Shrunken Mac Minis and a new iPad Mini might come in November

The old Mac Mini design may finally be on its way out after more than a decade. | Photo by Chris Welch / The VergeApple is planning to announce in late October that new Macs, including a rumored Mac...

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Shrunken Mac Minis and a new iPad Mini might come in November

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The rumored redesign of the Mac Mini could be announced later this month alongside new iMacs, iPad Minis, and high-end MacBook Pros.

By Wes Davis, a weekend editor who covers the latest in tech and entertainment. He has written news, reviews, and more as a tech journalist since 2020.

Oct 6, 2024, 2:12 PM UTC

Picture of a Mac Mini sitting on a desk with a keyboard in front of it.
The old Mac Mini design may finally be on its way out after more than a decade.

Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge

Apple is planning to announce in late October that new Macs, including a rumored Mac Mini that’s about the size of an Apple TV, will be available to buy starting on November 1st. That’s according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who also writes in his Power On newsletter today that the iPad Mini is getting an overdue refresh — its first since 2021.

The Mac Mini may be the most exciting of the updates, given the rumored significant physical revamp coming along with a new M4 chip. Despite its shrunken size, the M4 Pro version might have a healthy connectivity spread (albeit without any USB-A ports).

Gurman writes that Apple will also announce M4 versions of the base model 14-inch MacBook Pro, as well as the high-end 14- and- 16-inch MacBook Pro models and the iMac. As for the new iPad Mini, it’s expected to be an all-around spec bump with few-to-no physical changes.

Looking beyond that, Apple will roll out M4-equipped MacBook Airs, a redesigned iPhone SE, refreshed iPad Airs (and Magic Keyboards to go with them), and a new AirTag in the first half of 2025, according to Gurman. Apple could also release updated versions of the Mac Studio and Mac Pro — which haven’t shown up in the M3 upgrade cycle — in middle and second half of next year, respectively.