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MacBook Air (15-inch, M3, 2024) - Tech Specs

Year introduced: 2024

Identify your MacBook Air model

Finish

Chip

Apple M3 chip

Media Engine

Display

Liquid Retina display

Colour

Memory

Battery and Power2

Storage3

Charging and Expansion

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Display Support

Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display at 1 billion colours and:

Video Playback

Audio Playback

Supported formats include AAC, MP3, Apple Lossless, FLAC, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby Atmos

Keyboard and Trackpad

Backlit Magic Keyboard with:

Wireless

Wi‑Fi

Bluetooth

Camera

Audio

Operating Requirements

Size and Weight

Operating System

macOS

macOS is the most advanced desktop operating system in the world. macOS Sequoia helps you be productive and creative in new ways — with Apple Intelligence,6 iPhone Mirroring, window tiling, major updates to Safari and more.

Learn more about latest operating system

macOS User Guide

Accessibility

Accessibility features help people with disabilities get the most out of their new MacBook Air. With built-in support for vision, hearing, mobility and learning, you can create and do amazing things.

Learn more about Accessibility

Features include:

Built-in Apps7

In the Box

Configure to Order

Configure your MacBook Air with these options at apple.com:

MacBook Air and the Environment

MacBook Air is designed with the following features to reduce its environmental impact:8

See the 15-inch MacBook Air with M3 chip Product Environmental Report (PDF)

Made with better materials

Energy efficient

Smarter chemistry11

Green manufacturing

Responsible packaging

Progress towards our 2030 goal

Apple and the Environment

Today, Apple is carbon neutral for global corporate operations, and we are focused on our Apple 2030 goal to make every product carbon neutral.

See Apple’s commitment

Acoustic Performance

Declared noise emission values in accordance with ECMA-109

Sound Power Level

L W A,m (B)

Sound Pressure Level

Operator Position

L p A,m (dB)

Idle

1.3 (K V = 0.3)

3

Wireless web

1.3 (K V = 0.3)

4

  1. L W A,m is the mean A-weighted sound power level, rounded to the nearest 0.1 B.

  2. L p A,m is the mean A-weighted sound pressure level measured at operator position (rounded to the nearest 1 dB).

  3. 1 B (bel) = 10 dB (decibel).

  4. K v is the statistical adder for computing upper-limit of A-weighted sound power level.

  5. The quantity, L W A,c (formerly called L W Ad) may be computed from the sum of L W A,m and K v .

  6. The wireless web test browses 6 tabs with a mix of content including media.

  7. Configuration tested: M3, 8-core CPU / 10-core GPU, 8GB unified memory, 512GB storage.

  1. Screen size is measured diagonally. The displays on the 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Air have rounded corners at the top. When measured as a standard rectangular shape, the screens are 13.6 inches and 15.3 inches diagonally (actual viewable area is less).

  2. Testing conducted by Apple in January 2024 using pre-production 15‑inch MacBook Air systems with Apple M3, 8-core CPU and 10-core GPU, and pre-production 13‑inch MacBook Air systems with Apple M3, 8-core CPU and 8-core GPU, all configured with 8GB of RAM and 256GB SSD. Testing conducted by Apple in May 2022 using pre‑production 13‑inch MacBook Air systems with Apple M2, 8-core CPU, 8‑core GPU, 8GB of RAM and 256GB SSD. The wireless web test measures battery life by wirelessly browsing 25 popular websites with display brightness set to 8 clicks from bottom. The Apple TV app movie playback test measures battery life by playing back HD 1080p content with display brightness set to 8 clicks from bottom. Battery life varies by use and configuration. See apple.com/uk/batteries for more information.

  3. 1GB = 1 billion bytes and 1TB = 1 trillion bytes; actual formatted capacity less.

  4. Wi‑Fi 6E available in countries and regions where supported.

  5. Weight varies by configuration and manufacturing process.

  6. Apple Intelligence is available in beta on all Mac models with M1 and later, with Siri and device language set to English (Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, UK or US), as a macOS Sequoia software update. Additional features and languages will be available in April, with more languages coming over the course of the year. Languages supported in 2025 include Chinese, English (India, Singapore), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish and Vietnamese.

  7. iMovie, GarageBand, Pages, Numbers and Keynote are available on the Mac App Store. Downloading apps requires an Apple Account and a device that is compatible with the OS version required for each app. iPhone Mirroring is not available in all countries and regions. Some iPhone features (e.g., cam­era and microphone) are not compatible with iPhone Mirroring.

  8. Data accurate as of product launch.

  9. Recycled cobalt in the battery uses mass balance allocation.

  10. ENERGY STAR and the ENERGY STAR mark are registered trademarks owned by the US Environmental Protection Agency.

  11. Apple’s Regulated Substances Specification describes Apple’s restrictions on the use of certain chemical substances in materials in Apple products, accessories, manufacturing processes, and packaging used for shipping products to Apple’s end customers. Restrictions are derived from international laws or directives, regulatory agencies, eco-label requirements, environmental standards and Apple policies. Every Apple product is free of PVC and phthalates except for AC power leads in India, Thailand (for two-pin AC power leads) and the Republic of Korea, where we continue to seek government approval for our PVC and phthalates replacement. Apple products comply with the European Union Directive 2011/65/EU and its amendments, including exemptions for the use of lead such as high-temperature solder. Apple is working to phase out the use of these exempted substances for new products where technically possible.

  12. All established final assembly supplier sites — those that have been Apple suppliers for more than one year — for MacBook Air are third-party verified as Zero Waste by UL LLC (UL 2799 Standard). UL requires at least 90 per cent diversion through methods other than waste to energy to achieve Zero Waste to Landfill (Silver 90–94 per cent, Gold 95–99 per cent and Platinum 100 per cent) designations.

  13. We estimate the percentage of electricity-related emissions in our manufacturing that is sourced from clean electricity by attributing to our carbon model clean energy procured by our suppliers in the prior fiscal year, based on the supplier manufacturing allocations at time of product launch. Included in this number is only clean electricity that Apple or its suppliers have procured as part of Apple’s Supplier Clean Energy Programme.

  14. Breakdown of US retail packaging by weight. Adhesives, inks and coatings are excluded from our calculations of plastic content and packaging weight.

  15. Carbon reductions are calculated against a baseline scenario: 1) No use of clean electricity for manufacturing or product use, beyond what is already available on the latest modelled grid (based on regional emissions factors). 2) Apple’s carbon intensity of key materials as of 2015 (our baseline year for our 2030 product carbon-neutrality goal). Carbon intensity of materials reflects use of recycled content and production technology. 3) Apple’s average mix of transport modes (air, rail, sea, land) by product line across three years (fiscal years 2017 to 2019) to best capture the baseline transport emissions of our products.

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