MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - All Stories https://www.macrumors.com Apple, iPhone, iPad, Mac News and Rumors Fri, 06 Nov 2026 16:45:44 +0000 en hourly 1 https://www.macrumors.com The MacRumors Show: iOS 27.3 Looks Like a Huge Update https://www.macrumors.com/2026/11/06/the-macrumors-show-ios-27-3/ https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/the-macrumors-show-ios-27-3-looks-like-a-huge-update.2493817/ Fri, 06 Nov 2026 16:38:42 +0000 https://www.macrumors.com/2026/11/06/the-macrumors-show-ios-27-3/ Hartley Charlton Featured iOS 27 The MacRumors Show Siri AI actions, a redesigned Health app, and new Fitness+ features, alongside conversation summaries on the Apple Watch. This week's episode of The MacRumors Show takes a closer look at the updates.

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‌Siri‌ AI gains additional actions across Apple's apps, including unsubscribing from mailing lists, organizing files, and managing Safari tabs. In Weather, ‌Siri‌ can add saved locations and toggle severe weather or next-hour precipitation notifications. The additions extend the assistant's usefulness for everyday tasks, although the full range of supported requests can still be difficult to discover.

A new developer preview also enables more flexible third-party integrations. Developers can supply custom actions and skills that help ‌Siri‌ coordinate multiple steps, improving its handling of more complicated requests. App Store submissions for these integrations are scheduled to open in the spring.

Safari adds vertical tabs and Adaptive Dark Mode, allowing websites without their own dark appearance to adopt one automatically. The iPhone Duo also gains horizontal Reachability and a revised keyboard, making its wider outer display easier to operate with one hand.

Apple Fitness+ gains Gym Strength, which creates personalized four-week plans based on available equipment and workout preferences. Short videos from Fitness+ trainers demonstrate proper form, extending the service beyond workouts that require following an entire video session. The initial beta's equipment selection and scheduling options nevertheless leave room for improvement, particularly for users whose routines vary from week to week.

The redesigned Health app returns with Insights and Longevity sections, turning collected measurements into more accessible guidance and longer-term health assessments. iPhone Duo-style StandBy mode displays bring more customizable clocks, Calendar views, and Weather information to additional iPhones. Apple Music also gains enhanced transitions, concert recommendations, and Selfie Sing karaoke videos.

On the Apple Watch, Live Rewind and Siri Recap introduce new ways to recover and summarize spoken information. Live Rewind provides a transcription of the preceding 15 seconds, while ‌Siri‌ Recap creates detailed conversation summaries that can be useful for meeting notes. Time- and location-based scheduling provides more control over when ‌Siri‌ Recap operates.

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]]> Best Buy's Black Friday Event Begins With Sitewide Savings on Apple, TVs, More https://www.macrumors.com/2026/11/06/best-buy-reveals-black-friday-2/ https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/best-buys-black-friday-event-begins-with-sitewide-savings-on-apple-tvs-more.2493812/ Fri, 06 Nov 2026 15:44:15 +0000 https://www.macrumors.com/2026/11/06/best-buy-reveals-black-friday-2/ Mitchel Broussard Black Friday Deals Featured Best Buy joining in with deals that will last the next few weeks. Similar to other retailers, Best Buy's early Black Friday event includes sitewide savings on Apple products, headphones, TVs, monitors, video games, and more.

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Best Buy's Black Friday Schedule


Best Buy's early Black Friday sale begins today, and new doorbusters will go online every week in November. On November 19, the retailer's Black Friday sale will officially begin and run through November 28. We've broken down the schedule below:

  • November 6: Early Black Friday deals + Doorbusters

  • 11/19 through 11/28: Black Friday sale

  • 11/29 through 11/30: Cyber Monday sale

  • 12/18 through 12/24: Last-Minute Savings Event


Best Buy's Early Black Friday Sale


You'll find plenty of Apple devices on sale during this event, including MacBook Air, Apple Watch Ultra 3, iPhone Duo, and more. Of course, there are plenty of non-Apple products to shop as well, including the best prices of the year on select TVs and gaming laptops.

SITEWIDE SALE
Best Buy Early Black Friday


Some of these deals will require a My Best Buy Plus or Total membership, which begin at $49.99 per year. With My Best Buy Plus you will get free two day shipping, exclusive discounts, and an extended 60-day return window on most products.

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We're keeping track of all of the season's best Apple-related deals in our Black Friday roundup, so be sure to check back throughout the month for an updated list of all the most notable discounts you'll find for Black Friday 2026.



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]]> Apple Releasing Yet Another Two New Products Next Week https://www.macrumors.com/2026/11/06/two-more-apple-products-next-week/ https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/apple-releasing-yet-another-two-new-products-next-week.2493811/ Fri, 06 Nov 2026 15:37:01 +0000 https://www.macrumors.com/2026/11/06/two-more-apple-products-next-week/ Joe Rossignol Apple TV HomeView No Linkback Apple's massive wave of product launches will finally end next week, with its all-new HomeView smart home hub and the fourth-generation Apple TV 4K set to be released on Friday, November 13 and no other major hardware releases expected for the remainder of the year. Since late August, Apple has announced more than 25 new devices and accessories in one of its busiest stretches ever.
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]]> Apple's Extended Return Policy Now in Effect for 2026 Holiday Season https://www.macrumors.com/2026/11/06/apple-holiday-return-policy-2026/ https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/apples-extended-return-policy-now-in-effect-for-2026-holiday-season.2493801/ Fri, 06 Nov 2026 14:21:38 +0000 https://www.macrumors.com/2026/11/06/apple-holiday-return-policy-2026/ Joe Rossignol Apple Store

In the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Ireland, Germany, the Netherlands, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and many other countries, most products purchased between November 6 and December 25 of this year may be returned through January 8, 2027, according to Apple's website. All purchases made after December 25 in those countries are subject to Apple's standard 14-day return policy (15 days in Canada).

For online orders, Apple says products "received" on November 6 through December 25 are eligible for return through January 8.

In some countries, such as Mexico, Italy, Spain, and Japan, the return window is slightly longer. Apple says eligible products purchased in those countries between November 6 and January 6, 2027 may be returned through January 20, 2027.

This policy applies to purchases at Apple Stores, on Apple.com, and in the Apple Store app.

Apple has also updated its online store with holiday theming and gift recommendations.
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]]> MacBook Air Drops to Lowest Price in Months With Amazon's $250 Discount https://www.macrumors.com/2026/11/06/macbook-air-250-discount/ https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/macbook-air-drops-to-lowest-price-in-months-with-amazons-250-discount.2493804/ Fri, 06 Nov 2026 14:16:51 +0000 https://www.macrumors.com/2026/11/06/macbook-air-250-discount/ Mitchel Broussard Deals Featured $1,349.00, down from $1,599.00, which is the lowest price we've seen this model go in months and the best post-hike price on the computer. It beats the previous low price by $50, and Amazon has this one on sale in three colors.

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Colors on sale include Midnight, Sky Blue, and Starlight, and each has an estimated delivery date around November 7-8 for free options. If you're shopping for accessories to pair with a new MacBook, check out our post on the best early Black Friday accessory discounts, with savings on headphones, chargers, cases, and more.

$250 OFF
13-inch MacBook Air for $1,349.00


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]]> Apple Rumored to Drop the iPhone's Action Button Next Year https://www.macrumors.com/2026/11/06/apple-rumored-to-drop-the-action-button/ https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/apple-rumored-to-drop-the-iphones-action-button-next-year.2493803/ Fri, 06 Nov 2026 14:07:52 +0000 https://www.macrumors.com/2026/11/06/apple-rumored-to-drop-the-action-button/ Hartley Charlton Featured 20th-Anniversary iPhone Action Button Camera Control Instant Digital Instant Digital."


In a new post on Weibo, the leaker claimed that a single press of the combined button would open the camera, while a long press would trigger the function assigned to the Action button. They explicitly clarified that the dedicated Action button would disappear, while the Camera Control button would remain.

The proposed arrangement seems plausible given how the two features already work. The Action button predates the Camera Control and requires a long press to activate its assigned function, while a single press of the Camera Control opens the camera. Combining them in the way described would therefore preserve both familiar interactions, with the customizable action simply moving to a different location on the device.

A long press of Camera Control currently opens Visual Intelligence, but that feature has since been integrated directly into the Camera app as Siri mode in iOS 27. That integration could give Apple room to reassign the gesture while keeping Visual Intelligence accessible through the Camera app.



It is notable that the iPhone Duo also lacks an Action button, despite retaining Camera Control. Its omission provides a precedent for an iPhone without the separate control and could hint at a broader change in the future.

The Camera Control received a mixed reception when it debuted on the iPhone 16, with some reviewers criticizing its usefulness, complexity, and ergonomics, making further refinement seem plausible. Combining it with the Action button could give the control a clearer sense of purpose. Removing a separate button could also simplify manufacturing and reduce the potential for users to confuse the Action button with the adjacent volume buttons.

Apple was previously rumored to be working on a simplified Camera Control design for the iPhone 18 lineup, but that change did not materialize. Instant Digital claimed Apple would remove the capacitive sensing layer and rely on pressure sensing to reduce costs while retaining its functions.

The ‌iPhone 16‌'s Camera Control button.


The latest rumor raises the possibility that a redesign is still in development, potentially as part of a broader rethink that incorporates the Action button's functionality, although it remains unclear whether the two claims describe related plans.

Apple introduced the Action button on the iPhone 15 Pro in 2023 as a replacement for the longstanding Ring/Silent switch. It can be assigned to functions such as Silent mode, Focus, the flashlight, Shortcuts, and more. The rumored combined control would retain a dedicated way to trigger those actions while reducing the number of physical buttons.

Instant Digital said that the change will take place starting with new iPhone models released in the second half of 2027. The claimed timing would presumably coincide with the launch of Apple's 20th-anniversary iPhone models in the fall of next year. Apple's naming plans remain unclear, so the devices could be called the "iPhone 19 Pro," "iPhone 20 Pro," or something else.
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]]> Apple Music Classical Updated With New Icon and Refreshed Design https://www.macrumors.com/2026/11/06/apple-music-classical-updated/ https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/apple-music-classical-updated-with-new-icon-and-refreshed-design.2493796/ Fri, 06 Nov 2026 13:19:47 +0000 https://www.macrumors.com/2026/11/06/apple-music-classical-updated/ Hartley Charlton Apple Music Apple Music Classical Apple Music Classical version 4.1, with a new black-and-white app icon and an updated interface.


The redesigned icon retains the app's treble clef, but now rendered in shaded black against a white background. The change brings ‌Apple Music‌ Classical in line with ‌Apple Music‌'s new visual identity, which Apple introduced last month, replacing its familiar red branding with a monochrome appearance.

The new version of the app also features blue accents for selected tabs, playback buttons, and links, instead of the previous red ones. Apple has not detailed the visual changes in its release notes, which state only that the update contains "stability and performance enhancements."

‌Apple Music‌ Classical is included with ‌Apple Music‌ subscriptions at no additional cost. The app offers search tailored to classical recordings, composer biographies, album booklets, time-synced listening guides, and curated stations.

