Apple Kicks Off iPad Pro / Mac ‘There’s More in the Making’ Event [Live Updates]

Apple has kicked off its October 30th iPad Pro / Mac ‘There’s More in the Making’ event. We have all the live updates in one place.

Get Ready to Read About the New iPad Pro / Mac Announcements First-Hand With Our Live Updates

• Apple is kicking things off with the usual video. This one’s pretty funky, though.
• If you haven’t seen enough Apple logos already, then you’re in luck today with this video.
• Another video, and this one’s about New York and music.
• “Apple loves New York.” Couldn’t have made it any more obvious than this.
• Oh wow, the crowd is extremely hyped up!
• Tim Cook is on stage. Woohoo!
• Apple is kicking things off with the Mac.
• Looks like Apple is actually quite serious about the Mac this time around.
• Apple: We are adding millions of customers every quarter.
• Mac has number one customer satisfaction.
• macOS is the driving factor of high customer satisfaction.
• Tim Cook quickly going through Mojave features. Kinda meh so far.
• OH. MY. GOD. MacBook Air is getting an upgrade?!
• Tim Cook: MacBook Air has become the most beloved notebook ever.
• “It’s time for a new MacBook Air.”
• Retina display coming to the MacBook Air.
• New MacBook Air video playing right now! Don’t cry, don’t cry, try not to cry!
• Wow! New MacBook Air with two USB-C ports!
• It looks like a 12-inch MacBook repackaged in a new body.
• Lesser bezels, finally!
• 50% narrower bezels.
• 13.3-inch display.
• 4 million pixels display. 4 times more pixel than the old MacBook Air. 48% more color too.
• FaceTime HD camera, the usual. But man, this notebook is hot!
• It even has Touch ID.
• Touch ID is handled by new T2 chip. Ensures security.
• Oh hey, it has Hey Siri too.
• An enhanced keyboard.
• New Force Touch trackpad.
• MacBook Air has better speakers, 25% louder, x2 more bass and wide stereo sound.
• Two Thunderbolt 3 ports. So yes, pretty fast.
• eGPU and 5K display support.
• 8th-generation dual-core i5 CPU, up to 16GB of RAM, up to 1.5TB SSD, 60% faster.
• 13 hours of battery life. This is insane.
• The new MacBook Air is 17% lesser volume than before. Incredibly thin. 15.6mm thin. 10% thinner than previous Air. 2.75 lbs.
• Apple launches A New MacBook Air With 13.3″ Retina display, Touch ID & More
• New MacBook Air is made from 100% recycled aluminum. Beat that, everyone else!
• Three finishes – Space Gray, Silver and Gold.
• Most affordable Retina display Mac ever.
• Order today and available next week.
• Tim Cook is back on stage.
• Tim Cook is hinting at the Mac mini right now.
• Oh yes, the Mac mini is very, very real! Prayers answered at long last!
• New Mac mini in Space Gray!? Oh yes.
• Every Mac mini now has four cores (at least). 6 cores too. 8th-generation CPUs and faster GPUs.
• Mac mini is x5 faster than before.
• This Mac mini is fast, fast and fast!
• Mac mini can be configured with up to 64GB of RAM. It’s faster than before, obviously.
• All-flash storage across the board.
• Up to 2TB SSDs.
• Apple T2 security chip.
• x30 faster HEVC video encoding.
• Lots of ports. x4 Thunderbolt 3 ports, 10Gb Ethernet, USB ports and more.
• Starts at just $799.
• Order today, available next week.
• Every Mac mini is made from 100% recycled aluminum.
• Tim Cook is back on stage.
• Updates on Today at Apple.
• This is exciting stuff. Millions of people have attended Today at Apple.
• Apple announced 60 new sessions!
• All retail outlets run on 100% renewable energy.
• Tim Cook is back on the stage, again.
• iPad time!
• 400 million iPads sold to date.
• Apple has sold more iPads last year than all notebooks from the biggest notebook makers around the world. Shots fired.
• All-new iPad Pro.
• edge to edge display!
• This iPad Pro looks insane. The rounded borders are crispy.
• Features a Liquid Retina display.
• 11-inch display in the same 10.5-inch package. Second iPad features 12.9-inch display with lesser bezels.
• The new iPad Pros are packed!
• Face ID, of course. Since it does not have a Home button.
• Face ID works in all orientations on new iPad Pro.
• Same iPhone gestures since there is no Home button.
• 7nm A12X Bionic chip. Fast, fast, fast.
• ‘X’ chip is bigger, features 10 billion transistors.
• A12X features 8 core CPU, 7 core GPU.
• 35% faster than last year’s iPad Pro. Multi-core workloads 90% faster.
• iPad Pro offers Xbox One S level graphics in such a thin profile.
• Apple Unveils New iPad Pro Models – Feature Face ID with USB-C Ports; New Keyboard & Magnetic Apple Pencil Accessories Unveiled Too
• iPad Pro has USB-C.
• Apple Announces The New Mac Mini With Powerful Internals
• You can charge your iPhone from the USB-C port on the iPad Pro. This is nuts.
• Supports 5K output, dongles, of course.
• New Apple Pencil attaches to iPad Pro magnetically and charges wirelessly.
• This iPad Pro is a little too ‘pro.’
• Personal note: this iPad Pro is so fast and advanced, it’s not funny anymore.
• 120 frames per second, something which no console can deliver these days. More shots fired.
• The iPad Pro is so fast, it’s almost unfair to competitors.
• Lots of demos happening right now.
• It will be interesting to see how competitors are going to react to this new iPad.
• Whatever your view might be, but USB-C instead of Lightning is a strange move.
• Video time.
• 11-inch model starts at $799 and 12.9-inch model starts at $999.
• iOS 12.1 is coming today, Tim Cook confirms again.
• Lana Del Rey is on stage. Yes, the same one.
• The event is done and dusted. It’s a wrap!