Apple MacBook 2024 Air M3 Chip 15-inch 16GB/512GB

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Chip

Apple M3 chip

• 8-core CPU with 4 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores

• 10-core GPU

• Hardware-accelerated ray tracing

• 16-core Neural Engine

• 100GB/s memory bandwidth

Media Engine

• Hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes, and ProRes RAW

• Video decode engine

• Video encode engine

• ProRes encode and decode engine

• AV1 decode

Display

Liquid Retina display

• 15.3-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit display with IPS technology;¹ 2880-by-1864 native resolution at 224 pixels per inch

• 500 nits brightness

Color

• Support for 1 billion colors

• Wide color (P3)

• True Tone technology

Memory

• 16GB unified memory

• Configurable to:

• 24GB

• 8GB unified memory

• Configurable to:

• 16GB or 24GB

Battery and Power²

• Up to 18 hours Apple TV app movie playback

• Up to 15 hours wireless web

• 66.5-watt‑hour lithium‑polymer battery

• 35W Dual USB-C Port Compact Power Adapter

• USB-C to MagSafe 3 Cable

• Fast-charge capable with 70W USB-C Power Adapter

Storage³

• 256GB SSD

• Configurable to:

• 512GB, 1TB, or 2TB

Charging and Expansion

• MagSafe 3 port

• 3.5 mm headphone jack

• Two Thunderbolt / USB 4 ports with support for:

• Charging

• DisplayPort

• Thunderbolt 3 (up to 40Gb/s)

• USB 4 (up to 40Gb/s)

Display Support

Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display at 1 billion colors and:

• One external display with up to 6K resolution at 60Hz

• Close the MacBook Air lid to use a second external display with up to 5K resolution at 60Hz

Video Playback

• Supported formats include HEVC, H.264, AV1, and ProRes

• HDR with Dolby Vision, HDR10, and HLG

Audio Playback

Supported formats include AAC, MP3, Apple Lossless, FLAC, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, and Dolby Atmos

Keyboard and Trackpad

Backlit Magic Keyboard with:

• 78 (U.S.) or 79 (ISO) keys including 12 full-height function keys and 4 arrow keys in an inverted-T arrangement

• Touch ID

• Ambient light sensor

• Force Touch trackpad for precise cursor control and pressure-sensing capabilities; enables Force clicks, accelerators, pressure-sensitive drawing, and Multi-Touch gestures

Wireless

Wi-Fi

• Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax)⁴

Bluetooth

• Bluetooth 5.3

Camera

• 1080p FaceTime HD camera

• Advanced image signal processor with computational video

Audio

• Six-speaker sound system with force-cancelling woofers

• Support for Spatial Audio when playing music or video with Dolby Atmos on built-in speakers

• Spatial Audio with dynamic head tracking when using AirPods 3, AirPods 4, AirPods Pro, AirPods Pro 2, and AirPods Max

• Three-mic array with directional beamforming

• Voice Isolation and Wide Spectrum microphone modes

• Enhanced voice clarity in audio and video calls

• 3.5 mm headphone jack with advanced support for high‑impedance headphones

Operating Requirements

• Line voltage: 100V to 240V AC

• Frequency: 50Hz to 60Hz

• Operating temperature: 50° to 95° F (10° to 35° C)

• Storage temperature: –13° to 113° F (–25° to 45° C)

• Relative humidity: 0% to 90% noncondensing

• Operating altitude: tested up to 10,000 feet

• Maximum storage altitude: 15,000 feet

• Maximum shipping altitude: 35,000 feet

Size and Weight

• Height: 0.45 inch (1.15 cm)

• Width: 13.40 inches (34.04 cm)

• Depth: 9.35 inches (23.76 cm)

• Weight: 3.3 pounds (1.51 kg)⁵

Operating System

macOS

macOS is the world’s most advanced desktop operating system. It includes easy-to-use and powerful features that help you be more productive and creative, Apple Intelligence,⁶ and seamless ways to use iPhone with Mac.

Accessibility

Accessibility features help people with disabilities get the most out of their new MacBook Air. With built-in support for vision, hearing, mobility, and learning, you can create and do amazing things.

Features include:

• Voice Control

• VoiceOver

• Siri and Dictation

• Increase Contrast

• Reduce Motion

• Live Captions

• Switch Control

• Zoom

Built-in Apps⁷

• App Store

• Books

• Calendar

• Contacts

• FaceTime

• Find My

• Freeform

• GarageBand

• Home

• iMovie

• iPhone Mirroring

• Keynote

• Mail

• Maps

• Messages

• Music

• News

• Notes

• Numbers

• Pages

• Passwords

• Photo Booth

• Photos

• Podcasts

• Preview

• QuickTime Player

• Reminders

• Safari

• Shortcuts

• Stocks

• Time Machine

• Tips

• TV

• Voice Memos

• Weather

In the Box

• 15-inch MacBook Air

• 35W Dual USB-C Port Compact Power Adapter

• USB-C to MagSafe 3 Cable (2 m)

Configure to Order

Configure your MacBook Air with these options at apple.com:

• 24GB unified memory

• 512GB, 1TB, or 2TB SSD

• 70W USB-C Power Adapter

MacBook Air and the Environment

MacBook Air is designed with the following features to reduce its environmental impact:⁸

Made with better materials

• Made with 50% recycled content, including:

• 100% recycled aluminum in the enclosure

• 100% recycled tin in the solder and gold in the plating of multiple printed circuit boards

• 100% recycled rare earth elements in all magnets, representing 99% of the rare earth elements in the device

• 100% recycled cobalt in the battery⁹ and magnets of the MagSafe connector

• 100% recycled copper in the main logic board — an Apple first

• 90% recycled steel in the battery tray, keyboard feature plate, and trackpad beam plate

• 35% or more recycled plastic in multiple components

Energy efficient

• ENERGY STAR® certified¹⁰

Smarter chemistry¹¹

• Arsenic-free display glass

• Mercury-, BFR-, and PVC-free

Green manufacturing

• No established final assembly supplier sites generate any waste sent to landfill¹²

• Over 25% of manufacturing electricity sourced from supplier clean energy projects¹³

Responsible packaging

• 100% of virgin wood fiber comes from responsibly managed forests

• 99% fiber-based packaging due to our work to remove plastic from packaging¹⁴

Progress toward our 2030 goal

• Reduced emissions for MacBook Air with M3 chip by over 40% against our baseline¹⁵

Apple and the Environment

Today, Apple is carbon neutral for global corporate operations, and we are focused on our Apple 2030 goal to make every product carbon neutral.

Acoustic Performance

Declared noise emission values in accordance with ECMA-109

1. L _W A,m is the mean A-weighted sound power level, rounded to the nearest 0.1 B.

2. L _p A,m is the mean A-weighted sound pressure level measured at operator position (rounded to the nearest 1 dB).

3. 1 B (bel) = 10 dB (decibel).

4. K _v is the statistical adder for computing upper-limit of A-weighted sound power level.

5. The quantity, L _W A,c (formerly called L _W Ad) may be computed from the sum of L _W A,m and K _v .

6. The wireless web test browses 6 tabs with a mix of content including media.

7. Configuration tested: M3, 8-core CPU / 10-core GPU, 8GB unified memory, 512GB storage.