Google Chrome Browser for Desktop Gains New Performance Controls The Memory Saver feature in the Chrome browser for desktop now features three different modes, including Standard, Balanced, and Advanced. Memory Saver is aimed at speeding up browser performance by limiting the memory that inactive tabs are using. Standard mode deactivates tabs based on your computer’s needs, while Balanced mode considers both…

M4 Pro Mac Mini Supports Up to Three 6K Displays With the M4 Pro chip, the Mac mini is able to support up to three 6K displays at 60Hz over Thunderbolt or HDMI, an improvement over the previous M2 Pro model. The ‌M2‌ Pro version of the ‌Mac mini‌ also supported three displays, but it could run only two at 6K 60Hz resolution and one at 4K 60Hz resolution. Apple’s M4 Pro chip alternatively sup…

M4 Mac Mini is Apple’s First Carbon Neutral Mac With the launch of the M4 Mac mini, Apple says it has reached a milestone in its overarching environmental goal of total carbon neutrality by 2030. The Mac mini is Apple’s first carbon neutral Mac to date, and it joins the carbon neutral Series 10 Apple Watch models. The ‌Mac mini‌ is made from more than 50 percent recycled content overall, inc…

New Mac Mini Provides Two Clues About RAM in Upcoming MacBook Pros Apple today introduced a redesigned Mac mini with M4 and M4 Pro chip options, and the computer provides two clues about RAM amounts for the next 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models, which are expected to be announced tomorrow. First, just like the new iMac, the base-model Mac mini with the M4 chip starts with 16GB of RAM, which is double the…

Apple Releases New AirPods 4 Firmware Apple today released a new firmware update for all AirPods 4 models. The ‌AirPods 4‌ firmware has a build number of 7B19, up from the previous 7A304 firmware that came out in September. There is no word yet on what’s included in the new ‌AirPods 4‌ firmware, but it is available for both the standard ‌AirPods 4‌ and the ‌AirPods 4‌ with ANC. Thi…

M4 Mac Mini’s Power Button Has New Bottom Location The M4 Mac mini has an overhauled design that adds more ports in a slimmed down package, and to make everything fit, Apple needed a new place for the power button. As it turns out, the power button for the device is located on the bottom, so as Mr. Macintosh pointed out, you’ll need to tip the Mac mini up in order to turn it on (or off, using t…

Apple Now Selling Thunderbolt 5 Cable for M4 Mac Mini and MacBook Pro The M4 Pro version of the Mac mini that Apple introduced today uses the latest Thunderbolt 5 technology with transfer speeds of up to 120Gb/s, which means Apple is selling a new Thunderbolt 5 cable to go along with it. Priced at $69, the new 1 meter Thunderbolt 5 Pro Cable supports Thunderbolt 5 data transfers at the maximum speed, but it is al…

Apple’s Much Smaller M4 Mac Mini Has All-New Thermal Architecture to Maximize Speed The Mac mini received a major update today, with Apple introducing a slimmed down design that shaves more than two inches off of the size so it takes up less space on a desktop or in a rack. Despite the size change, the ‌Mac mini‌ uses Apple’s most powerful M-series chips, including the new M4 Pro. Combining the smaller form factor and updated …

Apple Leaks M4 Max Chip Icon Ahead of Announcing New MacBook Pros Oops! Eagle-eyed developer Charlie Joseph today discovered that Apple has leaked its upcoming high-end M4 Max chip through an image uploaded to its website. The discovery was shared with Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman on social media. It is already pretty obvious that Apple plans to announce new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models with M4, M4 Pro, …

M1 vs. M2. vs. M4 Mac Mini Buyer’s Guide: 25+ Upgrades Compared Apple just unveiled the first Mac mini redesign in over a decade. The previous major updates to the device were the transition to Apple silicon in 2020 and the option of a Pro-grade chip in 2023, so how does the latest model compare to its two immediate predecessors? The new ‌Mac mini‌ looks dramatically different to previous models thanks to a…

