
The year is almost over, and there’s no doubt that 2025 was a significant one for all of Apple’s best Macs. From splitting up its chip launches to a radical redesign for macOS, we weren’t short of talking points over the last twelve months. Yet for all the successes, there were several notable failures, plus a host of disappointing absences with key products pushed to the back burner. Here, we’ll recap it all, putting Apple’s Mac efforts under the microscope and looking ahead to 2026.