If you've been eyeing Apple's new M6 Mac mini or waiting for the Mac Studio to move off list price, this is the week to look. 9to5Toys reported Friday that its tracking shows up to $150 off the M6 Mac mini and a $200 price drop on the Mac Studio, two machines that rarely see meaningful discounts this soon after a refresh.
The same roundup lists a $120 price drop on the AirPods Max 2, plus what 9to5Toys describes as all-time low pricing on the Apple Watch Series 12. The MacBook Air is also part of this week's sweep, though the site's writeup doesn't break out a specific dollar figure for it the way it does for the Mac mini and Mac Studio.
There's a catch worth flagging. 9to5Toys notes that several configurations covered in the roundup have already climbed back up in price since it first published the piece, and that only some of the listed deals are still live as of Friday afternoon. That's typical of post-Prime Day pricing, where retailers test discounts, pull them, and sometimes bring them back a few days later at a different number. Anyone shopping off this list should check the current price before assuming the headline figure still applies.
For the Mac mini specifically, a $150 cut is notable because Apple just refreshed the lineup with its M6 chip, and new Apple silicon machines typically hold firm at list price for months before third-party retailers start discounting them. The Mac Studio, Apple's workstation-class desktop aimed at video editors and developers who need more cores and memory bandwidth than the Mac mini offers, carries a steeper list price to begin with, so a $200 cut represents a smaller percentage but still real savings for anyone who was already planning the purchase.
9to5Toys also flagged lowest-to-date pricing on Apple's official iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max cases, including some Nomad-exclusive versions, along with a rare discount on the Magic Mouse. A discount code, 9TO5MAC, applies at checkout for the exclusive prices in the roundup, though the site notes it only works on iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max cases, not the iPhone Duo.
None of this is tied to a storewide sale event. It reads more like retailers quietly adjusting prices in the lull after Prime Day, which means the numbers could shift again by the weekend. If you're deciding between a Mac mini and a MacBook Air for a home setup, the calculus here is straightforward: the mini is cheaper to begin with and now cheaper still, while the Air's cut isn't quantified in this week's tracking. Anyone comparing the Mac mini against a MacBook Air or MacBook Pro for everyday use should weigh portability against the mini's price advantage before checkout, since that gap just got a little wider.
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