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Joe joined MacRumors in January 2015 and is now a Senior Reporter. Based in Ontario, Canada, he has been covering Apple since 2008, with previous stints at 9to5Mac and other tech blogs.

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MacBook Pro Glowing Apple Logo

Here's a Real-World Look at the New MacBook Pro's Glowing Apple Logo

Wednesday October 28, 2026 3:24 pm PDT by
Surprise! The new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models with OLED displays have a glowing Apple logo, a beloved feature that was phased out a decade ago. In a hands-on video shared on his YouTube channel UrAvgConsumer, Judner Aura showed off the glowing Apple logo and revealed that its brightness is tied to the MacBook Pro's display brightness. If you turn up the display brightness, the...
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Apple Has 8 New Products Available for Pre-Order

Wednesday October 28, 2026 1:45 pm PDT by
Apple at 10:10 a.m. Pacific Time today started accepting pre-orders for five new products that will all be released on Friday, November 6. Here are the pre-order pages: iPad mini with OLED display iMac with M6 chip 14-inch MacBook Pro with M6 chip 14-inch MacBook Pro with OLED display 16-inch MacBook Pro with OLED displayThis is in addition to Apple still accepting pre-orders...
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Apple Releases Redesigned Mac Chargers and 'World Travel Adapter Kit'

Wednesday October 28, 2026 11:29 am PDT by
Apple today began selling updated versions of its 70W Power Adapter, 140W Power Adapter, and Power Adapter Extension Cable, all with a new "AC Connector 2." The updated power adapters and extension cable are available on Apple's online store in the U.S. and many other countries around the world. Apple also released an updated version of its World Travel Adapter Kit that had disappeared...
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Mac Studio With M5 Ultra Now Available With 512GB RAM for $22,299

Wednesday October 28, 2026 10:26 am PDT by
Starting today, the Mac Studio with the M5 Ultra chip can be configured with 512GB of RAM on Apple's online store, but it is an expensive upgrade. You first have to configure the Mac Studio with the M5 Ultra chip with a 36-core CPU and 80-core GPU, which starts at $6,799 in the U.S., and then you have to select the 512GB of RAM option for an additional $15,500. This pushes the minimum cost...
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Apple Store Down Ahead of 'Pro and Tell' Launch Today

Wednesday October 28, 2026 9:46 am PDT by
Update: Apple has announced new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models with a touch-enabled PROLED XDR Display. Apple has taken its online store down just minutes before its "Pro and Tell" experience in Los Angeles begins at 10 a.m. Pacific Time today. Apple is expected to announce new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models with touch-enabled OLED displays, a Dynamic Island instead of ...
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Apple Raises MacBook Neo's Starting Price to $649 on Education Store

Wednesday October 28, 2026 7:05 am PDT by
Apple has raised the MacBook Neo's starting price from $599 to $649 on its online education store in the U.S., meaning it now offers college students and other eligible groups only a $50 discount on the laptop, down from $100. The change was made within the past week, with equivalent increases in local currencies in other countries. When the MacBook Neo first launched in March, it started at ...
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MacBook Studio?

Wednesday October 28, 2026 6:41 am PDT by
Update: Apple has announced new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models with a touch-enabled PROLED XDR Display. This article has been revised. A teaser video shared by Apple CEO John Ternus today hints at a potential name for the rumored MacBook models with touch-enabled OLED displays: MacBook Studio. Apple is expected to show off the new MacBooks to selected tech reporters and...
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Apple CEO John Ternus Teases Touchscreen MacBook Pro: 12 Final Rumors

Wednesday October 28, 2026 6:21 am PDT by
Update: Apple has announced new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models with a touch-enabled PROLED XDR Display. In a post on X today, Apple CEO John Ternus shared a short video that shows an Apple logo being projected onto a MacBook lid against a nighttime city skyline. This teaser comes just a few hours before Apple is expected to announce new MacBook models with touch-enabled OLED...
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Apple Shares tvOS 27.2 Release Notes With List of New Features

Tuesday October 27, 2026 4:16 pm PDT by
tvOS 27.2 was released on Monday for the Apple TV 4K (2nd generation) and newer, but the Apple TV does not show release notes for software updates in the Settings app. Instead, Apple periodically updates a support document outlining what is new in tvOS updates, and the release notes for tvOS 27.2 are now available. Note that Apple never released a tvOS 27.1 version, so tvOS 27.2 is the first ...
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RIP, MacBook Ultra?

