Apple Intelligence: Available in beta on all Mac models with M1 and later, with Siri and device language set to US English, as a macOS Sequoia update. English (Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, UK) language support will be available in December 2024. Some features and support for additional languages, like Chinese, English (India, Singapore), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Vietnamese and others, will be coming over the course of the next year.
Power and Battery: Battery life for Apple TV app movie playback. Battery life varies by use and configuration. See apple.com/za/batteries for more information.
Up to 3.4x faster than MacBook Pro with M1: Testing conducted by Apple August to October 2024 using pre-production 14-inch MacBook Pro systems with Apple M4, 10-core CPU, 10-core GPU and 32GB of RAM, and production 13-inch MacBook Pro systems with Apple M1, 8-core CPU, 8-core GPU and 16GB of RAM, all configured with 2TB SSD. Pre‑release Blender 4.2.2 tested by rendering a 403.9MB 3D scene utilising hardware-accelerated ray tracing on systems with M4. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of MacBook Pro.
Up to 3x faster than MacBook Pro with M1 Pro: Testing conducted by Apple August to October 2024 using pre-production 16‑inch MacBook Pro systems with Apple M4 Pro, 14‑core CPU, 20‑core GPU, 48GB of RAM,and 4TB SSD, and production 16‑inch MacBook Pro systems with Apple M1 Pro, 10‑core CPU, 16‑core GPU, 32GB of RAM and 8TB SSD. Prerelease Redshift v2025.0.0 tested using a 29.2MB scene utilising hardware‑accelerated ray tracing on systems with M4 Pro. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of MacBook Pro.
Up to 3.5x faster than MacBook Pro with M1 Max: Testing conducted by Apple August to October 2024 using pre-production 14‑inch MacBook Pro systems with Apple M4 Max, 16‑core CPU, 40‑core GPU and 128GB of RAM, and production 14‑inch MacBook Pro systems with Apple M1 Max, 10‑core CPU, 32‑core GPU and 64GB of RAM, all configured with 8TB SSD. Pre-release Redshift v2025.0.0 tested using a 29.2MB scene utilising hardware‑accelerated ray tracing on systems with M4 Max. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of MacBook Pro.
Mac and iPhone: Requires iCloud and internet connection. iPhone Mirroring is available on Mac computers with Apple silicon and Intel‑based Mac computers with a T2 Security Chip. Requires that your iPhone and Mac are signed in with the same Apple Account using two‑factor authentication, your iPhone and Mac are near each other and have Bluetooth and Wi‑Fi turned on, and your Mac is not using AirPlay or Sidecar. Some iPhone features (e.g., camera and microphone) are not compatible with iPhone Mirroring.
Display Brightness: 1,600 nits peak brightness in temperatures less than 25° C.
Thunderbolt: Port configuration varies by model.
Wi‑Fi 6E: Wi‑Fi 6E available in countries and regions where supported.
Up to 9.8x faster than the Intel-based MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2020): Testing conducted by Apple August to October 2024 using pre-production 14-inch MacBook Pro systems with Apple M4, 10-core CPU, 10-core GPU and 32GB of RAM, and production 13-inch MacBook Pro systems with Intel Iris Plus Graphics 645 and 16GB of RAM, all configured with 2TB SSD. Adobe Premiere Pro 2024 v24.6.1 tested with Scene Edit Detection using a 3‑minute and 27‑second project with H.264 media at 3840x2160 resolution and 30 frames per second. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of MacBook Pro.
Up to 14 more hours battery life (up to 24 hours total): Testing conducted by Apple August to October 2024 using pre-production 14-inch MacBook Pro systems with Apple M4, 10-core CPU, 10-core GPU, 24GB of RAM and 1TB SSD. Wireless web battery life tested by browsing 25 popular websites while connected to Wi-Fi. Video streaming battery life tested with 1080p content in Safari while connected to Wi-Fi. Display brightness set to 8 clicks from the bottom and keyboard backlight was off. Battery life varies by use and configuration. See apple.com/za/batteries for more information.
Up to 7.8x faster than the Intel-based MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019): Testing conducted by Apple August to October 2024 using pre-production 16-inch MacBook Pro systems with Apple M4 Max, 16-core CPU, 40-core GPU, 128GB of RAM and 4TB SSD, as well as production 2.4GHz 8-core Intel Core i9–based 16-inch MacBook Pro systems with Radeon Pro 5600M graphics with 8GB of HBM2 and 64GB of RAM, all configured with 8TB SSD. Pre-release Redshift v2025.0.0 tested using a 29.2MB scene utilising hardware-accelerated ray tracing on systems with M4 Max and M3 Max. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of MacBook Pro.
Display: Screen size is measured diagonally. Actual diagonal screen size of the 24‑inch iMac is 23.5 inches. The displays on MacBook Air with the M1 chip and the 13-inch MacBook Pro measure 13.3 inches diagonally. The displays on the 13-inch MacBook Air with M2 or M3, the 15-inch MacBook Air, and the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro have rounded corners at the top. When measured as a standard rectangular shape, the screens are 13.6 inches, 15.3 inches, 14.2 inches and 16.2 inches diagonally (actual viewable area is less).
Storage: 1GB = 1 billion bytes and 1TB = 1 trillion bytes; actual formatted capacity less.
Touch ID: Magic Keyboard with Touch ID is included with iMac (M4) systems with 10-core GPU, iMac (M3) systems with 10-core GPU and iMac (M1) systems with 8‑core GPU. It is available as an option on iMac (M4) systems with 8-core GPU, iMac (M3) systems with 8-core GPU and iMac (M1) systems with 7‑core GPU.
Accessories: Accessories sold separately; availability varies by region.
Feature, App and Service Availability: Features are subject to change. Some features, applications and services may not be available in all regions or all languages.
App Store: Apps are available on the App Store. Software and content may be sold separately. Title availability is subject to change.
Galaxy Image: Stellarium image of the M31 galaxy by Lee, Ang (HG731GZ). Creative Commons Attribution License 3.0.
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