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MacBook Air

Lean. Mean.
M3 machine.

MacBook Air sails through work and play — and the M3 chip brings even greater capabilities to the world’s most popular laptop. You can express yourself and get things done effortlessly with Apple Intelligence.1 And with up to 18 hours of battery life2, you can take the ultraportable MacBook Air anywhere and power through whatever you’re into.

  • MacBook Air with M3 from
  • MacBook Air with M2 from
Side view of MacBook Air M3 in Midnight and Silver

Lean. Mean.
M3 machine.

MacBook Air sails through work and play — and the M3 chip brings even greater capabilities to the world’s most popular laptop. You can express yourself and get things done effortlessly with Apple Intelligence.1 And with up to 18 hours of battery life,2 you can take the ultraportable MacBook Air anywhere and power through whatever you’re into.

  • MacBook Air with M3
  • MacBook Air with M2

PORTABLE DESIGN

Designed to
go places.
Partially open 13-inch MacBook Air on left and 15-inch MacBook Air on right. 13-inch screen shows colourful ‘zine cover created with In Design. 15-inch screen shows Microsoft Excel and Slack.
Partially open 13-inch MacBook Air on left and 15-inch MacBook Air on right. 13-inch screen shows colourful ‘zine cover created with In Design. 15-inch screen shows Microsoft Excel and Slack.

Superlight and under 1.2 centimetres thin, MacBook Air fits easily into your life and is built with the planet in mind. MacBook Air with M3 is made with 50 per cent recycled materials — an Apple first. And all MacBook Air laptops have a durable recycled aluminium enclosure.

Photo of 13-inch MacBook Air and 15-inch MacBook Air back-to-back, showing size difference.

Two perfectly portable sizes.

The 13‑inch model is the ultimate on‑the‑go laptop, and the 15‑inch model gives you more space onscreen for multitasking.3

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Four stellar colours.

Your options are out of this world — and each one comes with a matching MagSafe charging cable.

Performance and battery life

A chipload of power.
MacBook Air open showing Final Cut Pro and FCP and Pixelmator Pro, with Calendar, Safari, Mail, and Photos open on left side of screen. The back of a second MacBook Pro appears behind the first, looking like a mirror image.
MacBook Air open showing Final Cut Pro and FCP and Pixelmator Pro, with Calendar, Safari, Mail, and Photos open on left side of screen. The back of a second MacBook Pro appears behind the first, looking like a mirror image.
Apple M3 Chip
Up to1.6xfaster than MacBook Air (M1)4
Up to13xfaster than fastest Intel‑based MacBook Air5
Up to18 hrsbattery life2

The moment you open your MacBook Air, it’s ready for whatever you throw at it. And no matter how intense the workload, it stays silent thanks to a fanless design. Whether you’re multitasking between apps, editing videos in iMovie or playing Baldur’s Gate 3 in Game Mode, the M3 chip brings more speed and fluidity to everything you do.

MacBook Air with M3 leverages the incredible AI performance of the Neural Engine to deliver intelligent macOS features that enhance productivity and creativity, including powerful camera features, real-time speech to text and visual understanding.

With access to a broad ecosystem of apps that deliver advanced AI features, users can do everything from checking their homework with AI Maths Assistance in Goodnotes, to automatically enhancing photos in Pixelmator Pro, to removing background noise from a video using CapCut.

MacBook Air is built for Apple Intelligence1, the personal intelligence system that helps you 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.

A battery that goes all day. Both MacBook Air with M2 and MacBook Air with M3 provide up to 18 hours of battery life, so you can leave the power adapter at home.2

A chipload of power.

Apple silicon combines the CPU, GPU, memory and more on a single chip so all your apps — from Microsoft 365 to Adobe Creative Cloud — run much faster while requiring much less power.

Front view of MacBook Air model with Myst

Myst

With the M3 chip, graphics and gaming look better than ever on MacBook Air. And thanks to a new class of GPU architecture, M3 includes Dynamic Caching and hardware-accelerated ray tracing. Dynamic Caching drives a huge performance boost for pro apps and games, while hardware‑accelerated ray tracing produces more realistic images for immersive gaming.

This all means that M3 makes gaming a blast on the new MacBook Air. And everything else feels incredibly fast and responsive too.

