Apple’s New MacBook Air Brings Back MagSafe for All

Remember MagSafe? The power cord that magnetically stuck itself to the charging port on old MacBooks to prevent it from flying off the desk when someone tripped over the wire? Apple brought the innovative connector back on its high-end MacBook Pro models last year, but the feature is now making its way down to the most affordable laptop in its lineup: the MacBook Air. At WWDC 2022, Apple announced this new laptop alongside a new 13-inch MacBook Pro, both of which are powered by the also newly announced second-gen M2 processor.

Both the new MacBook Air 2022 and MacBook Pro 2022 will go on sale in July. The Air costs $1,199, and the new Pro starts at $1,299. Apple has discontinued the older M1-powered MacBook Pro, but you'll still be able to buy the 2020 M1 MacBook Air for $999. Here's everything you need to know about the pair.

Quite bizarrely, the new (and cheaper) MacBook Air is the fancier of the two new laptops. For example, it picks up some of the design changes introduced with the pricier MacBook Pro models from 2021, including thinner borders around the screen and a notch for the webcam, making for a slightly larger 13.6-inch display as opposed to the new MacBook Pro's 13.3-inch screen.