The new MacBook Pro models with PROLED XDR displays began arriving to customers on Friday , and various details about the laptops continue to surface. Given these models are available with the same M5 Pro and M5 Max chips that power the models with mini-LED displays, performance was expected to be virtually identical across the board, and benchmark results confirm that is the case. Average scores for multi-core CPU performance in the Geekbench 7 database : 16-inch MacBook Pro (Mini-LED, M5 Max): 34,988 16-inch MacBook Pro (PROLED XDR, M5 Max): 34,904 The chip has an 18-core CPU in both models. YouTube channel Max Tech noted that the bottom cover on the new MacBook Pro models has slightly recessed feet, and there are now only four pentalobe screws holding it in place, compared to eight on previous models. Under the bottom cover sit larger speakers, which provide 50% deeper bass according to Apple. 16-inch/Mini-LED on left, 16-inch/PROLED on right While the MacBook Neo's keyboard can be replaced individually , this is not the case for the new MacBook Pro models, as Apple's repair manuals show the laptops continue to have an all-in-one "Top Case with Battery and Keyboard" part. In case you missed it, the bottom corners of the display are now rounded on the new MacBook Pro models, whereas only the top corners are rounded on the models with mini-LED displays. This small change results in a much more uniform design. As we noted over the weekend , Daring Fireball 's John Gruber confirmed that the illuminated Apple logo on the new MacBook Pro lids uses a custom light source — seemingly a white LED. On older MacBooks released in 2015 and earlier, the Apple logo was illuminated by the LCD's backlight, but OLED displays do not have a backlight. Why did Apple bring back the illuminated logo? Gruber shared Apple's answer. "Because it's awesome," he heard an Apple representative say. Related Roundup: MacBook Pro Buyer's Guide: MacBook Pro (Buy Now) Related Forum: MacBook Pro This article, " MacBook Pro With PROLED XDR Display: Details You Might Have Missed " first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums
Apple researchers have revealed how they use a Mac mini to control a Unitree humanoid robot to navigate rooms it has never seen before. It's really quite remarkable. The robot can see the table and realize it needs to crouch to get under it - image credit: Apple. Leakers claiming that a future HomeView will have a robot arm didn't envisage anything like this. A team of researchers from Apple has published a paper detailing how they trained a Unitree G1 "humanoid" robot using an M4 Pro Mac mini with 64GB RAM. Apple's "Perceptive Humanoid Motion from Simulation" paper describes a system called "Humanoid Autonomy, Learned in Simulation, running Onboard," or HALO. The paper and its accompanying video show the Unitree G1 able to analyze rooms. It can follow someone if instructed, it can navigate obstacles, and when told to sit, determine where a chair is. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
Apple's Passwords app on Mac will soon let you choose when it automatically locks. Spotted by code explorer pdfu , a new menu in macOS 27.3 beta offers one, three, or 10 minutes of inactivity, alongside options to lock when the Mac itself locks or sleeps, or for it to never automatically lock. In the current macOS 27.2 general release and in earlier versions of Apple's Mac operating system, the Passwords app uses a fixed three-minute inactivity timeout. So when the update arrives in December, you'll have more control over how long the app stays unlocked, rather than have to rely on the default timeout. Apple added a dedicated Passwords app for managing your iCloud passwords and logins with the release of macOS Sequoia in September 2024. Tag: pdfu This article, " Apple to Give You More Control Over When Your Mac Passwords Lock " first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums
Apple is building a personal memory system that could help Siri retain information about users' lives, based on new code findings shared by code explorer pdfu . In Apple's iOS 27.3 beta release, the system includes a "memory graph" that's designed to organize information about relationships, places, routines, health, workouts, and what motivates users or holds them back, according to the findings. It also identifies "memory atoms" for facts, opinions, intentions, and events, including details about the people, places, times, and topics involved. According to pdfu, the graph uses two kinds of processes to gather info. One turns structured data into insights – like reading the name fields in a user's own contact card. The other uses an on-device AI model or Private Cloud Compute to extract insights by querying sources including Siri conversations, messages, photos, and health data. Apparently, only one of these AI-driven processes is present so far: pdfu believes it's designed to identify motivations, barriers, and resources using a set of 60 built-in questions, including questions about routines that might interfere with adequate sleep. From what's been uncovered so far, it's still an unfinished system – pdfu says there's no process that creates memory atoms yet, for example. In a follow-up explanation , the code sleuth also distinguished the graph from a separate store for explicit memories. The latter store has space for records in Apple's search system, but nothing writes the records yet. Both systems reportedly use Apple's version of the Kuzu graph database. Apple acquired Kuzu in 2025 , but its plans for the technology were unclear when the acquisition emerged earlier this year. Siri already offers personal context understanding , allowing the assistant to find information about the user's life in apps like Mail, Messages, and Photos. Nothing that's been uncovered so far tells us when the unfinished memory system will become available or how users will have control over their data. Tags: pdfu , Siri , Siri AI This article, " Siri Is Getting a Better Memory " first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums
