Apple officially hints at new M4 Macs – and the teaser promises a ‘week of announcements’

• After weeks of speculation, Apple has confirmed Mac news is coming
• The teaser shows a winking Finder look successful nan colors of nan redesigned Siri
• Apple says to expect a week of breathtaking news starting connected October 28

While it’s not an induce for a typical event, Greg Joswiak – Apple’s SVP of Marketing – has yet confirmed that caller Macs are incoming successful a station connected X (formerly Twitter). Which ones? Well, judging by nan rumors, reports, and moreover leaked merchandise packaging, it seems for illustration Apple is yet astir fresh to unveil its adjacent procreation of M4-powered Macs.

Those will apt see caller 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros, a redesigned Mac mini, and an update to nan iMac. You tin spot Greg Joswiak’s afloat tweet embedded below, which reads: “Mac (😉) your calendars! We person an breathtaking week of announcements ahead, starting connected Monday morning. Stay tuned…”

And if your jaw dropped astatine “an breathtaking week of announcements,” you’re not alone. Apple promises a kickoff connected Monday morning, and nan teaser shows a winking Finder icon successful nan thematic blue, orange, purple, and pinkish associated pinch Siri and Apple Intelligence that flips astir to uncover a glowing Apple logo successful nan aforesaid colors.

That schematic and nan connection Mac mean we cognize what we’re successful shop for, but Apple is surely playing coy pinch different details. It's apt that nan week of 'exciting announcements' mightiness facet successful some caller Mac hardware arsenic good arsenic nan charismatic shipping day of iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1.

What we tin expect adjacent week

It’s safe to opportunity that we’re each eager to spot Apple’s latest changes to nan Mac lineup. After all, since nan modulation from Intel to nan M-Series powered silicon chips, astir each Macs – desktops aliases laptops – connection a tremendous magnitude of power. While nan M4 spot is already successful usage successful nan beast of a tablet, the 11-inch aliases 13-inch iPad Pro, nan presence connected nan Mac mightiness unveil a spot more.

If nan leaks are to beryllium believed, we’ve already seen what the M4 MacBook Pro’s mightiness really look like, acknowledgment to a YouTuber successful Russia who sewage their hands connected nan laptops early . These will apt instrumentality pinch nan moving and well-received designs that incorporated plentifulness of room for ports, vibrant and soft displays, and a punchy keyboard. The M4 will apt amended wide capacity for mundane tasks and much imaginative ones pinch a beefed-up GPU, but Apple Intelligence will apt return halfway stage.

Apple’s confirmed that iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1 will get sometime adjacent week . With nan latter, Apple Intelligence will beryllium beforehand and center, including Writing Tools, Siri pinch a caller overgarment job, Clean Up successful Photos, and Notification Summaries. You’ll besides get nan beautiful neat expertise to resistance and driblet items from your Mac to nan iPhone wrong iPhone Mirroring connected nan Mac. There are besides now developer betas of macOS Sequoia 15.2, iPadOS 18.2, and iOS 18.2, which bring respective caller Apple Intelligence features, including a dedicated Image Playground app to nan Mac.

Recently, we’ve besides seen rumors that nan Magic Keyboard, Magic Trackpad, and, yes, nan Magic Mouse should besides person an update. While we mightiness want a redesign of astatine slightest 1 of those, we whitethorn only beryllium successful for a switch from Lightning to USB-C.

Either way, it seems each will beryllium revealed – aliases astatine slightest nan reveals will statesman – connected Monday, October 28, 2024, truthful we don’t person to hold excessively long. I tin only dream that if we do get a merchandise driblet connected Halloween – October 31, 2024 – that Apple is benignant capable to see immoderate candy.