Apple Removes More Mac Mini and Mac Studio Models From Sale, as CEO Tim Cook Warns It 'May Take Several Months to Reach Supply Demand Balance'

Apple removes more Mac mini and Mac Studio models from sale, as CEO Tim Cook warns it 'may take several months to reach supply demand balance'

Apple is taking more Mac mini and Mac Studio models off the shelves to try and weather the memory shortage.

Mac Studio M3 Ultra loses 512GB & 256GB configs, while Mac mini price jumps $200 as cheapest model removed

Last Updated on May 7, 2026 The ongoing global memory shortage is now starting to affect Apple hardware. The company has quietly removed several higher-end RAM and storage configurations for both the Mac Studio and Mac mini, likely as part of an effort to manage the limited memory supply. One of the biggest changes affects ...

Apple removes additional Mac Studio and Mac mini memory configs as shortage worsens

Apple’s M4 Mac mini’s thermals are designed for maximum performance Apple has removed additional desktop Mac models from its online store amid the ongoing global memory shortage. Mac mini configurations with 32GB and 64GB of RAM are no longer available, and the M3 Ultra Mac Studio with 256GB of memory has also been pulled from sale. The M3 Ultra Mac Studio is now only offered in a 96GB memory configuration, with all higher-tier options eliminate…

Apple removes its 256GB Mac Studio M3 Ultra from sale

Apple has removed all RAM upgrade options for the Mac Studio M3 Ultra from sale Apple has officially removed its high-memory Mac Studio M3 Ultra models from sale, limiting the device to 96GB of unified memory. In March, Apple removed its 512GB configuration from sale, and now the Mac Studio M3 Ultra 256GB option has […] The post Apple removes its 256GB Mac Studio M3 Ultra from sale appeared first on OC3D.

Apple cuts more Mac options amid ongoing memory shortages

Macworld The ongoing memory shortage means even companies as large and powerful as Apple need to adapt. High allocations of RAM are becoming more and more difficult to offer, and it’s been noticed that several more configurations of the Mac Studio and Mac mini have dropped off the store. As spotted this week by MacRumors, it’s no longer possible to buy the M3 Ultra Mac Studio from the U.S. Apple webstore with 256GB of RAM; you now have to settl…