The aforementioned iPad mini, of course (plus likely the 11th-gen iPad ), but also new versions of several important Mac lines. And the one that could turn the October event into a genuine extravaganza—the kind of extravaganza that Glowtime was not—is the new Mac mini.

Rumors have been swirling for weeks that Apple’s Mac mini is set for a major overhaul, but until now everything has been unofficial. We may have just got our first hint of an official confirmation, though,

Apple has seemingly leaked the rumored next-generation Mac mini with five USB-C ports, according to a code change within Apple software that

Apple appears to have leaked the existence of the M4 Mac mini with 5 USB-C ports in a software update this week.

The Mac mini was first introduced in 2005 and underwent its first major redesign in 2010, switching to a unibody aluminum enclosure and ditching the optical drive. That same footprint has been the basis of the Mac mini for the last 14 years,

With the M4 Mac mini, Apple could phase out USB type-A ports, replacing them with more USB-C ports, according to the reports: Technology news