Apple MacBook Air 13-inch with M5 Chip, 512GB/16GB (Silver)

MacBook Air with the M5 chip brings blazing-fast speed and powerful AI capabilities into an incredibly portable design. With Apple Intelligence 1 , up to 18 hours of battery life 2 and fast SSD storage, you can work, create and play anywhere life takes you.

Key Features

Supercharged by M5

With its faster CPU and unified memory, M5 delivers even more performance and fluidity across apps, making multitasking and creative workflows smooth and responsive. A powerful Neural Engine and next-generation GPU with Neural Accelerators give you an impressive platform for AI.

Apple Intelligence

Apple Intelligence is the personal intelligence system that helps you write, express yourself and get things done effortlessly. With groundbreaking privacy protections, it gives you peace of mind that no-one else can access your data — not even Apple. 1

Up to 18 hours of battery life 2

MacBook Air delivers incredible battery life with amazing performance, so you can power through a full day of work or class without worrying about plugging in.

A brilliant 13.6-inch display 3

The Liquid Retina display supports 1 billion colours. Photos and videos pop with rich contrast and sharp detail, and text appears incredibly crisp.

12MP Center Stage camera

Automatically stay in frame during video calls with Centre Stage, or share a top-down view of your workspace with Desk View. And with a three-mic array and four-speaker sound system with Spatial Audio and Dolby Atmos, everything sounds great.

Connect it all

MacBook Air features two Thunderbolt 4 ports, a MagSafe charging port and a headphone jack — as well as the Apple N1 chip for Wi-Fi 7 4 and Bluetooth® 6. And it supports up to two external displays.

MacOS runs Apps fast

All your go-to apps run lightning-fast in macOS, including built-in apps like FaceTime and Messages. 5 Plus, built-in virus protection and free software updates help keep your Mac running smoothly and securely.

If you love iPhone, you’ll love Mac

Mac works like magic with your other Apple devices. View and control what’s on your iPhone from your Mac with iPhone Mirroring. 6 Copy something on iPhone and paste it on Mac. Send texts with Messages from your Mac, or use your Mac to answer FaceTime calls. 5

Legal

1 Apple Intelligence is available in beta. Some features may not be available in all regions or languages. For feature and language availability, and system requirements, see support.apple.com/121115.

2 Testing conducted by Apple in January 2026 using preproduction 13-inch MacBook Air systems with Apple M5, 10-core CPU and 8-core GPU, and preproduction 15-inch MacBook Air systems with Apple M5, 10-core CPU and 10-core GPU, all configured with 16GB of unified memory and 512GB SSD. Wireless web battery life tested by browsing 25 popular websites while connected to Wi-Fi. Video streaming battery life tested with 1080p content in Safari while connected to Wi-Fi. All systems tested with display brightness set to eight clicks from the bottom and keyboard backlight off. Battery life varies by use and configuration; see apple.com/au/batteries for more information.

3 Screen size is measured diagonally. The display on the 13-inch MacBook Air has rounded corners at the top. When measured as a standard rectangular shape, the screen is 13.6 inches diagonally (actual viewable area is less).

4 Wi‑Fi 7 available in countries and regions where supported.

5 FaceTime calling requires a FaceTime‑enabled device for the caller and recipient, and a Wi‑Fi connection.

6 Available on Mac computers with Apple silicon and Intel-based Mac computers with a T2 Security Chip. Requires that your iPhone and Mac are signed in with the same Apple Account using two-factor authentication, your iPhone and Mac are near each other and have Bluetooth and Wi-Fi turned on, and your Mac is not using AirPlay or Sidecar. Some iPhone features (such as camera and microphone) are not compatible with iPhone Mirroring.

Technical specifications

Go to apple.com/au/macbook-air/specs for a complete set.