Apple is sidelining its high-end Mac Pro desktop, with no significant update expected in 2026 as the company shifts its focus to the Mac Studio, according to a newsletter from Mark Gurman. The Mac Pro did not receive the M3 Ultra chip earlier this year, and Apple has reportedly already canceled plans for an M4 Ultra processor and a Mac Pro to support it.

The next high-end desktop chip will be the M5 Ultra, but so far, Apple is only focused on bringing that processor to a new Mac Studio. That plan aligns with earlier reports that M5-powered versions of the Mac mini and Mac Studio are planned for 2026.

The Mac Pro has had a troubled history since its controversial 2013 "trash can" redesign, a model that Apple executives later admitted backed the company into a "thermal corner" that made upgrades nearly impossible. After apologizing for that design, the company returned to a more traditional tower in 2019 and pledged that the Mac Pro would be updated regularly.

That did not happen, with the next major update not arriving until 2023 with the M2 Ultra. The Mac Studio has since overshadowed the desktop, receiving the M3 Ultra chip this year while the Mac Pro did not. According to Gurman, the sentiment inside Apple is that the company has largely written off the Mac Pro, with the Mac Studio now representing both the present and future of its professional desktop strategy.

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