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 …
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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 …
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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. …
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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 …
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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 …
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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, …
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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 …
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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 “Galaxy” spans from entry-level Galaxy A and M series …
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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 screenshots. The …
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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 multiple useful features. …
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