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

Oct 30, 2018

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!