Apple’s new Mac mini is extra mighty, extra mini, and constructed for Apple Intelligence

October 29, 2024

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Apple’s all-new Mac mini is extra mighty, extra mini, and constructed for Apple Intelligence

The compact, do-it-all desktop now options the facility of M4 and M4 Professional, and marks an vital environmental milestone as the primary carbon impartial Mac

CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple at the moment unveiled the all-new Mac mini powered by the M4 and new M4 Professional chips, and redesigned round Apple silicon to pack an unbelievable quantity of efficiency into a fair smaller type of simply 5 by 5 inches. With M4, Mac mini delivers as much as 1.8x sooner CPU efficiency and a couple of.2x sooner GPU efficiency over the M1 mannequin.¹ With M4 Professional, it takes the superior applied sciences in M4 and scales them as much as deal with much more demanding workloads. For extra handy connectivity, it options back and front ports, and for the primary time contains Thunderbolt 5 for sooner knowledge switch speeds on the M4 Professional mannequin. The brand new Mac mini can also be constructed for Apple Intelligence, the non-public intelligence system that transforms how customers work, talk, and categorical themselves whereas defending their privateness. And marking an vital environmental milestone, Mac mini is Apple’s first carbon impartial Mac with an over 80 p.c discount in greenhouse fuel emissions throughout its supplies, manufacturing, transportation, and buyer use.² Beginning at simply $599 with 16GB of reminiscence, the brand new Mac mini is offered to pre-order at the moment, with availability starting November 8.

“The brand new Mac mini delivers gigantic efficiency in an unbelievably small design because of the facility effectivity of Apple silicon and an progressive new thermal structure,” stated John Ternus, Apple’s senior vice chairman of {Hardware} Engineering. “Mixed with the efficiency of M4 and the brand new M4 Professional chip, enhanced connectivity on each the back and front, and the arrival of Apple Intelligence, Mac mini is extra succesful and versatile than ever, and there’s nothing else prefer it.”

Small, however Fierce

The brand new Mac mini footprint is lower than half the scale of the earlier design at simply 5 by 5 inches, so it takes up a lot much less area on a desk. The super-compact system is enabled by the unbelievable energy effectivity of Apple silicon and an progressive thermal structure, which guides air to completely different ranges of the system, whereas all venting is completed by means of the foot.

When in comparison with the best-selling PC desktop in its worth vary, Mac mini is as much as 6x sooner at one-twentieth the scale.¹ For a variety of customers, from college students to aspiring creatives and small enterprise homeowners, the Mac mini with M4 is a tiny powerhouse. Mac mini with M4 contains a 10-core CPU, 10-core GPU, and now begins with 16GB of unified reminiscence. Customers will really feel the efficiency of M4 in all the pieces they do, from multitasking throughout on a regular basis productiveness apps to inventive initiatives like video enhancing, music manufacturing, or writing and compiling code.

When in comparison with the Mac mini with Intel Core i7, Mac mini with M4:

Applies as much as 2.8x extra audio impact plugins in a Logic Professional challenge.¹
Delivers as much as 13.3x sooner gaming efficiency in World of Warcraft: The Conflict Inside.¹
Enhances pictures with as much as 33x sooner picture upscaling efficiency in Photomator.³

When in comparison with the Mac mini with M1, Mac mini with M4:

Performs spreadsheet calculations as much as 1.7x sooner in Microsoft Excel.¹
Transcribes with on-device AI speech-to-text as much as 2x sooner in MacWhisper.¹
Merges panoramic pictures as much as 4.9x sooner in Adobe Lightroom Traditional.⁴

Introducing M4 Professional for Professional-Stage Efficiency

For customers who need pro-level efficiency, Mac mini with M4 Professional options the world’s quickest CPU core⁵ with lightning-fast single-threaded efficiency. With as much as 14 cores, together with 10 efficiency cores and 4 effectivity cores, M4 Professional additionally gives phenomenal multithreaded efficiency. With as much as 20 cores, the M4 Professional GPU is as much as twice as highly effective because the GPU in M4, and each chips deliver hardware-accelerated ray tracing to the Mac mini for the primary time. The Neural Engine in M4 Professional can also be over 3x sooner than in Mac mini with M1, so on-device Apple Intelligence fashions run at blazing pace. M4 Professional helps as much as 64GB of unified reminiscence and 273GB/s of reminiscence bandwidth — twice as a lot bandwidth as any AI PC chip — for accelerating AI workloads. And M4 Professional helps Thunderbolt 5, which delivers as much as 120 Gb/s knowledge switch speeds on Mac mini, and greater than doubles the throughput of Thunderbolt 4.

