Top Stories: Mac Pro Discontinued, iOS 26.4 Out Now, WWDC 2026 Announced, and More
Top Stories: Mac Pro Discontinued, iOS 26.4 Out Now, WWDC 2026 Announced, and More
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/03/28/top-stories-mac-pro-discontinued/
Publish Date: 2026-03-28 09:00:00
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It was a busy week in the Apple world, with Apple announcing the discontinuation of the Mac Pro, releasing iOS 26.4 and other updates, and officially announcing dates for this year’s Worldwide Developers Conference.
This week also saw the AirPods Max 2 become available to order while we heard some fresh details about upcoming Apple hardware, so read on below for all the details!
Top Stories
Apple Confirms Mac Pro Is Dead, No Future Models Planned
It shouldn’t be much of a surprise considering it hadn’t been updated in three years and there have been no rumors of anything coming in the future, but it was still a bit sad to see Apple officially discontinue the Mac Pro this week. And yes, Apple’s infamous $700 kit to add wheels to the Mac Pro has also been put out to pasture.
Arriving 20 years ago as an Intel-based upgrade to the PowerPC-driven Power Mac G5, the Mac Pro evolved from a traditional tower workstation to a compact cylindrical form factor and back again over the years, but while it was intended to serve the high-end professional market, it was never upgraded as frequently as other Macs and its role has largely been usurped by the Mac Studio that carries a much lower starting price.
Apple Releases iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4 With New Emoji, Playlist Playground, Purchase Sharing Changes and More
Apple this week released iOS 26.4 and related operating system updates, delivering several improvements but not the revamped Siri we’d been hoping would make an appearance in these releases. That major revamp now looks like it may not come until iOS 27.
iOS 26.4 does bring a number of new features like the AI-driven Playlist Playground in Apple Music, eight new emoji characters, concert listings in Apple Music, CarPlay enhancements, and more.
Alongside iOS 26.4, other releases included macOS Tahoe 26.4 with the return of the compact tab bar option for Safari and a new battery charge limit setting, plus tvOS 26.4 with a new Genius Browse content discover feature,…
