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…

iPhone Exports From India Surge 33% as Apple Reduces China Reliance Apple’s iPhone exports from India reached nearly $6 billion in the six months through September, representing a 33% increase compared to the same period last year, according to Bloomberg. The growth puts Apple on track to exceed its fiscal 2024 export target of $10 billion from the region. The increase in exports is a result of Apple’s expandin…

Amazon Leaks Mac Mini With M4 and M4 Pro Chips, Two Front USB-C Ports, Up to 64GB of RAM, and More Amazon has seemingly leaked the rumored next-generation Mac mini ahead of Apple’s announcement this week, revealing several details. Our concept of a smaller Mac mini According to a comparison chart on Amazon’s product listing for the new iMac, the new Mac mini will be available with M4 and M4 Pro chip options, with up to a 14-core CPU and up…

iOS 18.1 Features: Everything New in iOS 18.1 iOS 18.1 is the first major update to iOS 18, and it brings a slew of new features including Apple Intelligence, phone call recording, and more, plus bug fixes. This guide highlights everything that’s new in iOS 18.1. Apple Intelligence iOS 18.1 includes the first ‌Apple Intelligence‌ features for the iPhone 15 Pro models and the iPhone 16 lin…

iOS 18.1: What You Get If You Don’t Have an iPhone With Apple Intelligence iOS 18.1 is the first iOS 18 update with Apple Intelligence capabilities, and that’s what a lot of the coverage about the new software has focused on. If you don’t have an iPhone that’s capable of ‌Apple Intelligence‌, you’re probably wondering just what’s in the update for you. While ‌Apple Intelligence‌ does make up the bulk of what’s new, if…

Mac Pro Now Comes With USB-C Accessories, Including Magic Mouse and Keyboard Apple today updated its website to indicate that the Mac Pro now ships with a USB-C to USB-C charging cable in the box, instead of a USB-C to Lightning cable, and we have learned that the high-end desktop computer now comes with the new USB-C versions of the Magic Mouse and Magic Keyboard accessories in the box as well. There are no other chang…

Apple Card Users Can Get Up to 5% Daily Cash on All Purchases Through Holiday Season Apple is launching a new Apple Card promotion for ‌Apple Card‌ users, providing the option to earn up to five percent Daily Cash on purchases made from November 6, 2024 to April 30, 2025. To unlock the Daily Cash back promotion, users will need to spend between $5,000 and $15,000. At $5,000, three percent Daily Cash is unlocked. Spending $10,00…

Lower-End Apple Silicon Macs With 10-Core M4 Chip to Fully Support Two External Displays In addition to the new iMac with the 10-core M4 chip being the first-ever Mac with support for up to an 8K external display at 120Hz, the computer also supports up to two 6K external displays at 60Hz. That’s a very notable upgrade, as lower-end Apple silicon Macs like the MacBook Air, entry-level MacBook Pro, and previous iMac models have mostly…