M4 Pro and M4 Max MacBook Pro Models Likely to Feature Thunderbolt 5 Apple dropped a surprise today with the announcement of the new redesigned Mac mini when it revealed that the M4 Pro model comes with three Thunderbolt 5 ports, making it the first Mac to support the next-generation connectivity standard. The newest specification of Thunderbolt offers 80 Gb/s of bi-directional bandwidth, and with Bandwidth Boos…

Amazon Introduces Record Low Prices Across M2 iPad Air Lineup, Available From $498 Amazon today has a big selection of discounts on Apple’s M2 iPad Air, with savings of about $100 across nearly every model. Only Amazon is offering these deals right now, and you’ll find early November delivery dates for most of the tablets. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may re…

Apple Announces Redesigned Mac Mini With M4 and M4 Pro Chips, Two Front USB-C Ports, and More Apple today announced fully redesigned Mac mini models featuring the M4 and M4 Pro chips, a considerably smaller casing, two front-facing USB-C ports, Thunderbolt 5 connectivity, and more. The product refresh marks the first time the ‌Mac mini‌ has been redesigned in over a decade. The enclosure now measures just five by five inches and contain…

Apple Announces M4 Pro Chip: Up to 14-Core CPU and 20-Core GPU, Up to 64GB of RAM, Thunderbolt 5 Support, and More Apple today unveiled the M4 Pro chip, with key specifications including up to a 14-core CPU, up to a 20-core GPU, a 16-core Neural Engine, and support for up to 64GB of RAM. For the 14-core CPU, there are 10 performance cores and four efficiency cores. Apple says the M4 Pro chip features “the world’s fastest CPU core” with “lightning-fast singl…

Mac Mini With M4 Pro Features Three Thunderbolt 5 Ports Apple’s new redesigned Mac mini with M4 Pro chip features three Thunderbolt 5 ports, the newest specification of Thunderbolt that offers speeds of up to 120 Gb/s, which is double the maximum bandwidth of Thunderbolt 4. The new standard also features support for native DisplayPort 2.1 output over USB‑C. Thunderbolt 5 is fully compatible with USB…

Apple Shares 12-Minute Video Announcement for Redesigned Mac Mini Apple today shared a 12-minute announcement video on YouTube for the new Mac mini, providing an overview of new features and changes, including a smaller design, two front-facing USB-C ports, M4 and M4 Pro chip options, Thunderbolt 5 support, and more. For more details about the new Mac mini, read our coverage of Apple’s announcement. The new…

Fantastical Calendar App Expands to Windows Popular calendar app Fantastical is expanding beyond the Apple ecosystem for the first time, bringing the full Fantastical experience to Windows. Support for Windows has been a top-requested feature for quite some time, primarily from Apple users who have the need to use Windows for work, software availability, or other reasons, so Flexibits has…

iPhone 17 Being Developed in India: What to Expect From Base Model Apple’s manufacturing partner Foxconn is conducting early development of the base iPhone 17 at a factory in Bengaluru, India, according to The Information’s Wayne Ma. This is considered to be a “milestone” for Apple’s manufacturing efforts in India. The paywalled report said this iPhone 17 model has already passed an early development stage, as…

iOS 18.1: Remove Unwanted Objects From Your Photos Say you’ve captured a stunning sunset at the beach, but there’s a trash can ruining the foreground. Or maybe you’ve taken the perfect family portrait, only to later realize there’s a stranger in the background. With iOS 18.1’s new Clean Up tool, Apple aims to make such photo frustrations a thing of the past. Here’s how it works. Clean Up uses A…

Apple Rolls Out Tap to Pay on iPhone in Five More European Countries Apple today announced that Tap to Pay on iPhone is available in Austria, Czech Republic, Ireland, Romania, and Sweden, providing a way for independent sellers, small businesses, and larger merchants in these countries to use an ‌iPhone‌ as a contactless payment terminal. Tap to Pay first arrived in February 2022 in the US, and allows iPhones to…