Version 4.1 is available now on the App Store for the iPhone and iPad, requiring iOS 18 or iPadOS 18 or later.
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]]> OLED iPad Mini, M6 iMac, and New MacBook Pros Available From Today https://www.macrumors.com/2026/11/06/ipad-mini-oled-and-m6-imac-available-today/ https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/oled-ipad-mini-m6-imac-and-new-macbook-pros-available-from-today.2493791/ Fri, 06 Nov 2026 10:51:29 +0000 https://www.macrumors.com/2026/11/06/ipad-mini-oled-and-m6-imac-available-today/ Tim Hardwick iMac iPad mini MacBook Pro OLED Apple's online store and in the Apple Store app, with the first pre-orders also arriving to customers today and both devices reaching Apple Store locations and Apple Authorized Resellers.


OLED iPad Mini


The eighth-generation iPad mini is Apple's smallest tablet with an OLED display. The 8.5-inch Super Retina XDR display offers up to 1,200 nits of peak brightness, a 2,000,000:1 contrast ratio, and a 1-nit minimum brightness, with a nano-texture glass option on 256GB and 512GB models for the first time.

The device is powered by Apple's A20 Pro chip and the N1 wireless chip, enabling Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6. At 5.4mm thin and 255 grams, it's the lightest iPad Apple has made. It's also the first iPad with an IP67 water and dust resistance rating, aided by a new Acoustic Display that produces sound through the screen itself, so there are no speaker holes in the enclosure.

A 12MP Center Stage front camera is now located on the landscape side for video calls, and the device supports Apple Pencil Pro and Apple Pencil (USB-C). The display is limited to a 60Hz refresh rate with no ProMotion, which has been the main point of criticism in early reviews.

In the United States, the new iPad mini starts at $699 for the 128GB Wi-Fi model. The 256GB and 512GB configurations are priced at $799 and $999, with nano-texture glass adding $100 on those models, while Wi-Fi + Cellular models start at $849. Education pricing starts at $649.

M6 iMac



Meanwhile, the new iMac is the first update to Apple's all-in-one since the M4 model. The M6 chip brings up to a 12-core CPU and 12-core GPU, with Apple claiming up to 2x faster graphics than the previous generation, alongside Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, and an optional 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet port on the power adapter.

The iMac with M6 starts at $1,499 for the model with a 10-core CPU and 10-core GPU, while the version with a 12-core CPU and 12-core GPU starts at $1,699. Education pricing starts at $1,449.

Latest MacBook Pro Models



Also launching today are the new MacBook Pro models. The 14-inch MacBook Pro with M6 starts at $1,999 and features a 12-core CPU and 12-core GPU, alongside Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6 via Apple's N1 wireless chip.

The new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models with touchscreen PROLED XDR displays are also available, starting at $2,899 and $3,399, respectively. Powered by M5 Pro or M5 Max chips, the touchscreen models replace the notch with a Dynamic Island and offer up to 2,000 nits of peak brightness for both SDR and HDR content.

Apple's online checkout system indicates many configurations of the 14-inch and 16-inch touchscreen MacBook Pro models in Space Black and Silver currently ship in 2-3 weeks, so anyone who wants one as soon as possible is likely to have more luck visiting their local Apple Store, where at least some base configurations are typically in stock.

For a full rundown of everything new, see our iPad mini, iMac, and MacBook Pro roundups.
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]]> Apple Surveys iPhone Duo Buyers About Crease and Camera https://www.macrumors.com/2026/11/05/apple-iphone-duo-survey/ https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/apple-surveys-iphone-duo-buyers-about-crease-and-camera.2493769/ Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:22:52 +0000 https://www.macrumors.com/2026/11/05/apple-iphone-duo-survey/ Juli Clover iPhone Duo iPhone Duo buyers to get feedback on display size, crease, under-display camera, and other features.


The first question asks why the buyer chose the ‌iPhone Duo‌ now, with answers like "I wanted to try Apple's first foldable," "It was an impulse purchase," and "I expect smartphone prices to increase."

Other questions ask about the size of the ‌iPhone Duo‌'s display when it's closed, how visible the crease is, whether the under-display camera is distracting, and the camera's image quality. The final question is open-ended and asks what the buyer would add or change about the ‌iPhone Duo‌.

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It's been about two weeks since the ‌iPhone Duo‌ launched, and it's not too unusual for Apple to conduct surveys following a new product's debut.

Some of the questions are about ‌iPhone Duo‌ compromises compared to standard iPhone models. The Duo's outer display is 5.4 inches, making it about the same size as the discontinued iPhone mini line. The inner display's under-screen camera is limited to 4MP, and it was one of the main complaints in reviews.

The survey does not ask about Touch ID, the experience of using unoptimized apps, or the display cracks some users have reported, all of which are also top Duo complaints,

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]]> Apple's First Touchscreen Mac is Now Arriving to Customers https://www.macrumors.com/2026/11/05/touchscreen-mac-now-arriving-to-customers/ https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/apples-first-touchscreen-mac-is-now-arriving-to-customers.2493766/ Thu, 05 Nov 2026 23:12:36 +0000 https://www.macrumors.com/2026/11/05/touchscreen-mac-now-arriving-to-customers/ Juli Clover Featured iMac iPad mini MacBook Pro Touchscreen Mac MacBook Pro, OLED iPad mini, M6 ‌MacBook Pro‌, or M6 iMac are now starting to receive their devices.


People will soon be sharing photos and first impressions of the new products on the MacRumors forums, Reddit, Instagram, and other platforms, giving us a first look at what real-world users think of the ‌OLED‌ upgrade for the ‌iPad mini‌ and the PROLED and touchscreen update for the ‌MacBook Pro‌.

Apple's new high-end ‌MacBook Pro‌ models come with M5 Pro or M5 Max, and the major change is the display. It's touch-enabled and is the first Mac with an ‌OLED‌ display. The design has been updated, so the new machines are thinner and lighter than the mini-LED models, which Apple is still selling. Apple also brought back the glowing Apple logo, and replaced the notch with a Dynamic Island. Pricing on the PROLED ‌MacBook Pro‌ starts at $2,899 for the 14-inch model and $3,399 for the 16-inch model.

The ‌OLED‌ ‌iPad mini‌ is Apple's first smaller-screened iPad to get ‌OLED‌, and it's also the most affordable ‌OLED‌ ‌iPad‌. It's almost a millimeter thinner than the prior version and has an Acoustic Display that does away with speaker holes. Without them, the enclosure is sealed, making it the first ‌iPad‌ with a water and dust resistance rating (IP67). It uses Apple's A20 Pro chip. The ‌OLED‌ ‌iPad mini‌ starts at $699.

The 14-inch entry-level ‌MacBook Pro‌ and 24-inch ‌iMac‌ got little in the way of updates beyond an M6 chip. The ‌MacBook Pro‌ is priced starting at $1,999, and the ‌iMac‌ starts at $1,499.

Australia is the first country where customers can buy one of the new products in an Apple retail location. Online orders of the PROLED ‌MacBook Pro‌ don't ship until late November or early December, so it's possible in-store stock will be limited. The ‌OLED‌ ‌iPad mini‌, 14-inch ‌MacBook Pro‌, and ‌iMac‌ should be readily available.

After Australia and New Zealand, sales and deliveries of the new Macs and ‌iPad mini‌ will begin in Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and finally, North America.
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]]> Apple's New HomeView Smart Home Hub: Here's How Much RAM It Has https://www.macrumors.com/2026/11/05/apple-homeview-how-much-ram/ https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/apples-new-homeview-smart-home-hub-heres-how-much-ram-it-has.2493762/ Thu, 05 Nov 2026 22:47:28 +0000 https://www.macrumors.com/2026/11/05/apple-homeview-how-much-ram/ Joe Rossignol HomeView No Linkback MacRumors has confirmed that the A18 chip in Apple's new HomeView smart home hub is paired with 8GB of RAM. This is not very surprising given the A18 chip also has 8GB of RAM in all iPhone 16 models and the MacBook Neo, but Apple does not list this information in the HomeView's tech specs, so it is worth documenting.
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]]> Claude Gets Personal Finance Feature With Bank Account Linking https://www.macrumors.com/2026/11/05/claude-personal-finance/ https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/claude-gets-personal-finance-feature-with-bank-account-linking.2493765/ Thu, 05 Nov 2026 22:47:18 +0000 https://www.macrumors.com/2026/11/05/claude-personal-finance/ Juli Clover Anthropic

Claude has read-only access to accounts, and there is no option for it to move, manage, or invest money. Anthropic says Claude gives answers in everyday language and can explain unfamiliar financial terms.

The feature can track spending across categories, upcoming bills, and out-of-the-ordinary purchases. It can look for unexpected fees, increasing bills, and subscriptions, plus it can create charts, calendars, and dashboards.

Financial accounts are connected to Claude through the Plaid service, so Claude does not see bank passwords. Claude has access to the bank name, account name and type, balances and credit limits, and up to two years of transactions for bank accounts. Personal Finance chats are not used for model training and are not added to Claude's shared memory.

OpenAI added a similar finance feature to ChatGPT back in May.

Personal Finance is rolling out in beta on the Pro, Max, and Ultra plans in the United States.
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]]> Apple Arcade Adds Crossy Road Rush and NBA 2K27 https://www.macrumors.com/2026/11/05/apple-arcade-crossy-road-rush/ https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/apple-arcade-adds-crossy-road-rush-and-nba-2k27.2493764/ Thu, 05 Nov 2026 22:12:30 +0000 https://www.macrumors.com/2026/11/05/apple-arcade-crossy-road-rush/ Juli Clover Apple Arcade Apple Arcade, including Crossy Road Rush, NBA 2K27 Arcade Edition, Kami 2+, and Food Stylist - Design Game+.


Crossy Road Rush is the latest game in the popular Crossy Road series. Players will make their way across an island obstacle course and unlock fun characters. The game supports up to four players in local or online multiplayer, as well as solo play.

NBA 2K27 adds the WNBA, which is a first for the Arcade Edition. The game has all 15 WNBA teams and 180 active players, though they're limited to Quick Match and Blacktop modes. The new edition also has faster, deeper progression for the MyCAREER journey and a refreshed Neighborhood.

Kami 2+ is a puzzle game where players fold colorful paper patterns, and Food Stylist lets players create virtual dishes and tablescapes inspired by cuisines around the world.

Apple Arcade is Apple's subscription gaming service, priced at $6.99 per month. Up to six family members can share a subscription, and there are no ads or in-app purchases.
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]]> iPad Mini vs. iPad Air Buyer's Guide: Now Just $50 Apart https://www.macrumors.com/guide/ipad-mini-vs-ipad-air-2026/ https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/ipad-mini-vs-ipad-air-buyers-guide-now-just-50-apart.2493756/ Thu, 05 Nov 2026 20:41:52 +0000 https://www.macrumors.com/guide/ipad-mini-vs-ipad-air-2026?post_date=1793922103/ Hartley Charlton Buyer's Guide Featured iPad Air iPad mini iPad mini and iPad Air this year, but the choice is now less straightforward and there is just a $50 price difference between them, so which should you choose?


The eighth-generation ‌iPad Air‌ arrived in March with the M4 chip, 12GB of unified memory, Apple's N1 wireless chip, and the C1X modem on cellular models. It remains available in 11-inch and 13-inch sizes. Following Apple's June price increases, the two size options now start at $749 and $949, respectively.

In October, Apple announced the eighth-generation ‌iPad mini‌, introducing a larger 8.5-inch display with OLED technology, a thinner and lighter design, the A20 chip, an optional nano-texture finish, a landscape front camera, and more. The changes give Apple's smallest tablet several advantages over the ‌iPad Air‌, even as the Air retains a larger screen and support for Apple's Magic Keyboard.

Both devices offer Touch ID in the top button, Apple Pencil Pro and ‌Apple Pencil‌ (USB-C) support, ‌Apple Pencil‌ hover, landscape 12MP Center Stage front cameras with ƒ/2.0 apertures, Apple's N1 wireless chip, Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, Thread networking technology, and USB-C ports with transfer speeds of up to 10Gb/s. The new ‌iPad mini‌ also features 12GB of unified memory, matching the Air. Advertised battery life is the same, with up to 10 hours of web browsing over Wi-Fi or watching video, or up to nine hours of web browsing over cellular. Despite the ‌iPad mini‌'s move to ‌OLED‌, neither model offers ProMotion.

Our guide helps to answer the question of how to decide which of these two iPads is best for you.










































































































‌iPad mini‌ (eighth generation, 2026) ‌iPad Air‌ (eighth generation, 2026)
8.5-inch display 11-inch or 13-inch display
2316-by-1512 resolution 11-inch: 2360-by-1640 resolution
13-inch: 2732-by-2048 resolution
326 ppi 264 ppi
Super Retina XDR ‌OLED‌ display with 2,000,000:1 contrast ratio Liquid Retina display with LED backlighting and IPS technology
600 nits maximum SDR and full-screen HDR brightness; 1,200 nits peak HDR brightness and 1 nit minimum brightness 11-inch: 500 nits maximum SDR brightness
13-inch: 600 nits maximum SDR brightness
Optional nano-texture display glass on 256GB and 512GB models for an additional $100, supplied with a polishing cloth
A20 Pro chip M4 chip
128GB and 256GB: 5-core CPU with 2 super cores and 3 efficiency cores
512GB: 6-core CPU with 2 super cores and 4 efficiency cores		 8-core CPU with 3 performance cores and 5 efficiency cores
7-core GPU with dedicated Neural Accelerators 9-core GPU
128GB and 256GB: 16-core Neural Engine
512GB: Dual 16-core Neural Engine, totaling 32 cores		 16-core Neural Engine
115.2 GB/s memory bandwidth 120 GB/s memory bandwidth
Volume buttons on top Volume buttons on right side
Acoustic Display audio system with display-coupled woofers and concealed tweeters Landscape stereo speakers
IP67 water and dust resistance, rated for a maximum depth of 1 meter for up to 30 minutes
Adaptive True Tone rear flash
Apple C2 modem (cellular models) Apple C1X modem (cellular models)
U.S. cellular model (A3596) supports LTE band 106 U.S. cellular models (A3460) and (A3462) do not support LTE band 106
UMTS/HSPA/HSPA+ cellular support UMTS/HSPA/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA cellular support
Supports one external display at up to 4K resolution at 60Hz, with extended external display mode Supports one external display at up to 6K resolution at 60Hz, with extended external display mode
Compatible with Bluetooth keyboards Smart Connector for compatible keyboard accessories, including Apple's Magic Keyboard
18.9Wh battery 11-inch: 28.93Wh battery
13-inch: 36.59Wh battery
Fast charging up to 50% in around 30 minutes with a 35W or higher USB-C power adapter
128GB, 256GB, or 512GB of storage 128GB, 256GB, 512GB, or 1TB of storage
Available in Midnight and Starlight Available in Space Gray, Starlight, Purple, and Blue
Starts at $699 (Wi-Fi) or $849 (Wi-Fi + Cellular) 11-inch: Starts at $749 (Wi-Fi) or $899 (Wi-Fi + Cellular)
13-inch: Starts at $949 (Wi-Fi) or $1,099 (Wi-Fi + Cellular)



Beyond their features, the physical differences between the two devices are substantial. The ‌iPad mini‌ is thinner and weighs almost half as much as the 11-inch ‌iPad Air‌, making it easier to hold for extended periods and carry in a small bag. The ‌iPad Air‌'s larger dimensions accommodate a more spacious display, but even the smaller model represents a noticeable step up in size and weight:






































‌iPad mini‌ 11-inch ‌iPad Air‌ 13-inch ‌iPad Air‌
Height 7.69 inches (195.3 mm) 9.74 inches (247.6 mm) 11.04 inches (280.6 mm)
Width 5.22 inches (132.6 mm) 7.02 inches (178.5 mm) 8.46 inches (214.9 mm)
Thickness 0.21 inch (5.4 mm) 0.24 inch (6.1 mm) 0.24 inch (6.1 mm)
Weight (Wi-Fi) 0.56 pound (255 grams) 1.02 pounds (464 grams) 1.36 pounds (616 grams)
Weight (Wi-Fi + Cellular) 0.58 pound (263 grams) 1.03 pounds (465 grams) 1.36 pounds (617 grams)



The latest ‌iPad mini‌ changes the balance between these two devices. The ‌iPad Air‌ retains the core design introduced in 2020, while the ‌iPad mini‌ has just received a substantial redesign with an ‌OLED‌ display, a thinner and lighter enclosure, and several features unavailable on the Air. With the mini also costing $50 less, the current ‌iPad Air‌ is harder to recommend unless you specifically need its larger workspace and keyboard support and cannot wait for its successor.

For most buyers looking for a handheld tablet to complement a laptop or desktop computer, the ‌iPad mini‌ is now the more compelling choice. Its portability advantage is substantial: the Wi-Fi model weighs 255 grams, compared with 464 grams for the 11-inch Air, and its smaller footprint makes it much easier to hold and carry. Combined with its ‌OLED‌ display, water and dust resistance, and fast charging, this makes it particularly well suited to reading, watching videos, playing handheld games, and taking notes on the go.

The ‌iPad Air‌ remains the better choice for productivity. Even the 11-inch model provides considerably more screen space for documents, drawing, and working across multiple apps. Support for Apple's Magic Keyboard makes the ‌iPad Air‌ a much more practical potential laptop replacement. The ‌iPad mini‌ has ample processing power for many of the same tasks and supports Bluetooth keyboards, but its smaller display and lack of an equivalent integrated keyboard accessory make it less suitable as a productivity device.

These are meaningful reasons to choose the ‌iPad Air‌ if you need a tablet immediately. The 11-inch model's $50 premium buys a larger workspace and keyboard support, although the Magic Keyboard costs extra and whether the combination can replace your laptop depends on your apps and workflows being supported by iPadOS. Its older design does not diminish that clear utility, but buying one now means accepting an LCD display and missing several of the ‌iPad mini‌'s newer features.

The 13-inch ‌iPad Air‌ provides the clearest distinction from the ‌iPad mini‌, with substantially more room for side-by-side documents, drawing, and multitasking. Its $250 premium over the base ‌iPad mini‌ is worth considering if you regularly need that added display area, although its larger dimensions and weight make it much less convenient for handheld use. The 11-inch Air offers a more portable balance for switching between tablet and keyboard use, but neither approaches the ‌iPad mini‌'s ease of carrying and holding.

For prospective ‌iPad Air‌ buyers who do not need a new device immediately, we recommend waiting. A new ‌iPad Air‌ with an ‌OLED‌ display is expected in the first half of 2027. This would address one of the current ‌iPad Air‌'s most significant disadvantages compared with the ‌iPad mini‌, likely along with other new features to bring it up to par. With the ‌iPad mini‌ newly refreshed and a consequential ‌iPad Air‌ update expected in the not-too-distant future, postponing a nonessential ‌iPad Air‌ purchase is the more sensible choice.
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]]> First iOS 27.3 and macOS Golden Gate 27.3 Public Betas Now Available https://www.macrumors.com/2026/11/05/ios-27-3-public-beta/ https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/first-ios-27-3-and-macos-golden-gate-27-3-public-betas-now-available.2493746/ Thu, 05 Nov 2026 19:06:09 +0000 https://www.macrumors.com/2026/11/05/ios-27-3-public-beta/ Juli Clover Featured iOS 27 macOS Golden Gate macOS Golden Gate 27.3, tvOS 27.3, and watchOS 27.3. The new software comes two days after Apple released the betas for developers.


iOS 27.3 is a major update that adds a Vertical Tabs layout option and Adaptive Dark Mode for Safari. Siri AI can do more in and across Apple's apps, and developers are now able to create actions for ‌Siri‌ to carry out.

The redesigned Health app is now available with custom Insights and Longevity information, and the iPhone Duo supports Reachability. There's a new Selfie Sing feature in Apple Music, plus changes to StandBy on non-Duo iPhones. A full list of what's new in the beta can be found in our guide.

On the Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4, Audio Intelligence features Live Rewind and ‌Siri‌ Recap are available for testing. Live Rewind creates a transcript of the last 15 seconds of speech, and ‌Siri‌ Recap offers a high-level summary of conversations throughout the day.

‌macOS Golden Gate‌ 27.3 has the same Safari features, and it brings Live Activities to Macs without a Dynamic Island.

To get the new betas, you can sign up on Apple's beta testing website. After you're signed up, the betas can be installed through the Software Update section in the Settings app on each device.

We're expecting all of Apple's updates to launch in December.
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]]> Apple Announces a New Mac Sales Record https://www.macrumors.com/2026/11/05/apple-announces-a-new-mac-sales-record/ https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/apple-announces-a-new-mac-sales-record.2493744/ Thu, 05 Nov 2026 18:52:37 +0000 https://www.macrumors.com/2026/11/05/apple-announces-a-new-mac-sales-record/ Joe Rossignol MacBook Neo MacBook Pro No Linkback John Ternus On an earnings call earlier this week, Apple CEO John Ternus announced that the company sold more Macs in its 2026 fiscal year than any previous fiscal year. "We have never sold more Macs in a fiscal year than we did this time, which is a truly remarkable testament to these incredible products," he said.

This record is all the more impressive given that several Mac models have faced supply constraints this year. Apple's CFO Kevan Parekh said Mac sales have been driven by the popularity of the MacBook Neo and MacBook Pro lately.
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]]> Paid $200 for Logic Pro? Apple Says You Won't Get This New Feature https://www.macrumors.com/2026/11/05/logic-pro-new-feature-requires-subscription/ https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/paid-200-for-logic-pro-apple-says-you-wont-get-this-new-feature.2493743/ Thu, 05 Nov 2026 18:48:37 +0000 https://www.macrumors.com/2026/11/05/logic-pro-new-feature-requires-subscription/ Joe Rossignol Apple Creator Studio Logic Pro released today, the new AI-powered Intelligent Assistant feature requires an Apple Creator Studio subscription for $12.99 per month or $129 per year. In other words, the feature is not available in the $199.99 one-time purchase version of Logic Pro.


Apple's fine print on the Logic Pro release notes page:
The intelligent assistant (beta) requires an Apple Creator Studio subscription, a Mac with Apple silicon, and macOS 27 or later.
Indeed, the release notes for the one-time purchase version of Logic Pro for Mac version 13.0 do not mention Intelligent Assistant.

The subscription requirement was not mentioned in Apple's announcement last month:
The assistant (beta) in Logic Pro for Mac requires macOS 27 Golden Gate or later on an Apple Intelligence-capable Mac and is available in U.S. English only.
Apple customers who are growing tired of features being locked behind a subscription will obviously be disappointed to learn this news.

Logic Pro's Intelligent Assistant likely requires a Creator Studio subscription because it uses cloud AI models. In a support document, Apple said the feature will have monthly usage limits, with expanded usage available for a fee.

Apple says the Intelligent Assistant is powered by a combination of Apple-built and third-party AI models. The feature is designed to help creators "navigate production workflows, start a new song, set up a vocal track from a single prompt, or refine an active project." Except for creators who opted to pay $199.99 upfront for Logic Pro, that is.
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]]> Instagram's Edits Video Editor is Now Available on Mac https://www.macrumors.com/2026/11/05/instagram-edits-mac/ https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/instagrams-edits-video-editor-is-now-available-on-mac.2493740/ Thu, 05 Nov 2026 17:36:32 +0000 https://www.macrumors.com/2026/11/05/instagram-edits-mac/ Juli Clover Instagram today expanded its Edits video editing app to the Mac. Edits for Mac is intended for larger projects that benefit from a big screen and the control of a mouse and keyboard.


The app includes Instagram's licensed and royalty-free audio libraries, sound and video effects, and unlimited automatic captions.

Edits for Mac has a full multi-track timeline, keyframes for dynamic transitions, and precise audio waveforms for accurate cuts. There is an option to import LUTs or font files, along with support for Model Context Protocol so AI agents can use the app. The Edits team says splitting, cutting, and trimming are easier.

Videos created with the app can be published directly to Instagram or downloaded to share on other platforms. Multiple horizontal and vertical aspect ratios are included, and Edits offers 4K watermark-free export.

Edits for Mac can be downloaded from the Instagram website.
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]]> Prevent Siri and Search From Accessing Specific iPhone Apps https://www.macrumors.com/how-to/stop-siri-search-accessing-iphone-apps/ https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/prevent-siri-and-search-from-accessing-specific-iphone-apps.2493737/ Thu, 05 Nov 2026 17:10:37 +0000 https://www.macrumors.com/how-to/stop-siri-search-accessing-iphone-apps?post_date=1793909433/ Tim Hardwick Siri

With iOS 27.2, Apple has replaced the old App Access controls with a redesigned Excluded Apps feature that makes it a lot simpler to keep specific apps away from Siri, Search, and suggestions.

It's actually a bigger change than it might sound. Previously, excluding an app in iOS meant opening Settings ➝ Apple Intelligence & Siri ➝ Apps and adjusting each app's toggles individually. This included a switch that let Siri "Learn from this App," and several suggestion options that appeared in Search and widgets.

What was confusing is that some of these switches controlled on-device personalization, rather than access to an app's contents. Moreover, fully keeping an app's content out of search results also required toggling off a separate "Show Content in Search" switch that was buried in each app menu in Settings ➝ Apps.

Thankfully, in iOS 27.2, Excluded Apps consolidates all of this into a single multi-select list, where you can add an app once and make it unavailable to Siri, Search, and suggestions. Here's where to find it.

How to Exclude Apps From Siri and Search



  1. Open the Settings app on your iPhone.

  2. Tap Siri.

  3. Tap Excluded Apps.

  4. Tap Add Apps, select the apps you want to exclude, then confirm your selection.



Bear in mind that excluding an app can disable some Siri features for it. For example, the Electronic Freedom Foundation found that excluding Messages stops Siri AI from reading or replying to messages. Also, onscreen awareness – where you invoke Siri and ask it for information about what you're currently looking at – will no longer work in any app you exclude.

Let an App Back Into Siri and Search


To return individual app access to Siri and Search, simply tap the Edit button in the Excluded Apps menu, then tap the minus button next to the app in question and hit the checkmark at the top to confirm.
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]]> MacBook Pro PROLED XDR Reviews Are In: Is the Touchscreen Worth It? https://www.macrumors.com/2026/11/05/macbook-pro-proled-xdr-reviews/ https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/macbook-pro-proled-xdr-reviews-are-in-is-the-touchscreen-worth-it.2493728/ Thu, 05 Nov 2026 16:20:40 +0000 https://www.macrumors.com/2026/11/05/macbook-pro-proled-xdr-reviews/ Joe Rossignol Featured MacBook Pro MacBook Pro models with PROLED XDR displays have been published ahead of the laptops launching on Friday.


One of the key new features is a touchscreen. Is it worth it, though? Here's what reviews say.

The Verge's David Pierce said that, in his testing so far, touch input has not been something that "meaningfully changes the laptop experience." He recommends the new MacBook Pro models regardless for the OLED display and other upgrades.

Pierce did mention some examples where touch proved useful:
That's not to say the touchscreen doesn't come in handy, though. It does more often than I expected. When I'm editing photos, reaching out and spreading my fingers to zoom in on the section I want to see is vastly easier than clicking and dragging with the trackpad. When I'm watching a movie, I can just tap the video rather than wiggling the mouse to find the cursor. My favorite touch use so far has been when I'm showing somebody something on my computer — now we can both swipe between options or tap to make an edit rather than having to crowd around the trackpad.
He also pointed out a few limitations:
There's no onscreen keyboard that appears when you tap a text box; you don't get the copy / paste / select all pop-up when you tap on words. No radius of tools appears when you tap the Apple Pencil on the screen in Procreate, because, oh wait, the Apple Pencil doesn't work at all.
Gizmodo's Kyle Barr said touch input is beneficial for the iPhone Mirroring feature on the Mac:
The touchscreen is occasionally useful. It's not the end-all-be-all. But it sure is handy.

If you're one to use the iPhone mirroring feature on MacBook Pro, the touchscreen makes it more intuitive. Instead of having to click on the bottom bar to minimize an app, you can simply swipe up from the bottom of the mirrored iPhone, like normal. Using the touchscreen on the mirrored iPhone isn't as snappy as the real deal. It's obvious though that Apple has been working towards this touchscreen design for a while, as more and more macOS features start to make better sense with the touchscreen in tow.
WIRED's Luke Larsen often forgot about the touchscreen, but he too pointed out a few examples where it proved to be useful in his testing:
In the time I've had with the touchscreen MacBook Pro so far, I tried to remind myself of its new powers. But when I'm deep in work, I completely forget the touchscreen. It just has no place in my workflows. That doesn't mean it's not ever useful, though. Sometimes, swiping away a notification with a finger feels intuitive. Or if you're lounging on the couch and use your thumb to scroll through your Instagram feed as you would on an iPad, it works. But those times are few and far between. I'm certainly not going to be poking three fingers up at the screen to swipe between Spaces when I could do that on a trackpad without even lifting my hand.
With an OLED display, the new MacBook Pro models deliver more vivid colors and increased contrast ratio compared to the previous models with mini-LED displays. The laptops also achieve up to 2,000 nits of brightness for HDR content. OLED displays do not have a backlight, and individual pixels turn off completely for the color black.

Bloomberg's Chris Welch said the OLED display is "genuinely striking":
The new MacBook Pro's dual-layer tandem OLED panel is genuinely striking and can get noticeably brighter than LCD models. Since each pixel is individually controlled and can fully shut off for dark content, this screen provides meaningfully superior contrast compared with the Mini LED models, which were already impressive in their own right. Any concerns I had about display uniformity, which can be an issue with some OLED devices, quickly vanished once I began using the machine. From corner to corner, the 16.3-inch panel is punchy, vibrant and can display an even wider range of colors than before — a win for photographers.
Mashable's Timothy Beck Werth said the OLED display "absolutely slaps":
This laptop absolutely slaps, and the incredible PROLED XDR display is the headline. It's stunning.
His expanded thoughts:
I'm not going to waste time explaining exactly how tandem OLED technology works; instead, you'll have to trust me that it means a brighter display that lasts longer. The blacks on the display are deep, the colors pop, and the shadows and highlights provide incredibly detailed contrast.
Other display-related upgrades include a Dynamic Island instead of a notch, slimmer bezels, and a redesigned hinge with improved stability.

Six Colors' Jason Snell on the Dynamic Island:
Spotlight and Siri AI are now animated as emerging from the black blob that is the Dynamic Island. Now Playing appears up there, too, and you can click or tap on the Dynamic Island to expand it and get playback controls. Shared Live Activities from your paired iPhone should also appear up there, rather than in the menu bar itself, as they do on other Macs.

I'm a big fan of subtle, ambient information presentations that inform you about things happening on your devices. That's why the Dynamic Island was such a fun approach to turning a problem (an unsightly camera cut-out) into a useful feature. The notch never really did anything—it was just a dead zone. The Dynamic Island serves a purpose and the MacBook Pro is better for it.
The new MacBook Pro models also feature improved speakers, a new 16TB storage option, a redesigned cooling system, and a lighter and slightly thinner design. And there is a fun bonus: the glowing Apple logo on the lid has returned.

Apple said the improved speakers deliver 50% deeper bass, but Bloomberg's Chris Welch actually found this upgrade can be "detrimental":
[...] The revamped MacBook Pro has left me with mixed feelings in one area that I wasn't expecting: sound. Since the first 16-inch model debuted in 2019, it's offered fantastic, well-balanced audio with a surprising degree of immersion. These are widely considered the best speakers on any laptop. For the new PROLED series, Apple has introduced a redesigned six-speaker system that it says offers 50% deeper bass. And that's true — to a point where it's sometimes detrimental.

The added low-end impact makes these laptops tremendous entertainment machines for movies and TV shows, but when listening to music or podcasts or even watching YouTube videos, the sound is often too boomy and bass-forward. The balance has been thrown off, and there's also no easy way of dialing back deeper tones.
9to5Mac's Chance Miller appreciates the reduced weight:
You notice the lighter weight of the new MacBook Pro immediately when you pick it up. My review unit is the 16-inch MacBook Pro, and I'm genuinely surprised at how nice it feels. It's not light, but it feels less like a tank.

I've always used the smaller of the two MacBook Pro models for portability, most recently a 14-inch M4 Pro. The weight of the new 16-inch MacBook Pro has me reconsidering that preference, though. It feels remarkably nice for a laptop with such a large display, and I've really enjoyed having the extra screen space without feeling like I'm sacrificing too much portability.
Who doesn't love the glowing Apple logo? As we previously highlighted, the logo's brightness level is tied to the display's brightness level, and Miller revealed that the feature also takes ambient brightness into consideration:
The logo's brightness is still tied to the display brightness, just like it was a decade ago. The higher your display brightness, the brighter the Apple logo on the back. It also factors in your environment's ambient brightness.

When the MacBook Pro is closed, the logo looks like polished metal, just like it has since the 2016 redesign. Open it up, and it glows. It's unnecessary, but I'm so thrilled it's back.
The laptops use the same M5 Pro and M5 Max chips that remain available in the MacBook Pro models with mini-LED displays, so performance is similar.

In the U.S., the 14-inch model starts at $2,899 and the 16-inch model starts at $3,399.

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