When in comparison with the Mac mini with Intel Core i7, Mac mini with M4 Professional:

Performs spreadsheet calculations as much as 4x sooner in Microsoft Excel.¹
Executes scene-edit detection as much as 9.4x sooner in Adobe Premiere Professional.³
Transcribes with on-device AI speech-to-text as much as 20x sooner in MacWhisper.¹
Processes basecalling for DNA sequencing in Oxford Nanopore MinKNOW as much as 26x sooner.¹

When in comparison with the Mac mini with M2 Professional, Mac mini with M4 Professional:

Applies as much as 1.8x extra audio impact plugins in a Logic Professional challenge.¹
Renders movement graphics to RAM as much as 2x sooner in Movement.⁶
Completes 3D renders as much as 2.9x sooner in Blender.⁶

Upgraded Connectivity and Show Assist

The brand new Mac mini options a big selection of ports to drive any setup. It contains front-facing ports for extra handy entry, together with two USB-C ports that assist USB 3, and an audio jack with assist for high-impedance headphones. On the again, Mac mini with M4 contains three Thunderbolt 4 ports, whereas Mac mini with M4 Professional options three Thunderbolt 5 ports. Mac mini comes normal with Gigabit Ethernet, configurable as much as 10Gb Ethernet for sooner networking speeds, and an HDMI port for simple connection to a TV or HDMI show with out an adapter. With M4, Mac mini can assist as much as two 6K shows and as much as one 5K show, and with M4 Professional, it might assist as much as three 6K shows at 60Hz for a complete of over 60 million pixels.

A New Period with Apple Intelligence on the Mac

Apple Intelligence ushers in a brand new period for the Mac, bringing private intelligence to the non-public laptop. Combining highly effective generative fashions with industry-first privateness protections, Apple Intelligence harnesses the facility of Apple silicon and the Neural Engine to unlock new methods for customers to work, talk, and categorical themselves on Mac. It’s accessible in U.S. English with macOS Sequoia 15.1. With systemwide Writing Instruments, customers can refine their phrases by rewriting, proofreading, and summarizing textual content practically in every single place they write. With the newly redesigned Siri, customers can transfer fluidly between spoken and typed requests to speed up duties all through their day, and Siri can reply 1000’s of questions on Mac and different Apple merchandise. New Apple Intelligence options will likely be accessible in December, with further capabilities rolling out within the coming months. Picture Playground offers customers a brand new method to create enjoyable authentic pictures, and Genmoji permits them to create customized emoji in seconds. Siri will turn out to be much more succesful, with the flexibility to take actions throughout the system and draw on a person’s private context to ship intelligence that’s tailor-made to them. In December, ChatGPT will likely be built-in into Siri and Writing Instruments, permitting customers to entry its experience without having to leap between instruments.

Apple Intelligence does all this whereas defending customers’ privateness at each step. At its core is on-device processing, and for extra complicated duties, Personal Cloud Compute offers customers entry to Apple’s even bigger, server-based fashions and provides groundbreaking protections for private info. As well as, customers can entry ChatGPT without spending a dime with out creating an account, and privateness protections are inbuilt — their IP addresses are obscured and OpenAI gained’t retailer requests. For many who select to attach their account, OpenAI’s data-use insurance policies apply.

The First Carbon Impartial Mac

The brand new Mac mini is Apple’s first carbon impartial Mac, marking a major milestone towards Apple 2030, the corporate’s aim to be carbon impartial throughout all the carbon footprint by the top of this decade.

Mac mini is made with over 50 p.c recycled content material general, together with 100% recycled aluminum within the enclosure, 100% recycled gold plating in all Apple-designed printed circuit boards, and 100% recycled uncommon earth components in all magnets. The electrical energy used to fabricate Mac mini is sourced from 100% renewable electrical energy. And, to handle 100% of the electrical energy prospects use to energy Mac mini, Apple has invested in clear vitality initiatives world wide. Apple has additionally prioritized lower-carbon modes of delivery, like ocean freight, to additional cut back emissions from transportation. Collectively, these actions have decreased the carbon footprint of Mac mini by over 80 p.c.² For the small quantity of remaining emissions, Apple applies high-quality carbon credit from nature-based initiatives, like these generated by its progressive Restore Fund.

In one other first for Mac mini, the packaging is now totally fiber-based, bringing Apple nearer to its aim to take away plastic from its packaging by 2025.

An Unmatched Expertise with macOS Sequoia

macOS Sequoia completes the brand new Mac mini expertise with a number of thrilling options, together with iPhone Mirroring, permitting customers to wirelessly work together with their iPhone, its apps, and notifications straight from their Mac.⁷ Safari, the world’s quickest browser,⁸ now provides the Highlights characteristic, which rapidly pulls up related info from a website; a better, redesigned Reader with a desk of contents and high-level abstract; and a brand new Video Viewer to look at movies with out distractions. With Distraction Management, customers can conceal objects on a webpage that they might discover disruptive to their shopping. Gaming will get much more immersive with options like Personalised Spatial Audio and enhancements to Sport Mode, together with a breadth of thrilling titles, together with the upcoming Murderer’s Creed Shadows. Simpler window tiling means customers can keep organized with a window format that works finest for them. The all-new Passwords app offers handy entry to passwords, passkeys, and different credentials — all saved in a single place. And customers can apply new, stunning built-in backgrounds for video calls, which embody a wide range of coloration gradients and system wallpapers, or add their very own pictures.

