generated summaries will appear on app product pages alongside existing elements like descriptions and …

GitHub Brings Copilot to Xcode Popular AI coding tool Copilot is now available for Xcode as part of a public preview, GitHub announced today. Apple developers can use Copilot for coding assistance directly in Xcode, which GitHub says will help developers boost productivity, speed up development, and enhance their overall coding experience. GitHub Copilot for Xcode offers mul…