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Apple unveils all-new MacBook Air and 13 inch MacBook Pro, supercharged by the new M2 chip

Apple introduced a completely redesigned MacBook Air and an updated 13-inch MacBook Pro, both powered by the new M2 chip — which takes the breakthrough performance and capabilities of M1 even further.
With an all-new, strikingly thin design and even more performance, MacBook Air also features a larger 13.6-inch Liquid Retina display, a 1080p FaceTime HD camera, four-speaker sound system, up to 18 hours of battery life and MagSafe charging.
M2 also comes to the 13-inch MacBook Pro, the world’s second best-selling laptop — delivering incredible performance, up to 24GB of unified memory, ProRes acceleration and up to 20 hours of battery life, all in a compact design.
The new MacBook Air and updated 13-inch MacBook Pro join the even more powerful 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro with M1 Pro and M1 Max to round out the strongest line-up of Mac notebooks ever offered. Both laptops will be available next month.
“We’re so excited to bring our new M2 chip to the world’s two most popular laptops — the MacBook Air and 13-inch MacBook Pro,” said Greg Joswiak, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. “Completely redesigned around M2, MacBook Air is thinner, lighter and faster with a bigger display, better camera and all-day battery life, in four beautiful finishes – silver, space grey, midnight and starlight. Only with Apple silicon can you build such a thin and light notebook with a fanless design, and this combination of performance and capabilities. M2 also comes to the 13-inch MacBook Pro, featuring incredible performance, ProRes acceleration, up to 24GB of memory and up to 20 hours of battery life — making our most portable pro notebook even better.”

M2 Supercharges Apple’s Most Popular Systems

M2 starts the second generation of Apple’s M-series chips and extends the remarkable features of M1. With industry-leading power efficiency, a unified memory architecture and custom technologies, this new chip brings even more performance and capabilities to Apple’s most popular Mac notebooks — the MacBook Air and the 13-inch MacBook Pro. M2 features a next-generation 8-core CPU with advancements in both performance and efficiency cores, along with Apple’s next-generation GPU, which now has up to 10 cores — two more than M1. M2 delivers 100GB/s of unified memory bandwidth and supports up to 24GB of fast unified memory, so it can handle even larger and more complex workloads with ease. Designed to dramatically speed up video workflows, M2 also adds a next-generation media engine and a powerful ProRes video engine for hardware-accelerated encode and decode, so systems with M2 will be able to play back more streams of 4K and 8K video than before.

13-inch MacBook Pro with M2

Users love the performance the 13-inch MacBook Pro delivers in its compact design. Now with M2, Apple’s most portable pro notebook gets even more capabilities in the same great form factor. 

• With a faster 8-core CPU and 10-core GPU, working with RAW images in apps like Affinity Photo is nearly 40 per cent faster than the previous generation, and up to 3.4x faster for users who are upgrading from a model without Apple silicon.
• Playing graphics-intensive games is also nearly 40 per cent faster than the previous 13-inch MacBook Pro, and up to 3.3x faster for customers upgrading from a model without Apple silicon.
• With an active cooling system, the 13-inch MacBook Pro is designed to sustain its pro performance.
• Thanks to M2, the 13-inch MacBook Pro also supports up to 24GB of unified memory — along with 50 per cent more memory bandwidth — making multitasking and working with large assets super fluid.
• With support for ProRes encode and decode in the media engine of M2, users can play back up to 11 streams of 4K and up to two streams of 8K ProRes video. And they can convert their video projects to ProRes nearly 3x faster than before.
• The 13-inch MacBook Pro delivers phenomenal battery life with up to 20 hours of video playback.

Better for the Environment

Both the new MacBook Air and 13-inch MacBook Pro minimise their impact on the environment, now using 100 per cent recycled rare earth elements in the enclosure magnets. MacBook Air uses 100 per cent recycled aluminium in its enclosure and is the first Apple product to use certified recycled steel. Both products meet Apple’s high standards for energy efficiency, are free of numerous harmful substances, and use wood fibre in the packaging that comes from responsibly managed forests. Today, Apple is carbon-neutral for global corporate operations, and by 2030, plans to have net-zero climate impact across the entire business, which includes manufacturing supply chains and all product life cycles. This means that every Mac Apple creates, from design to manufacturing, will be 100 per cent carbon-neutral.

macOS Ventura adds powerful productivity tools and new Continuity features that make the Mac experience better than ever

Apple previewed macOS Ventura, the latest version of the world’s most advanced desktop operating system, which takes the Mac experience to a whole new level.
Stage Manager gives Mac users an all-new way to stay focused on the task in front of them while seamlessly switching between apps and windows.
Continuity Camera uses iPhone as the webcam on Mac to do things that were never possible before, and with Handoff coming to FaceTime, users can start a FaceTime call on their iPhone or iPad and fluidly pass it over to their Mac.
Mail and Messages come with great new features that make the apps better than ever, while Safari — the world’s fastest browser on Mac — ushers in a password free future with passkeys.
And with the power and popularity of Apple silicon, and new developer tools in Metal 3, gaming on Mac has never been better.

iPadOS 16 takes the versatility of iPad even further with powerful new productivity and collaboration features

Apple previewed iPadOS 16, a major update that makes the iPad experience even more versatile.
Taking advantage of the power of the M1 chip, Stage Manager brings a new way to multitask with multiple overlapping windows and full external display support.
Collaboration is easier than ever with new ways to start working with others in apps across the system using Messages, and the new Freeform app provides a flexible canvas to brainstorm on together.
New tools in Mail help users be more productive, Safari adds shared Tab Groups to browse the web with others, and the browsing experience gets even more secure with passkeys.
The new Weather app takes full advantage of the stunning iPad display, and Live Text now interacts with text in video.
New pro features — including Reference Mode and Display Zoom — make iPad an even more powerful mobile studio. Combined with the power of Apple silicon, iPadOS 16 makes it faster and easier to get more done on iPad.

Apple unveils an all-new Lock Screen experience and new ways to share and communicate in iOS 16

Apple previewed iOS 16, delivering the biggest update ever to the Lock Screen, and new sharing, communication and intelligence features that together change the way users experience iPhone.
iOS 16 introduces iCloud Shared Photo Library to seamlessly share a collection of photos with family, updates to Messages and Mail that help users stay in touch with ease, and powerful enhancements to Live Text and Visual Look Up.
“iOS 16 is a big release with updates that will change the way you experience iPhone,” said Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of Software Engineering. “We have re-imagined how the Lock Screen looks and works with exciting new features that make it more personal and helpful, introduced iCloud Shared Photo Library for families, streamlined communication through new capabilities in Messages and Mail, and harnessed enhanced intelligence with updates to Live Text and Visual Look Up.”

watchOS 9 delivers new ways to stay connected, active and healthy

Apple previewed watchOS 9, which brings new features and enhanced experiences to the world’s leading wearable operating system. Apple Watch users will now have more watch faces to choose from, with richer complications that provide more information and opportunity for personalisation.
In the updated Workout app, advanced metrics, views, and training experiences inspired by high-performing athletes help users take their workouts to the next level.
The new Medications app makes it easy for users to conveniently and discreetly manage and track medications, and watchOS 9 brings sleep stages to the Sleep app.

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