Mac Mini M4 port leak suggests you may want extra dongles

Earlier this 12 months, Apple began providing its newest M4 chip solely via the iPad Professional (2024). By year-end, although, the corporate is predicted to develop this chipset’s availability to 3 Mac fashions, together with the Mac Mini, iMac, and MacBook Professional. Whereas the iMac and MacBook Professional upgrades will possible be incremental, the Mac Mini M4 is predicted to function the primary main redesign since 2010. This might retire the USB-A ports, as Apple will reportedly provide extra Sort-C ones as an alternative.

In accordance with Bloomberg, the upcoming Mac Mini will not provide USB-A ports. As a substitute, Apple will reportedly add extra USB-C ones, rising their whole to 5. In any other case, the Cupertino agency’s most compact pc will possible retain the HDMI port, Ethernet port, and headphone jack current on the present mannequin.

Past the up to date port selection and boosted processor, the Mac Mini M4 will possible introduce a considerably smaller exterior for the primary time in 14 years. Apple may additionally transfer two USB-C ports to the entrance facet, making them extra accessible. Other than that, the most recent rumors state that the ability provide will proceed to stay internally, so customers gained’t should take care of exterior bricks.

Apple sometimes launches new Macs in the direction of the top of the 12 months, and this spherical could also be no completely different. The identical report signifies that Apple may announce the three M4 Macs someday in October, whereas the opposite fashions — together with the inexpensive MacBook Air — may observe swimsuit in 2025’s first half.