No matter what you study, ace it with Mac and iPad. Count on superspeed, long battery life, and devices that work together easily — from your first class to graduation and beyond. And with Apple?Intelligence, you can write, express yourself, and get things done effortlessly.1
Multitasking across Pages, Tableau, and Messages on Mac
All-day battery life. Forget your charger.
Get up to 24?hours of battery life on MacBook Pro2 and up to 18?hours on MacBook Air.3 And tap into the same performance, even when you’re not plugged in.
Tear through tough assignments.
Take on whatever class throws your way with the incredible speed, responsiveness, and breakout performance of the M4 family of chips.
Reliable from bachelor’s degrees to PhDs.
Mac is built to last, with durable recycled aluminum and easy software updates to keep you running smoothly through college and into your professional life.
Use your iPhone. From your Mac.
With iPhone Mirroring, see and use what’s on your iPhone from your Mac, without having to reach for it. You can also drag and drop files between devices.
Sync your studies across devices.
Apple devices are designed to work together seamlessly. With Universal Clipboard, you can copy text, photos, and videos on your other Apple devices and paste to your Mac — or vice versa.
Edit email with a click? Say less. Or more.
Apple Intelligence Writing Tools can instantly make your email and notes more concise, rewrite them until the tone and wording are just right, and summarize selected text with a click.1
Quickly share with AirDrop.
Share photos and large files via Bluetooth between your iPhone and your Mac, and with other students’ nearby Apple devices. No internet needed.
Get a master’s in multitasking.
Group apps together for each class and quickly switch between projects with Stage Manager. Or use window tiling to effortlessly arrange windows into side-by-side tiles on your desktop.
iPad. Mighty, magical,
and made to move.
Collaborating on a group project with Microsoft PowerPoint on iPad
Draw, touch, and tap into your ideas.
With an immersive touchscreen and a full suite of creator tools, iPad is the canvas that’s ready for you to express yourself with drawing, music, and design.
Built to last from class to?career.
Made with durable recycled aluminum, iPad is light, thin, and highly portable. And with free, regular software updates, you’ll stay?up and running now and for years to?come.
Take noteworthy notes with Apple Pencil.
Transform handwritten notes to text, mark up PDFs for class, and solve equations like you would on paper with Calculator and Math Notes.4
A+ battery life and performance.
Work where inspiration strikes. Up to 10 hours of battery life and the astounding performance of Apple silicon mean you can handle even the most demanding tasks on the go.5
iPad, Mac, and iPhone. Calm, cool, connected.
It’s easy to work across all your Apple devices. Copy and paste between them, sync changes to apps and files, and move seamlessly from one device to another.
A brilliant display, campuswide.
Whether you’re studying late at night in the library or in the sunshine on your patio — the Liquid Retina display stays sharp, stunning, and crisp.
Recap a study session with Apple Intelligence.
Tap record in the Notes app when you’re chatting with classmates to capture audio recordings and transcripts. Then quickly generate a summary with Apple Intelligence to reference later.1
Set your screen up for success.
Widgets allow you to see your to-do list or campus events at a glance and customize your Home Screen. And Split View helps you work in apps side by side — without switching between tabs.
Apps for whatever you’re into.
Create flyers with Microsoft Word
Build presentations with Keynote
Make zines with Adobe InDesign
Illustrate scenes with Procreate Dreams
Build apps with Xcode
Run algorithms with MATLAB
Build models with Shapr3D
Use Writing Tools with Apple?Intelligence
Learn Generative Fill with Adobe?Photoshop
Run your favorite productivity apps — from Google Workspace, Goodnotes, and?Microsoft 365 to built-in apps like Pages, Numbers, and Keynote.
Whether you’re designing a zine or creating a full-length film, apps like Procreate, Final Cut Pro, and Adobe Creative Cloud bring your projects to life.
Start coding with Swift Playground. Develop and distribute apps with Xcode. And?develop software and experiences with Docker, PyTorch, and Unity Editor.
Make quick work of your to-do list with AI-powered workflows like ChatGPT integration into Apple?Intelligence and generative AI apps including Adobe?Photoshop.
It’s easy to record your group study sessions on iPad and get a searchable transcript.
Go to the Notes app on your?iPad.
In a note, tap, then tap Record?Audio.
To start the recording, tap.
To take notes while recording, swipe down from the top of the screen.
When you’re done, tap.
To see the transcript, tap.
Note: Spoken words in supported languages are automatically transcribed. If you don’t see , your iPad either doesn’t meet the minimum requirements or doesn’t detect a supported language.
Turn on iPhone Mirroring to see and use what’s on your iPhone from your Mac —?without having to reach for?it — so you can stay focused on your projects.
Hear notes out loud with Speak Selection.
Hear notes out loud with Speak Selection.
Make studying or memorizing easier using a keyboard shortcut that lets you hear your notes out loud at a pace that you choose.
On your Mac, choose Apple menu > System Settings, then click Accessibility in the sidebar. (You may need to scroll down.)
Click Spoken Content.
Turn on “Speak selection.”
To have your Mac start speaking, press the specified keyboard shortcut (the default key combination is Option-Esc).
If you set the option to automatically show the controller, it appears onscreen when your Mac starts speaking. Use the controller to change the speaking rate, move forward or backward one sentence in the text, pause and resume speaking, or stop speaking.
Note: If no text items are available to speak, a sound plays when you press the keyboard shortcut.
To have your Mac stop speaking, press the keyboard shortcut again.
You can set a keyboard shortcut to quickly turn “Speak selection” on or off. Choose Apple menu > System Settings, click Keyboard in the sidebar (you may need to scroll down), click Keyboard Shortcuts, then click Accessibility.
Copy images, video, or text from your iPhone and paste to your nearby Mac with Universal Clipboard — so you can get things done quickly and even capture assignment lists from class.
Multitask on iPad with two apps.
Multitask on iPad with two apps.
Use Split View to work with two apps simultaneously, like referencing a picture in Photos as you draw in Procreate. Or view two windows of the same app, like when you’re working with notes from two different days in class.
Ace the group project with AirDrop.
Ace the group project with AirDrop.
Wirelessly share and receive photos, videos, and documents with nearby Apple devices — perfect for collaborating with your classmates.
Brainstorm with classmates in Freeform.
Brainstorm with classmates in Freeform.
Create a shared whiteboard to plan your ideas for anything from group projects to organizing a volunteer event.
Gather ideas freely. You can put just about any kind of file in a Freeform board — an online whiteboard — without worrying about layouts or page sizes. To create a board, tap?.
Collaborate with others. Tap? to invite people to start working together in real time on a board. You can add sticky notes to conduct a brainstorming session or provide feedback.
Get creative with the drawing tools. Tap? (or just use your Apple Pencil) to start drawing. Adjust the line’s thickness, transparency, color, and more, and pinch to zoom in and out as you work.
Start on one device, keep working on another. The Freeform boards you store in iCloud — and any changes you make to them — stay up to date on all your Apple devices when you’re signed in to the same Apple Account. To use iCloud with Freeform, go to Settings ?> [your?name]?> iCloud?> See All (in the Saved to iCloud section), then turn on Freeform.
Make original art with Apple Pencil.
Make original art with Apple Pencil.
Learn how Hannah, a student at University of Canberra, creates her lifelike drawings.
First, she starts with Apple Pencil as her digital paintbrush, building a sketch. Then she imports into Procreate, where she adds color and texture to create her finished masterpiece.
"I love using Procreate on iPad for my digital illustration work. One of my favorite features on Apple Pencil is the double tap to switch between a brush and the eraser tool — I can make changes and bring drawings to life in a matter of minutes."
— Hannah Pengilly, Secondary Education and Arts
Bring creative projects to life with apps.
Bring creative projects to life with apps.
Discover apps for building professional projects — from creating a photo gallery for fashion class to shooting a documentary or editing a track for jazz studies.
Use Image Wand with Apple Intelligence on iPad to turn a rough sketch into a related image that complements your notes.
Go to the Notes app on your iPad.
Open an existing note or tap? to start a new note.
Tap , create a sketch using your finger or Apple Pencil, then tap Image?Wand.
Circle your sketch, enter a description, then tap?.
Swipe through the created images to find one you like.
Tap? to choose a different style — Animation, Illustration, or Sketch.
To refine your image, tap a description, then edit it. To save it, tap?Done.
Note: Apple?Intelligence is not available on all iPad models or in all languages or regions.7 To access the most recent available features, make sure you’re using the latest version of iPadOS and have Apple?Intelligence turned?on.
Minimize notifications and distractions with Focus. Set a Focus on Mac and it easily syncs across your other Apple devices.
On your Mac, choose Apple menu? > System Settings, then click Focus in the sidebar. (You may need to scroll down.)
Do one of the following:
Add a provided Focus: Click Add Focus, then click a Focus, such as Gaming or Work.
Create a custom Focus: Click Add Focus, then click Custom. Enter a name, select a color and icon, then click OK. For example, you might create a Study Focus. You can create up to ten.
You can also schedule a Focus to turn on or off automatically, customize app behavior, and use Apple Intelligence to show you only the most important notifications.
Play soothing sounds like Rain, Stream, and Balanced Noise from your Mac to help minimize distractions and increase your sense of calm and focus.
On your Mac, choose Apple menu > System Settings, click Accessibility in the sidebar, then click Audio on the right. (You may need to scroll down.)
Go to Background Sounds, turn on “Background sounds,” then set any of the following:
Background sound: Click Choose, then click the name of the sound you want to set as the background sound.
Click next to the name of a sound to download a high-quality version of it to your Mac. You must be connected to the internet.
Background sounds volume: Drag the slider to increase or decrease the volume of the background sound.
Turn off background sounds when your Mac is not in use: Automatically turn off background sounds when your Mac is in sleep, the screen saver is on, or the screen is locked.
Michelle Ayala, Swift Student Challenge 2024 winner
Unsend that email with the typos.
Unsend that email with the typos.
Clicked send to your professor too fast? You can unsend an email in Mail for up to 30 seconds after it’s sent.
In the Mail app on your Mac, click Undo Send at the bottom of the sidebar within 10 seconds of sending an email (or choose Edit > Undo).
Note: To change the amount of time you have to unsend emails or to turn Undo Send off, choose Mail > Settings, click Composing, click the “Undo send delay” pop-up menu, then choose an option.
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