Your subsequent Mac may include the most recent macOS launch pre-installed.
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With ‘Presto,’ Apple devised a option to wirelessly replace iPhones with out proper by way of their retail packaging. With macOS Tahoe, the corporate may convey the identical expertise to Macs.
This modification will guarantee your new Mac runs the most recent accessible macOS model, regardless of how lengthy it’s been sitting in stock.
Apple could replace Macs nonetheless in retail packaging wirelessly
Apple started testing the Presto iOS replace system in late 2023. It will definitely rolled out the function to its US retail shops a couple of months into 2024. With this, the corporate solved the issue of transport iPhones with an outdated iOS model, posing safety points or different issues. This was typically a problem when newly shipped iPhones ran outdated software program and required a day-one replace to perform optimally.
9to5Mac experiences Apple will broaden the Presto replace system to Macs with macOS 26 Tahoe. It discovered proof of the corporate laying the groundwork for this within the newest beta of the OS.
As soon as rolled out, Apple shops would be capable of wirelessly replace outdated Macs of their stock earlier than promoting them. Other than getting a Mac operating the most recent macOS launch with all bug fixes and safety patches put in, this transfer also needs to profit customers in areas with gradual or restricted broadband entry.
However how will Presto work with out NFC?
The Presto machine appears to be like like a metallic shoe field, which may maintain as much as six iPhone containers directly. The gadget updates iPhones inside their retail packaging utilizing MagSafe and different applied sciences to energy them on and set up the most recent software program. For Macs, Apple could give you a extra moveable resolution.
Macs additionally lack NFC and MagSafe assist. So, it will be fascinating to see how Apple modifies the Presto system to work with its computer systems. If the corporate goes forward with a Presto-like replace system for Macs, we must always hear extra about it within the coming months.
