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MacBook Pro (M2 Pro / M2 Max)

Discontinued 30 Oct 2023

Released

24 Jan 2023

Announced

17 Jan 2023

Pre-orders opened

17 Jan 2023

Launch price from

$1,999

Discontinued

30 Oct 2023

Lifespan

9 months

Category
MacBook Pro
Status
Discontinued
Apple support status
Discontinued, not yet Vintage
Release type
Refresh of an existing model
Previous model
MacBook Pro (M1 Pro / M1 Max)
Replaced by
MacBook Pro (M3)
Official Apple page
No longer available on Apple’s website
Tech specs
Apple specs ↗
Press release
Apple Newsroom ↗
More information
MacBook Pro on Wikipedia ↗

Notes

Apple sold the MacBook Pro (M2 Pro / M2 Max) from $1,999, in two chips and two screen sizes. The 14-inch with M2 Pro was the entry model and the 16-inch started at $2,499, and either size could be specified with the M2 Max instead. There was no plain M2 version of this body, so the cheapest way into the Pro line remained the 13-inch MacBook Pro, which Apple carried on selling alongside it.

The chassis, the 14.2-inch Liquid Retina XDR display, the three Thunderbolt 4 ports, MagSafe 3, the HDMI port and the SDXC slot all carried over from the M1 Pro and M1 Max models of 2021, and the finishes were silver and space gray. The work went into the chips and the wireless.

Wi-Fi 6E was introduced here, which Apple put at up to twice the speed of the previous generation, and the HDMI port now drove 8K displays, a first for the Mac. The Mac mini announced the same day gained both at the same time.

The M2 Max could take up to 96GB of memory, where the M1 Max had topped out at 64GB. The 16-inch lasted the longest of the two sizes, rated at up to 22 hours of movie playback against 18 hours for the 14-inch, and Apple called that the longest battery life ever in a Mac.

The 14-inch opened at $1,999 and the 16-inch at $2,499, exactly as the M1 Pro and M1 Max models had fifteen months earlier.

It had the shortest run of any Apple silicon MacBook Pro. The M3 models were announced nine months after it went on sale, and Apple dropped it from the line-up the same day.

It was announced on 17 January 2023, by press release rather than at an event. Orders opened the same day, while it was released to shops on 24 January, priced from $1,999.

Check out the MacBook Pro (M3) that replaced it.

MacBook Pro release history

  1. 2026

  2. 11 Mar 2026

    MacBook Pro M5 Pro and M5 Max ReleasedCurrent

  3. 3 Mar 2026

    MacBook Pro (M4) Discontinued

  4. ↑ 4 months later
  5. 2025

  6. 22 Oct 2025

    Macbook Pro M5 ReleasedCurrent

  7. ↑ about 1 year later
  8. 2024

  9. 8 Nov 2024

    MacBook Pro (M4) Released

  10. 30 Oct 2024

    MacBook Pro (M3) Discontinued

  11. ↑ about 1 year later
  12. 2023

  13. 7 Nov 2023

    MacBook Pro (M3) Released

  14. 30 Oct 2023

    MacBook Pro (M2 Pro / M2 Max) Discontinued

  15. ↑ 9 months later

  16. 24 Jan 2023

    MacBook Pro (M2 Pro / M2 Max) Released

  17. 17 Jan 2023

    MacBook Pro (M1 Pro / M1 Max) Discontinued

  18. ↑ 1 year, 3 months later
  19. 2021

  20. 26 Oct 2021

    MacBook Pro (M1 Pro / M1 Max) Released

  21. 18 Oct 2021

    MacBook Pro 16-inch (2019) Discontinued

  22. ↑ about 2 years later
  23. 2019

  24. 13 Nov 2019

    MacBook Pro 16-inch (2019) Released

    MacBook Pro 15-inch (2019) Discontinued

  25. ↑ 6 months later

  26. 21 May 2019

    MacBook Pro 15-inch (2019) Released

    MacBook Pro 15-inch (2018) Discontinued

  27. ↑ 10 months later
  28. 2018

  29. 12 Jul 2018

    MacBook Pro 15-inch (2018) Released

    MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015) Discontinued

    MacBook Pro 15-inch (2017) Discontinued

  30. ↑ about 1 year later
  31. 2017

  32. 5 Jun 2017

    MacBook Pro 15-inch (2017) Released

    MacBook Pro 15-inch (2016) Discontinued

  33. ↑ 7 months later
  34. 2016

  35. 14 Nov 2016

    MacBook Pro 15-inch (2016) Released

  36. ↑ 1 year, 6 months later
  37. 2015

  38. 19 May 2015

    MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015) Released

    MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014) Discontinued

  39. ↑ 10 months later
  40. 2014

  41. 29 Jul 2014

    MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014) Released

    MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013) Discontinued

  42. ↑ 9 months later
  43. 2013

  44. 22 Oct 2013

    MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013) Released

    MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013) Discontinued

  45. ↑ 8 months later

  46. 13 Feb 2013

    MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013) Released

    MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2012) Discontinued

  47. ↑ 8 months later
  48. 2012

  49. 11 Jun 2012

    MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2012) Released

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