It's Christmas Eve, but that doesn't mean determination hasn't been overmuch successful the mode of Apple quality and rumors successful caller days arsenic we've been proceeding details astir Apple's plans for the Mac Pro, iPhone SE, and more.

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In different news, Apple has elaborate changes it made successful a mates of caller AirTags firmware updates, portion the institution appears to person pulled backmost a caller Home app architecture it began offering to users with iOS 16.2 and macOS Ventura 13.1. Read connected beneath for details connected these stories and more!

New Mac Pro successful Testing, But 'M2 Extreme' Chip Likely Canceled

Apple continues to trial an all-new Mac Pro with an M2 Ultra chip, but the institution has apt abandoned plans to connection a higher-end "M2 Extreme" chip, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.

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Gurman said the Mac Pro with the M2 Ultra spot volition beryllium disposable with up to a 24-core CPU, up to a 76-core GPU, and astatine slightest 192GB of RAM. Like the existent Mac Pro, helium expects the caller exemplary to stay expandable with further memory, storage, and more.

The existent Intel-based Mac Pro was released successful December 2019 and starts astatine $5,999 successful the United States. Barring immoderate further delays, the caller exemplary volition presumably motorboat successful 2023.

Latest Rumors for Every Mac: When to Expect New Models

Beyond the Mac Pro, respective different Macs are expected to beryllium updated adjacent year. For example, new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models with M2 Pro and M2 Max chips are expected to motorboat successful aboriginal 2023. A caller Mac mini with M2 chips is besides rumored.

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This week, we recapped the latest rumors for each Mac that Apple sells, including the MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, iMac, Mac mini, Mac Studio, and Mac Pro.

Apple Said to Cancel oregon Postpone iPhone SE 4

Apple plans to either cancel oregon postpone wide accumulation of the fourth-generation iPhone SE, according to expert Ming-Chi Kuo.

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Kuo primitively expected the adjacent iPhone SE to motorboat successful 2024, but helium said these plans are apt to alteration owed to consistently lower-than-expected shipments of mid-to-low-end iPhone models, specified arsenic the third-generation iPhone SE, iPhone 13 mini, and iPhone 14 Plus.

Apple Pulls iOS 16.2 Option to Upgrade to New Home Architecture

One of iOS 16.2's cardinal caller features is the quality to upgrade to a caller Home app architecture. While Apple hasn't shared details connected precisely what the changes are, the institution said the upgrade offers "improved show and reliability" for HomeKit accessories.

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After immoderate users who upgraded the Home app complained astir method issues, it appears that Apple has removed the enactment to upgrade the Home app for now.

Apple Reveals What's New successful Latest AirTag Firmware Updates

Apple precocious released 2 firmware updates for its AirTag accessory, and the institution has since outlined what's caller successful the updates.

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One of the firmware updates introduces immoderate features promised by Apple earlier this twelvemonth to assistance forestall AirTags from being utilized for stalking purposes. The different update resolves an contented with the AirTag's accelerometer not activating successful immoderate scenarios.

The 'Trashcan' Mac Pro: Remembering One of Apple's Most Controversial Designs

This week marked the ninth day of Apple releasing the alleged "trashcan" Mac Pro, providing an accidental to reflect connected 1 of Apple's astir arguable hardware designs.

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While the "trashcan" Mac Pro had a beauteous design, it was not modular, starring to complaints from nonrecreational users astir its deficiency of upgradeability implicit the years. The machine was discontinued successful 2019.

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