Apple today provided public beta testers with the third release of an upcoming macOS Tahoe 26.4 update for testing purposes. The public beta comes a week after Apple seeded the second beta. After signing up for beta testing on Apple's beta site,

AAPL unveils MacBook Air and Pro with new M5 chips and AI gains as Mac sales slip and competition from Lenovo, HP and Dell intensifies.

The machine is $500 less than any new-generation laptop Apple has sold before, coming in well below the now $1,099 MacBook Air.

Despite all the big under-the-hood changes, the basic hierarchy here remains the same as in past generations. The Pro tier offers the biggest bump to CPU performance compared to the basic M5, along with twice as many GPU cores. The Max chip is mainly meant for those who want better graphics, 128GB of RAM, or both.

Apple has been rolling out announcements this week, and March 3 already brought the updated MacBook Air with M5 and new MacBook Pro models

Apple silicon VRAM limits can be raised with Terminal; 14336 MB on a 16 GB Mac is a common balance for stability.

Leakers were right, and two new Apple Studio Display monitors will release next week, including features never seen before in the company's displays.