Compared to a PC laptop with an Intel Core i7 processor, MacBook Air with M3 delivers up to 2x faster performance6, up to 50 per cent faster web browsing7 and up to 40 per cent longer battery life.8

Learn how M3 makes everything snappier.

Compared to previous models.

Compared to a PC laptop with Intel Core i7.

A MacBook Air for everyone.

MacBook Air 13″

M2 chip

Up to 1.4x faster than MacBook Air with the M1 chip22

Apple Intelligence1

Support for one external display

Support for Wi-Fi 6

MacBook Air 13″ and 15″

M3 chip

Up to 1.6x faster than MacBook Air with the M1 chip4

Apple Intelligence1

Support for up to two external displays (with the laptop lid closed)

Support for Wi-Fi 6E, which is up to 2x faster than Wi-Fi 623

All your go-to apps
fly on macOS.

New to Mac?

Photo with iPhone to left and in front of MacBook Air. iPhone with Notes app open. Text copied. MacBook Air screen shows PowerPoint open. Copied text appears on PowerPoint slide.

If you love iPhone, you’ll love Mac.

Mac is designed to be just as easy to learn as iPhone. And whether you’re copying text on your phone to paste on your Mac, chatting with friends in Messages or locating devices with Find My — when you use Mac with iPhone, they work seamlessly together.

Display, camera and audio

Let’s be clear. It’s brilliant.
Front view of MacBook Air showcasing Liquid Retina display.
Front view of MacBook Air showcasing Liquid Retina display.

The Liquid Retina display on MacBook Air is a sight to behold, with support for 1 billion colours and up to 2x the resolution of comparable PC laptops. Photos and videos shine with rich contrast and sharp detail, and text appears incredibly crisp for easy reading.

High-definition camera.

Look your best with the 1080p FaceTime HD camera, whether you’re catching up with friends and family, or collaborating with co-workers around the globe.

Front view of MacBook Air showcasing a FaceTime video call between two people in macOS.

Immersive sound system.

The speakers on MacBook Air support Spatial Audio along with Dolby Atmos, so you can enjoy three-dimensional sound stages for music and movies.

Top view of MacBook Air with illustration demonstrating Spatial Audio working during a movie

Ports and Connectivity

Connections on full display.
MagSafe
Two Thunderbolt ports
Side view of MacBook Air showcasing MagSafe and two thunderbolts
Headphone jack
Side view of MacBook Air showcasing headphone jack

The MagSafe charging cable easily attaches and detaches with magnets, preventing any unintended flights. Two Thunderbolt ports let you connect high-speed accessories and charge your Mac. And the headphone jack supports high‑impedance headphones. With the M3 model, you can access Wi‑Fi 6E, which has up to twice faster throughput compared to Wi‑Fi 6.23

Models with M3 support up to two external displays with the laptop lid closed.

Magic Keyboard with Touch ID

Unlock it all with the touch
of your finger.

Touch ID

Top view of MacBook Air showcasing Touch ID and Magic Keyboard working with Apple Pay An image of a fingerprint representing Touch ID

The comfortable and quiet backlit Magic Keyboard comes with full-height function keys and Touch ID, which gives you a fast, easy and secure way to unlock your Mac, and sign in to apps and sites — all at the touch of a finger.

Which laptop is right for you?

Compare all Mac models
Available in Midnight, Starlight, Space Grey and Silver

MacBook Air
13″ and 15″ M2 or M3 chip

13.6-inch or 15.3-inch Liquid Retina display27

Apple M2 or M3 chip

Apple Intelligence1

16GB to 24GB 
unified memory

256GB to
2TB storage28

Up to
18 hours battery life29

Touch ID

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Available in Space Black and Silver

New MacBook Pro 14″ and 16″ M4, M4 Pro
or M4 Max chip

14.2-inch or 16.2-inch
Liquid Retina XDR display27

Apple M4, M4 Pro

or M4 Max chip

Apple Intelligence1

16GB to 128GB 
unified memory

512GB to
8TB storage28

Up to
24 hours battery life30

Touch ID

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Accessories

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Collection of accessories including Magic Keyboard, Magic Mouse, Magic Track Pad, Thunderbolt 4 Pro cable and AirPods Pro.

Designed with the earth in mind.

Recycled materials. A greener supply chain. Responsible packaging. MacBook Air was engineered to be as light on the environment as it is in your hands.

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