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With ‘Presto,’ Apple devised a approach to wirelessly replace iPhones with out proper by means of their retail packaging. With macOS Tahoe, the corporate may deliver the identical expertise to Macs.
This modification will guarantee your new Mac runs the newest accessible macOS model, irrespective of how lengthy it’s been sitting in stock.
Apple might replace Macs nonetheless in retail packaging wirelessly
Apple started testing the Presto iOS replace system in late 2023. It will definitely rolled out the characteristic to its US retail shops a couple of months into 2024. With this, the corporate solved the issue of delivery iPhones with an outdated iOS model, posing safety points or different issues. This was typically a difficulty when newly shipped iPhones ran outdated software program and required a day-one replace to operate optimally.
9to5Mac experiences Apple will increase 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As soon as rolled out, Apple shops would be capable of wirelessly replace outdated Macs of their stock earlier than promoting them. Aside from getting a Mac operating the newest macOS launch with all bug fixes and safety patches put in, this transfer must also profit customers in areas with sluggish or restricted broadband entry.
However how will Presto work with out NFC?
The Presto machine seems to be like a metallic shoe field, which may maintain as much as six iPhone containers directly. The machine updates iPhones inside their retail packaging utilizing MagSafe and different applied sciences to energy them on and set up the newest software program. For Macs, Apple might give you a extra moveable resolution.
Macs additionally lack NFC and MagSafe help. So, it could 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 should always hear extra about it within the coming months.
