M4 MacBook Pro leaks and release date, iOS 18.1 beta 6, more Apple execs retiring

Benjamin and Chance get excited for Apple’s upcoming product launches, which we are now expecting for the end of the month. The base model M4 MacBook Pro might even have fully leaked on the web. iOS 18.1 beta 6 brings some nice refinements, and more high-profile Apple execs are retiring from their posts.

And in Happy Hour Plus, the duo discuss Apple’s decision to put TV+ as a channel inside Amazon Prime Video. Subscribe at 9to5mac.com/join.

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Links

• Gurman: New M4 Macs and iPad mini 7 to launch on November 1

• Apple reportedly releasing iOS 18.1 with Apple Intelligence features on October 28

• iOS 18.1: New features, release date, and more

• New Mac mini coming soon: Here's everything we know

• New unboxing video allegedly reveals unannounced M4 MacBook Pro, benchmark results

• M4 MacBook Pro offered for sale on Russian site; likely real

• iOS 18.1 beta 6: All the new features and changes

• Apple Music gets new sharing integration with TikTok in iOS 18.1

• macOS Sequoia 15.1 will prompt you less often for screen recording permissions

• Vision Pro’s first scripted immersive film is coming this week, here’s the trailer

• Veteran Apple engineering leader Dan Riccio retiring this month

• Apple's head of procurement departing after 24 years

• Home Depot quietly begins rolling out Apple Pay support

• H-E-B caves to the pressure and begins rolling out Apple Pay to all stores