Pricing and Availability

Prospects can pre-order the brand new Mac mini with M4 and M4 Professional beginning at the moment, Tuesday, October 29, on apple.com/store and within the Apple Retailer app in 28 nations and areas, together with the U.S. It should begin arriving to prospects, and in Apple Retailer areas and Apple Approved Resellers, starting Friday, November 8.

Mac mini with M4 begins at $599 (U.S.) and $499 (U.S.) for training. Extra technical specs can be found at apple.com/mac-mini.

Mac mini with M4 Professional begins at $1,399 (U.S.) and $1,299 (U.S.) for training. Extra technical specs can be found at apple.com/mac-mini.

New equipment with USB-C — together with Magic Keyboard ($99 U.S.), Magic Keyboard with Contact ID ($149 U.S.), Magic Keyboard with Contact ID and Numeric Keypad ($179 U.S.), Magic Trackpad ($129 U.S.), Magic Mouse ($79 U.S.), and Thunderbolt 5 Professional Cable ($69) — can be found at apple.com/store.

Apple Intelligence is offered now as a free software program replace for Mac with M1 and later, and might be accessed in most areas world wide when the system and Siri language are set to U.S. English. The primary set of options is in beta and accessible with macOS Sequoia 15.1, with extra options rolling out within the months to come back.

Apple Intelligence is rapidly including assist for extra languages. In December, Apple Intelligence will add assist for localized English in Australia, Canada, Eire, New Zealand, South Africa, and the U.Ok., and in April, a software program replace will ship expanded language assist, with extra coming all year long. Chinese language, English (India), English (Singapore), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Vietnamese, and different languages will likely be supported.

With Apple Commerce In, prospects can commerce of their present laptop and get credit score towards a brand new Mac. Prospects can go to apple.com/shop/trade-in to see what their system is price.

AppleCare+ for Mac gives unparalleled service and assist. This contains limitless incidents of unintentional injury, battery service protection, and 24/7 assist from the individuals who know Mac finest.

Each buyer who buys straight from Apple Retail will get entry to Private Setup. In these guided on-line periods, a Specialist can stroll them by means of setup, or concentrate on options that assist them benefit from their new system. Prospects may also be taught extra about getting began with their new system with a Immediately at Apple session at their nearest Apple Retailer.

About Apple
Apple revolutionized private expertise with the introduction of the Macintosh in 1984. Immediately, Apple leads the world in innovation with iPhone, iPad, Mac, AirPods, Apple Watch, and Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional. Apple’s six software program platforms — iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, visionOS, and tvOS — present seamless experiences throughout all Apple units and empower folks with breakthrough companies together with the App Retailer, Apple Music, Apple Pay, iCloud, and Apple TV+. Apple’s greater than 150,000 workers are devoted to creating the very best merchandise on earth and to leaving the world higher than we discovered it.

Testing was performed by Apple in September and October 2024. See apple.com/mac-mini for extra info.
Carbon reductions are calculated in opposition to a business-as-usual baseline situation: No use of unpolluted electrical energy for manufacturing or product use, past what’s already accessible on the most recent modeled grid; Apple’s carbon depth of key supplies as of 2015; and Apple’s common mixture of transportation modes by product line throughout three years. Study extra at apple.com/2030.
Outcomes are in comparison with previous-generation 3.2GHz 6-core Intel Core i7-based Mac mini methods with Intel Iris UHD Graphics 630, 64GB of RAM, and 2TB SSD.
Outcomes are in comparison with previous-generation Mac mini methods with Apple M1, 8-core CPU, 8-core GPU, 16GB of RAM, and 2TB SSD.
Testing performed by Apple in October 2024 utilizing delivery aggressive methods and choose industry-standard benchmarks.
Outcomes are in comparison with previous-generation Mac mini methods with Apple M2 Professional, 12-core CPU, 19-core GPU, 32GB of RAM, and 8TB SSD.
Accessible on Mac computer systems with Apple silicon and Intel-based Mac computer systems with a T2 Safety Chip. Requires that iPhone and Mac are signed in with the identical Apple Account utilizing two-factor authentication, iPhone and Mac are close to one another and have Bluetooth and Wi-Fi turned on, and Mac just isn’t utilizing AirPlay or Sidecar. Some iPhone options (e.g., digicam and microphone) are usually not suitable with iPhone Mirroring.
Testing was performed by Apple in August 2024. See apple.com/safari for extra info.