Tuesday October 27, 2026 11:00 am PDT by
Last week, Apple invited some content creators to an experience in Los Angeles this Wednesday, and the "Pro and tell" tagline on the invitation likely means that the rumored 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook models with touchscreens will stick with MacBook Pro branding instead of the once-rumored "MacBook Ultra" name. Apple is expected to announce these new MacBook Pro models tomorrow, with...
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Apple Reportedly Plans to Release MacBook Neo 2 in First Half of 2027

Tuesday October 27, 2026 9:34 am PDT by
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman today reported that Apple plans to release a second-generation MacBook Neo in the first half of 2027. He previously mentioned that the new model will feature an A19 Pro chip, 12GB of RAM, and new color options. Released in March 2026, the current MacBook Neo has an A18 Pro chip with 8GB of RAM, and it is available in Silver, Blush, Citrus, and Indigo. In the U.S., the...
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New iMac Available With 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet Port on Power Adapter

Tuesday October 27, 2026 8:34 am PDT by
The new iMac with the M6 chip can be configured with a 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet port, which is built into the power adapter rather than the computer. The port is a $30 upgrade option for the lower-end iMac and comes standard with the higher-end model. The previous iMac had the same option, but the port was 1...
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Apple Expected to Announce MacBook Pro With Touchscreen Tomorrow

Tuesday October 27, 2026 7:55 am PDT by
Apple on Wednesday will announce 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models featuring touch-enabled OLED displays with thinner bezels, a Dynamic Island instead of a notch, M5 Pro and M5 Max chips, and a lighter and slightly thinner design, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports. Apple is hosting a private "Pro and tell" experience in Los Angeles starting at 10 a.m. Pacific Time...
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Apple Announces New iMac With M6 Chip and More

Tuesday October 27, 2026 6:00 am PDT by
Apple today announced a new 24-inch iMac with the M6 chip for faster performance, an N1 chip with Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6 support, faster SSD speeds, and more. The new iMac has the same design as the previous model with the M4 chip, and the color options remain the same: blue, green, pink, yellow, purple, orange, and silver. The all-in-one desktop computer still has a 24-inch 4.5K Retina...
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New iMac and 14-Inch MacBook Pro With M6 Chip Expected Tomorrow

Monday October 26, 2026 7:30 pm PDT by
After announcing a new iPad mini today, Apple is expected to introduce updated iMac and 14-inch MacBook Pro models on Tuesday, both with the M6 chip that debuted in the new Mac mini in August. No design changes have been rumored for these Macs. Finally, higher-end 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models with touch-enabled OLED displays are expected to be announced on Wednesday....
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JAŸ-Z to Headline 2027 Apple Music Super Bowl LXI Halftime Show

Monday October 26, 2026 6:58 pm PDT by
Apple and the NFL today announced that rapper Jay-Z ("JAŸ-Z") will headline the 2027 Apple Music Super Bowl LXI Halftime Show at SoFi Stadium in the Los Angeles area. Super Bowl LXI will take place on Sunday, February 14 next year, meaning that Jay-Z will be performing on Valentine's Day. In the U.S., the big game will air on ABC and ESPN, with the Apple Music Halftime Show typically...
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Here's Why Apple's Next Pre-Orders Begin on Wednesday at 10:10 AM

Monday October 26, 2026 12:36 pm PDT by
Apple said the new iPad mini that it announced today will be available to pre-order starting at a quite specific time on Wednesday: 10:10 a.m. Pacific Time. Apple invited selected tech reporters and content creators to an experience in Los Angeles on Wednesday at 10 a.m. Pacific Time. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman believes Apple will kick off the experience by playing a short video unveiling the ru...
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Apple Says Siri AI Will Support Even More Languages Later This Year

Monday October 26, 2026 12:30 pm PDT by
Apple today announced that Siri AI will gain support for Chinese (Traditional), Norwegian, Turkish, and Vietnamese later this year. The feature initially supported English only when it launched in September, with support for French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish added in iOS 27.2 and corresponding...
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AirPods Pro Hearing Aid Feature Launching in These Canadian Provinces

Monday October 26, 2026 9:25 am PDT by
iOS 27.2 and iPadOS 27.2 enable Apple's clinical-grade Hearing Aid feature on the AirPods Pro 2 and AirPods Pro 3 in five Canadian provinces: Alberta, British Columbia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Saskatchewan. The feature is still not available in any other provinces, but Ontario is reportedly set to hold a meeting to change a law that will pave the way for it to launch there,...
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New iPad Mini Announced Today Has More Than 12 New Features

Monday October 26, 2026 8:35 am PDT by
The new eighth-generation iPad mini unveiled today has a long list of new features and changes, as outlined in our all-in-one summary below. Here is what is new for the iPad mini: Larger, brighter, and more vivid 8.5-inch OLED display, up from 8.3-inch LCD display ↳ Up to 600 nits of SDR brightness, up from 500 nits ↳ Up to 1,200 nits of peak HDR brightness ↳ 60Hz still, no ProMotion ...