Report: Apple can update Macs soon in the packaging

Apple updates its operating systems regularly – and many users follow the group when asked to install them quickly. The problem: The necessary updates have the potential to disturb the “Out of the Box” experience with new products. That means: If you have just carried your new iPhone, your new Mac or your new iPad from an Apple shop, you don’t want to have to update the device before you can put it into operation. Apple has therefore created a technical solution: With an internal “Presto” hardware, iPhones can still be updated in the packaging in the Apple Store. A similar technology is now apparently also being prepared for Macs, reports that Apple-Blog 9to5mac.

Basics in MacOS 26

According to the information, the basics of this are laid in MacOS 26 alias Tahoe that Apple recently rolled out in the third developer beta. The basic plan: Apple delivers its hardware from the manufacturing plants to its shops, which are then brought up to the latest stand using Presto – and a suitable machine, as is already used for iPhones.

The devices can remain sealed in the packaging, the import takes place wirelessly via a technical mechanism to which only Apple has access. The device would be a kind of “mega-toaster”, 9to5mac continues.

Macs are toasted

The current Presto device therefore tolerates up to six iPhones at the same time on two sides. Once inserted, the iPhone is driven up, the iOS update is installed and the device is then switched off. It is unclear whether a wireless charging takes place, but the devices are always delivered with a little juice from the factory, so that the user does not have to charge them straight away.

The same applies to Macs, although the play process of operating systems often takes longer here. On the iPhone, Apple apparently relies on the integrated NFC chip for authentication, but MacS is currently missing. However, it is also conceivable that the company will only make future devices capable, for example the models planned from autumn. Apple has also installed Bluetooth technology in its iPhones, which enables devices to locate devices in the (apparently) departed state. Apple has had problems with freshly delivered devices in the past. A defective version of iOS 17 was included in the iPhone 15, which had to update users to iOS 17.0.1 in order to avoid activation problems, among other things.