Apple’s ‘Scary Quick’ October Mac occasion: Find out how to watch the stay stream

It appears like some new Macs are on the best way. Apple is holding an online-only launch occasion on October thirtieth, the place it’s anticipated to introduce its subsequent huge chip updates and a few Macs to associate with them. Apple is looking the pre-Halloween announcement the “Scary Quick” occasion, and its YouTube channel playfully invitations viewers to “Deal with your self.”

Nearly each Apple occasion invitation features a themed Apple emblem that hints at what to anticipate. This time, the corporate’s occasion web site has an animated Apple emblem that morphs into the Finder icon, all however confirming some new Macs are within the playing cards. In the meantime, “scary quick” appears to trace on the chance Apple will announce brand-new M3 processors, which may debut in some up to date Macs — together with a long-awaited iMac desktop refresh. Will it’s quicker than Qualcomm’s obvious M2-beating X Elite processors? We could not have to attend lengthy to seek out out.

The “Scary Quick” Apple occasion is scheduled to happen on Monday, October thirtieth, 2023, at 8PM ET / 5PM PT. The livestream is, uncharacteristically of Apple, taking place within the night as an alternative of the morning like a lot of the firm’s different product bulletins.

Apple offers livestream entry through its homepage and YouTube channel; the YouTube stream is embedded above. You may also catch Apple occasion livestreams on Apple TV containers contained in the TV app below the Apple Occasion class.

Let’s break down the hypothesis about what Apple has in retailer for us.

Apple completed rolling out its M2 chips earlier this 12 months, so now it’s time to maneuver onto the M3 lineup. On Monday, we’re anticipating to see the primary set of these chips, that are more likely to supply larger efficiency good points than the M2 technology.

The brand new M3 chips are reportedly being constructed on TSMC’s 3nm course of, the identical course of that was used within the A17 Professional chips within the new iPhone 15 Professional. The smaller course of ought to make the M3 chips quicker and extra environment friendly than the 5nm course of used on the M2 line. Apple has reportedly locked down TSMC’s whole manufacturing of 3nm chips for roughly the subsequent 12 months, giving the corporate’s {hardware} an edge over opponents’.

Apple’s M-series chips have been lauded for being highly effective, cool, and environment friendly, however they’re abruptly dealing with some actual competitors. Qualcomm this week mentioned its new Snapdragon X Elite will probably be 50 p.c quicker than Apple’s M2. Which means it’s a superb second for Apple to debut one thing even quicker.

No matter computer systems Apple broadcasts, it’s the M3 that would be the star of the present.

The iMac hasn’t been up to date because the M1 mannequin appeared with a brand-new design in April 2021. However rumors have popped up all 12 months about updates to Apple’s all-in-one, together with some dialogue a couple of a lot bigger kind issue. We in all probability gained’t see that bigger 32-inch iMac till subsequent 12 months, but it surely positive seems like we’re getting a brand new 24-incher.

The up to date mannequin is anticipated to characteristic a model new chip, too: Apple’s M3 processor. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman additionally mentioned Apple had been testing M3 chips with eight-core CPUs and 10-core GPUs, which matches earlier base mannequin M chips. TSMC has mentioned the 3nm course of may result in as much as a 15 p.c pace enhance with a 30 p.c energy financial savings.

The up to date iMac can also be reported to get some shuffled internals and a tweaked manufacturing course of. However on the surface, the design is anticipated to be very related or the identical as earlier than.

Though they have been up to date earlier this 12 months, Apple’s inventory of 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Professional laptops with M2 Professional and Max chips has been dwindling. This might level to an M3 refresh for the 2 bigger MacBook Professional fashions earlier than the month is out.

Apple will announce M3 Professional and M3 Max variations of the 14- and 16-inch laptops at Monday’s occasion, in accordance with each Bloomberg and an early October DigiTimes report suggesting that the brand new MacBook Professional fashions would arrive earlier than 12 months’s finish with extra environment friendly Mini LED shows. Apple had reportedly been testing new MacBook Professional fashions utilizing M3 Professional and M3 Max chips with 16-core CPUs, 40-core GPUs, and 48GB of reminiscence. These core counts are up from the present fashions, which max out at a 12-core CPU and 38-core GPU for the 16-inch Professional laptop computer and haven’t any 48GB reminiscence choice. (As an alternative, they’re out there with 32GB, 64GB, or 96GB reminiscence choices.)

The launch, simply 11 months after the final MacBook Professionals, virtually makes this a mid-cycle replace. However I doubt anybody is admittedly complaining — except you simply purchased one of many M2 fashions. 

A number of the shakier rumors embrace a potential 13-inch MacBook Professional or new MacBook Air fashions. Apple makes use of the identical chips within the Mac Mini, too. Up to now, no one appears to be predicting an replace, although it wouldn’t be an enormous shock.

Over in Apple equipment world, it will be bizarre if a brand new iMac didn’t additionally include a brand new USB-C Magic Keyboard, Magic Mouse, and Magic Trackpad, proper? So there’s an actual likelihood we’ll see these. (Is it an excessive amount of to hope Apple will transfer the charging port on the mouse?)

Moreover that, there haven’t been robust indications of the rest coming this 12 months. There have been rumors of up to date iPads — however since Apple simply introduced a brand new Pencil by itself, these in all probability aren’t coming until subsequent 12 months. All the opposite huge rumors, like a 32-inch iMac, OLED MacBook Professional, or a redesigned iPad Professional, are a 12 months or extra out. And the Imaginative and prescient Professional remains to be slated for early subsequent 12 months.