The Apple Silicon M4 was launched in May 2024. For the first time, Apple’s new M series debuted not in a Mac but in an iPad, the seventh generation of the iPad Pro. Mac fans will have been waiting nearly six months for an M4 MacBook when the laptops hit the shelves in November.

Rumors have been swirling of a MacBook Pro M4 release, but before you get too excited, it's tough to say if they are true. Here's what you need to know.

Gurman called the potential leak “unprecedented,” a sentiment echoed by leaker ShrimpApplePro, who writes that “some seller” claimed to have 200 MacBook Pros in stock. “This is probably the biggest warehouse leakage I’ve ever seen,” they wrote. ShrimpApplePro had also posted some images last month of apparently leaked 14-inch MacBook Pro packaging: