The best value in Mac is back. Amazon just brought back the Prime Day price on the most affordable M4 Mac mini at $499 shipped to deliver $100 in savings and a price on par with the lowest we have tracked in nearly 5 months.
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Yesterday we detailed some of the notable trade-on values Best Buy was offering towards the new M5 MacBook Pro. Apple’s latest starts at the same $1,599 this year, but, as we reported yesterday, you can knock as much as $800 off with an M4 trade and now Best Buy is delivering an additional 10% in trade value for its Plus and Total members. Details await below.
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Apple’s all-new M5 iPad Pro and the new M5-powered MacBook Pro have arrived. We have already detailed the now live pre-order listings for folks who might prefer to grab one via Amazon or Best Buy (or just have some gift cards saved up to put towards one) and now it’s time to take a look at the trade-in values you can land at Best Buy. Some of the more affordable M4 MacBook Pro models are yielding as much as $950 in savings on the new M5 MacBook Pro, so let’s take a closer look below.
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As you’ll from our coverage at 9to5Mac this morning, Apple has now officially unleashed its next-generation M5-powered MacBook Pro lineup alongside the new M5 iPad Pro. Pre-orders are now live, and if you have some Amazon or Best Buy store credit in the holster to land an early deal, we are starting to see the new models go up for pre-order right now.
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While we were seeing some hangover deals on the M4 Mac mini yesterday at Prime Day pricing, those deals are now all but entirely gone in favor of a notable price drop on the M4 Pro Mac mini. Amazon is now offering Apple’s M4 Pro Mac mini with 24GB of RAM at $200 off the list price.
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The last and final day of the fall Prime Big Deal Days sale at Amazon is quickly coming to a close. That said, there is still a giant selection of price drops live on Apple gear, from MacBooks to iPads, and AirPods to iPhone, Mac mini, and just about everthing in between. We are even tracking the best prices ever offered on Apple’s latest accessories for iPhone 17 that just released last month. It all awaits down below.
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Amazon’s Prime Day M4 MacBook Air deals are live and quite notable at up to $230 off the list prices, the M4 MacBook though…not so much. You can land a solid discount on the base model M4 MBP, but after seeing solid $300 discounts for a couple months and reports suggesting stock is dwindling at Apple stores, options are thin right now. That said, if you’re looking to land a huge deal on a MacBook Pro and don’t mind a previous-gen version, Best Buy is offering up to $800 off the original list prices right now on select M3 Pro configs as part of its Techtober sale.
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A new Apple short film called The Underdogs: Blue Screen of Death has been posted to the company’s YouTube channel as part of an occasional series that was first launched back in 2019.
Eight minutes long, it’s a gentle comedy that highlights the built-in security features of Macs while also showing off a whole range of the company’s ecosystem features …
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As part of the now live Prime Big Deal Days, Amazon is once again giving folks a chance to upgrade to Apple’s 2025 M4 MacBook Air lineup at $200 off – every color and storage/RAM configuration it offers on both the 13- and 15-inch models are now on sale for fall Prime Day.
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Back at CES in January, LG caught the attention of Mac users by teasing a new UltraFine 6K Display with Thunderbolt 5. The company, however, was ultra tight-lipped on details about the display, including pricing and availability.
Now, however, the LG UltraFine 6K is available from LG’s website for $1,999.99, with the first orders shipping on October 20. Here’s everything you need to know…
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Ming-Ching Kuo today suggested that we can expect a touchscreen MacBook Pro to go into production in late 2026. This is the latest in a years-long string of rumors that Apple is working on such a device.
The company has been testing prototypes since at least 2008, but has consistently dismissed the idea of launching one. However, I do tend to believe the latest report …
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Happy New Year! Here’s my list, in no specific order, of macOS apps that I keep installed on my Mac.
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Using the iPad Pro with the nano-texture display reaffirmed my preference for anti-glare displays. Naturally, this made me want to nano-texture all the things. While not all Apple products have nano-texture display options, you can get a lot of the way there with quality anti-glare matte screen protectors for any iPhone, iPad, and MacBook.
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Yesterday I highlighted macOS Tahoe’s aggressive behavior of putting nonconforming app icons inside an ugly gray box of shame. The change seems to affect the Mac user experience more than it impacts the app developer. It makes the actual icon 20% smaller and 80% harder to recognize.
A great thing about the Mac, though, is the ability to customize app icons. This can be a temporary solution. You just need to track down an app icon that works. Here’s how to swap out app icons on macOS Tahoe and avoid the gray box effect.
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Samsung Display has reportedly secured Apple’s first OLED panel order for the MacBook Pro, marking a major milestone in the transition to OLED in Apple’s Mac lineup beginning in 2026.
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This week, OpenAI released its long-awaited open weight model called gpt-oss. Part of the appeal of gpt-oss is that you can run it locally on your own hardware, including Macs with Apple silicon. Here’s how to get started and what to expect.
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Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition is officially coming to the Mac this week. CD PROJEKT RED has announced that the game will be available on Thursday, July 17 for Macs powered by Apple Silicon through the Mac App Store, GOG.com, Steam, and Epic Games Store.
The launch of Cyberpunk 2077 on the Mac follows the debut of Assassin’s Creed Shadows on the Mac earlier this year.
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If you’ve just purchased a new Mac, like the recently-released, you might also be looking into some of the best display options.
Here are my recommendations, covering multiple product categories, price points, and more.
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Apple is planning for a busy start to 2026. A new report from Bloomberg details that Apple is working on updates for various iPhone, iPad, and Mac models destined for the first half of 2026.
Perhaps most exciting for many people, however, is that Apple is also planning to release a new external display for the Mac next year.
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Apple has restored decades of precedent and restored color balance to the Finder icon in macOS Tahoe 26 beta 2. A controversial change in beta 1 was met with a healthy dose of criticism.
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Update, June 21: Apple has removed the video from YouTube. It’s not clear why.
Original article, published June 20, below.
Apple kicked off its annual Back to School promotion earlier this week, offering free AirPods and other accessories with the purchase of a new Mac or iPad.
Now, as Back to School season ramps up, Apple has shared a humorous new video telling college students “how to convince your parents to get you a Mac.”
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