MacBook Air Technical Specifications
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Apple M4 chip
- 10‑core CPU with four performance cores and six efficiency cores
- 8‑core GPU
- Hardware-accelerated ray tracing
- 16-core Neural Engine
- 120GB/s memory bandwidth
Media Engine
- Hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes and ProRes RAW
- Video decode engine
- Video encode engine
- ProRes encode and decode engine
- AV1 decode
Configurable to:
M4 with 10‑core CPU and 10‑core GPU
Apple M4 chip
- 10‑core CPU with four performance cores and six efficiency cores
- 10‑core GPU
- Hardware-accelerated ray tracing
- 16-core Neural Engine
- 120GB/s memory bandwidth
Media Engine
- Hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes and ProRes RAW
- Video decode engine
- Video encode engine
- ProRes encode and decode engine
- AV1 decode
Apple M4 chip
- 10‑core CPU with four performance cores and six efficiency cores
- 10‑core GPU
- Hardware-accelerated ray tracing
- 16-core Neural Engine
- 120GB/s memory bandwidth
Media Engine
- Hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes and ProRes RAW
- Video decode engine
- Video encode engine
- ProRes encode and decode engine
- AV1 decode
Apple Intelligence is the personal intelligence system that helps you write, express yourself and get things done effortlessly. With groundbreaking privacy protections, it gives you peace of mind that no-one else can access your data — not even Apple.
Liquid Retina display
- 13.6-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit display with IPS technology2; 2560-by-1664 native resolution at 224 pixels per inch
- 500 nits brightness
Colour
- Support for 1 billion colours
- Wide colour (P3)
- True Tone technology
16GB
16GB unified memory
Configurable to:
24GB or 32GB
16GB
16GB unified memory
Configurable to:
24GB or 32GB
24GB
24GB unified memory
Configurable to:
32GB
- Up to 18 hours video streaming
- Up to 15 hours wireless web
- Built-in 53.8‑watt‑hour lithium‑polymer battery
- 30W USB-C Power Adapter (included with M4 with 8‑core GPU)
- 35W Dual USB-C Port Power Adapter (included with M4 with 10‑core GPU; configurable with M4 with 8‑core GPU)
- USB-C to MagSafe 3 Cable
- Fast-charge capable with 70W USB-C Power Adapter
256GB
256GB SSD
Configurable to:
512GB, 1TB, or 2TB
512GB
512GB SSD
Configurable to:
1TB or 2TB
512GB
512GB SSD
Configurable to:
1TB or 2TB
MagSafe 3 charging port
3.5-mm headphone jack
Two Thunderbolt 4 (USB-C) ports with support for:
- Charging
- DisplayPort
- Thunderbolt 4 (up to 40 Gbps)
- USB 4 (up to 40 Gbps)
- Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display in 1 billion colours and:
- Up to two external displays with up to 6K resolution at 60Hz
- Thunderbolt 4 digital video output
- Support for native DisplayPort 1.4 output over USB-C
- Supported formats include HEVC, H.264, AV1 and ProRes
- HDR with Dolby Vision, HDR10+/HDR10 and HLG
Supported formats include AAC, MP3, Apple Lossless, FLAC, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby Atmos
Backlit Magic Keyboard with:
- 78 (US) or 79 (ISO) keys including 12 full‑height function keys and four arrow keys in an inverted‑T arrangement
- Touch ID
- Ambient light sensor
- Force Touch trackpad for precise cursor control and pressure‑sensing capabilities; enables Force clicks, accelerators, pressure‑sensitive drawing and Multi‑Touch gestures
- Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax)5
- Bluetooth® 5.3
- 12MP Center Stage camera with support for Desk View
- 1080p HD video recording
- Advanced image signal processor with computational video
- Four-speaker sound system
- Support for Spatial Audio when playing music or video with Dolby Atmos on built-in speakers
- Spatial Audio with dynamic head tracking when using supported models of AirPods, AirPods Pro and AirPods Max6
- Three-mic array with directional beamforming
- Voice Isolation and Wide Spectrum microphone modes
- Enhanced voice clarity in audio and video calls
- 3.5-mm headphone jack with advanced support for high‑impedance headphones
- Height: 1.13 cm (0.44 inch)
- Width: 30.41 cm (11.97 inches)
- Depth: 21.5 cm (8.46 inches)
- Weight: 1.24 kg (2.7 pounds)7
Accessibility features help people with disabilities get the most out of their new MacBook Air. With built‑in support for vision, hearing, mobility and learning, you can create and do amazing things.
Learn moreFeatures include:
- Voice Control
- VoiceOver
- Siri and Dictation
- Increase Contrast
- Reduce Motion
- Live Captions
- Switch Control
- Zoom
- 13-inch MacBook Air
- 30W USB-C Power Adapter
(M4 with 8‑core GPU)
or
35W Dual USB-C Port Power Adapter
(M4 with 10‑core GPU) - USB-C to MagSafe 3 Cable
(2 m)
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Your MacBook Air also comes with 90 days of complimentary technical support and a one‑year limited warranty from Apple. To learn more about how Apple will service your Mac, click here.
Purchase AppleCare+ for Mac to get expert technical support and additional hardware coverage from Apple, including unlimited incidents of accidental damage protection, each subject to a service fee of A$149 for screen damage or external enclosure damage, or A$429 for other accidental damage. Coverage begins on your AppleCare+ purchase date. For more information, click here.
Configure your MacBook Air with
these options at apple.com/au:
Configure your MacBook Air at apple.com/au.
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Options for model starting at
- M4 with 10‑core CPU and 10‑core GPU
- 24GB or 32GB unified memory
- 512GB, 1TB or 2TB SSD
- 35W Dual USB‑C Port Power Adapter or
- 70W USB‑C Power Adapter
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Options for model starting at
- 24GB or 32GB unified memory
- 1TB or 2TB SSD
- 70W USB‑C Power Adapter
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Options for model starting at
- 32GB unified memory
- 1TB or 2TB SSD
- 70W USB‑C Power Adapter
MacBook Air and the Environment
MacBook Air is designed to reduce environmental impact:10
See the MacBook Air Product Environmental Report (PDF)Progress towards Apple 2030
- More than 55 per cent recycled content11
- Over 30 per cent of manufacturing electricity sourced from low-carbon electricity12
- Over 45 per cent emissions reduction against business-as-usual scenario as modelled by Apple13
Materials
- 100 per cent recycled aluminium in the enclosure and trackpad gel plate
- 100 per cent recycled cobalt in the battery and magnets of the MagSafe connector
- 100 per cent recycled copper in multiple printed circuit boards and the thermal sheet
- 100 per cent recycled glass in the trackpad glass and 15 per cent recycled glass in the display panel
- 100 per cent recycled gold wire in all cameras
- 100 per cent recycled gold in the plating of all Apple-designed printed circuit boards and multiple connectors
- Over 95 per cent recycled lithium in the battery
- 100 per cent recycled rare earth elements in all magnets
- 90 per cent recycled steel in the battery tray, keyboard feature plate and trackpad beam plate
- 100 per cent recycled tin in the solder of the multiple printed circuit boards
- At least 50 per cent recycled plastic in five components
- 100 per cent fibre-based packaging14
- 50 per cent recycled content in fibre-based packaging
Energy
- Over 30 per cent of manufacturing electricity for MacBook Air is sourced from low-carbon electricity
- ENERGY STAR®–certified15
Waste
No established final assembly sites generate waste sent to landfill as part of Apple’s Zero Waste Program
Smarter chemistry16
- Arsenic-free glass
- Mercury-, BFR- and PVC-free
