#mac mini

Apple has expanded its Self Service Repair program to cover the iPhone 18 Pro, the iPhone 18 Pro Max and the newest Mac mini and Mac Studio models, according to reports from 9to5Mac and MacRumors published on October 20.

The program lets customers order genuine Apple parts and tools and then follow Apple's official repair manuals at home. The new listings reach customers in the United States, Canada and Europe, MacRumors reports, though neither outlet named the individual European countries.

For the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max, 9to5Mac says the store now offers parts including the display, battery, back glass, enclosure, rear and front cameras, logic board, speakers, microphone, SIM tray and Taptic Engine.

Apple announced new Mac mini and Mac Studio models on August 25, an unusual time of year for Mac hardware. Pre-orders opened right away, with deliveries and in-store availability from September 22.

The Mac mini now comes with either the new M6 or an M5 Pro. TidBITS describes the M6 as Apple's first chip on a 2-nanometer process, with a 12-core CPU and a 12-core GPU that includes Neural Accelerators. Apple says multithreaded CPU performance is about 1.2 times that of the M5. Both Mac mini versions gain Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6 and Thread support through the N1 chip, and 2.5Gb Ethernet is standard.