MacBook Air (15-inch, M3, 2024) - Tech Specs
Year introduced: 2024
Finish
Silver
Starlight
Space Grey
Midnight
Chip
Apple M3 chip
8-core CPU with four performance cores and four efficiency cores
10-core GPU
Hardware-accelerated ray tracing
16-core Neural Engine
100GB/s memory bandwidth
Media Engine
Hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes and ProRes RAW
Video decode engine
Video encode engine
ProRes encode and decode engine
AV1 decode engine
Display
Liquid Retina display
15.3-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit display with IPS technology1;2880-by-1864 native resolution at 224 pixels per inch
500 nits brightness
Colour
Support for 1 billion colours
Wide colour (P3)
True Tone technology
Memory
16GB unified memory
Configurable to 24GB
8GB unified memory
Configurable to 16GB or 24GB
Battery and Power2
Up to 18 hours Apple TV app movie playback
Up to 15 hours wireless web
66.5-watt‑hour lithium‑polymer battery
35W Dual USB-C Port Power Adapter
USB-C to MagSafe 3 Cable
Fast-charge–capable with 70W USB-C Power Adapter
Storage3
256GB SSD
Configurable to 512GB, 1TB or 2TB
Charging and Expansion
MagSafe 3 port
3.5-mm headphone jack
Two Thunderbolt/USB 4 ports with support for:
Charging
DisplayPort
Thunderbolt 3 (up to 40 Gbps)
USB 4 (up to 40 Gbps)
Display Support
Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display in 1 billion colours and:
One external display with up to 6K resolution at 60Hz
Close the MacBook Air lid to use a second external display with up to 5K resolution at 60Hz
Video Playback
Supported formats include HEVC, H.264, AV1 and ProRes
HDR with Dolby Vision, HDR10 and HLG
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:
78 (US) or 79 (ISO) keys including 12 full-height function keys and four arrow keys in an inverted-T arrangement
Touch ID
Ambient light sensor
Force Touch trackpad for precise cursor control and pressure-sensing capabilities; enables Force clicks, accelerators, pressure-sensitive drawing and Multi-Touch gestures
Wireless
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax)4
Bluetooth®
Bluetooth 5.3
Camera
1080p FaceTime HD camera
Advanced image signal processor with computational video
Audio
Six-speaker sound system with force-cancelling woofers
Support for Spatial Audio when playing music or video with Dolby Atmos on built-in speakers
Spatial Audio with dynamic head tracking when using AirPods (3rd generation), AirPods Pro and AirPods Max
Three-mic array with directional beamforming
Voice Isolation and Wide Spectrum microphone modes
Enhanced voice clarity in audio and video calls
3.5-mm headphone jack with advanced support for high‑impedance headphones
Operating Requirements
Line voltage: 100V to 240V AC
Frequency: 50Hz to 60Hz
Operating temperature: 10° to 35° C (50° to 95° F)
Storage temperature: –25° to 45° C (–13° to 113° F)
Relative humidity: 0% to 90% noncondensing
Operating altitude: Tested up to 3,000 metres (10,000 feet)
Maximum storage altitude: 4,500 metres (15,000 feet)
Maximum shipping altitude: 10,500 metres (35,000 feet)
Size and Weight
Height: 1.15 cm (0.45 inch)
Width: 34.04 cm (13.40 inches)
Depth: 23.76 cm (9.35 inches)
Weight: 1.51 kg (3.3 pounds)5
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 window tiling, iPhone Mirroring and support for Apple Intelligence.6
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.
Features include:
Voice Control
VoiceOver
Siri and Dictation
Increase Contrast
Reduce Motion
Live Captions
Switch Control
Zoom
Built-in Apps7
App Store
Books
Calendar
Contacts
FaceTime
Find My
Freeform
GarageBand
Home
iMovie
Keynote
Mail
Maps
Messages
Music
News
Notes
Numbers
Pages
Photo Booth
Photos
Podcasts
Preview
QuickTime Player
Reminders
Safari
Shortcuts
Siri
Stocks
Time Machine
TV
Voice Memos
Weather
In the Box
15-inch MacBook Air
35W Dual USB-C Port Power Adapter
USB-C to MagSafe 3 Cable (2 m)
Configure to Order
Configure your MacBook Air with these options at apple.com/au:
16GB or 24GB unified memory
512GB, 1TB or 2TB SSD
70W USB-C Power Adapter
MacBook Air and the Environment
MacBook Air is designed with the following features to reduce its environmental impact:8
Made with better materials
Made with 50 per cent recycled content, including:
100 per cent recycled aluminium in the enclosure
100 per cent recycled tin in the solder and gold in the plating of in multiple printed circuit boards
100 per cent recycled rare earth elements in all magnets, representing 99 per cent of the rare earth elements in the device
100 per cent recycled cobalt in the battery8 and magnets of the MagSafe connector
100 per cent recycled copper in the main logic board — an Apple first
90 per cent recycled steel in the battery tray, keyboard feature plate and trackpad beam plate
35 per cent or more recycled plastic in multiple components
Energy-efficient
ENERGY STAR®–certified10
Smarter chemistry11
Arsenic-free display glass
Mercury-, BFR- and PVC‑free
Green manufacturing
No established final assembly supplier sites generate any waste sent to landfill12
Over 25 per cent of manufacturing electricity sourced from supplier clean energy projects13
Responsible packaging
100 per cent of virgin wood fibre comes from responsibly managed forests
99 per cent fibre-based packaging due to our work to remove plastic from packaging14
Progress towards our 2030 goal
Reduced emissions for MacBook Air with M3 chip by over 40 per cent against our baseline15
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.
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 |
L W A,m is the mean A-weighted sound power level, rounded to the nearest 0.1 B.
L p A,m is the mean A-weighted sound pressure level measured at operator position (rounded to the nearest 1 dB).
1 B (bel) = 10 dB (decibel).
K v is the statistical adder for computing upper-limit of A-weighted sound power level.
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 .
The wireless web test browses 6 tabs with a mix of content including media.
Configuration tested: M3, 8-core CPU / 10-core GPU, 8GB unified memory, 512GB storage.
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).
Testing conducted by Apple in January 2024 using preproduction 15-inch MacBook Air systems with Apple M3, 8-core CPU and 10-core GPU, and preproduction 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 preproduction 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 eight 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/au/batteries for more information.
1GB = 1 billion bytes and 1TB = 1 trillion bytes; actual formatted capacity less.
Wi-Fi 6E available in countries and regions where supported.
Weight varies by configuration and manufacturing process.
Apple Intelligence will be available in beta on all iPhone 16 models, iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max, and iPad and Mac with M1 and later, with Siri and device language set to US English, as part of an iOS 18, iPadOS 18 and macOS Sequoia update this October. Australian English support available December 2024. Some features and additional languages will be coming over the course of the next year.
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.
Data is accurate as of product launch.
Recycled cobalt in the battery uses mass balance allocation.
ENERGY STAR and the ENERGY STAR mark are registered trademarks owned by the US Environmental Protection Agency.
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 cords in India, Thailand (for two-prong AC power cords) and South 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.
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.
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 Program.
Breakdown of US retail packaging by weight. Adhesives, inks and coatings are excluded from our calculations of plastic content and packaging weight.
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 transportation modes (air, rail, ocean, ground) by product line across three years (fiscal years 2017 to 2019) to best capture the baseline transportation emissions of our products.