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With ‘Presto,’ Apple devised a approach to wirelessly replace iPhones with out proper via their retail packaging. With macOS Tahoe, the corporate may carry the identical know-how to Macs.
This alteration will guarantee your new Mac runs the most recent accessible macOS model, irrespective of how lengthy it’s been sitting in stock.
Apple could replace Macs nonetheless in retail packaging wirelessly
Apple started testing the Presto iOS replace system in late 2023. It will definitely rolled out the function to its US retail shops a number of months into 2024. With this, the corporate solved the issue of transport iPhones with an outdated iOS model, posing safety points or different issues. This was typically a problem when newly shipped iPhones ran outdated software program and required a day-one replace to operate optimally.
9to5Mac studies 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 have the ability to wirelessly replace previous Macs of their stock earlier than promoting them. Other than getting a Mac working the most recent macOS launch with all bug fixes and safety patches put in, this transfer also needs to profit customers in areas with gradual or restricted broadband entry.
However how will Presto work with out NFC?
The Presto machine appears to be like like a metallic shoe field, which might maintain as much as six iPhone bins without delay. The machine updates iPhones inside their retail packaging utilizing MagSafe and different applied sciences to energy them on and set up the most recent software program. For Macs, Apple could give you a extra moveable resolution.
Macs additionally lack NFC and MagSafe help. So, it will 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 must always hear extra about it within the coming months.
