#Apple new Mac mini

Following the new iMac announcement, Apple has unveiled the 2024 refresh of Mac mini. Apple reduced the Mac mini’s size to a mere five inches from each side. Apple just named its next Mac operating system macOS Golden Gate. Golden Gate refers to the strait near San Francisco, keeping Apple's tradition of naming macOS after California landmarks. The new release brings all iOS 27 features to the Mac, including the refined Liquid Glass design, the new Siri AI with Spotlight integration, Visual Intelligence via keyboard shortcut, full Safari AI features, and the complete Apple Intelligence update. There is new information that points toward a likely partnership with Google to build its voice assistant off a version of Gemini. Rather than relying strictly on its own hardware, Apple is looking to rely on Google's Gemini AI model running on NVIDIA’s latest Blackwell B200 data center graphics chips. The new system means that when a user triggers a complex prompt that cannot be solved locally on an iPhone, the request will be routed directly to Google Cloud to run on a licensed version of the Gemini model. Read more in our articles including "Apple unveils tinier Mac mini refresh with M4" and "macOS Golden Gate Is Apple's New Desktop OS".