OLED MacBook Pro release date: when it arrives

Pre-orders opened 28 October 2026. Deliveries and Apple Store sales start Friday, 6 November. The models, and what to do before the Mac arrives.

30 October 20265 min read

The OLED MacBook Pro arrives on Friday, 6 November 2026. Pre-orders opened on 28 October on apple.com/store and in the Apple Store app, in 30 countries and regions including the US. Deliveries and in-store availability both start on 6 November.

Apple's name for it is MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display. It is the Mac with the Dynamic Island and a touch screen. This post covers the dates, the configurations you can order, and a short list of things to do in the week before it shows up, so the day itself goes smoothly.

The dates

Announced: 28 October 2026, during Apple's "Pro and Tell" event week.
Pre-orders: open since 28 October.
Deliveries and Apple Store availability: Friday, 6 November 2026.

If you order now, 6 November is the date Apple is working to. Delivery estimates for a particular configuration can differ, and Apple's order page shows yours. The 14-inch MacBook Pro with M6, the mini-LED model with a notch, also goes on sale on 6 November, so the same day brings the other Mac people are weighing it against.

What you can order

Apple sells the OLED model in two sizes and with two chips.

Sizes: 14-inch and 16-inch. The screens measure 14.2 and 16.3 inches diagonally.
Chips: M5 Pro or M5 Max.
Memory: up to 128GB of unified memory.
Storage: up to 16TB.
Colors: silver or space black.
Glass: standard, or the nano-texture option, which is etched into the cover glass. An antireflective coating is standard either way.

Apple's configurator shows which combinations of chip, memory and storage go together, so build yours there. The OLED model costs more than the comparable mini-LED one, and the configurator has the exact figures.

Will stores have it on day one

Apple says in-store availability starts on 6 November. It hasn't said how many units each store will have. If you want a particular configuration, order ahead and pick it up or have it delivered. If you just want to look at the screen and try Touch, a store visit after 6 November is the way.

Pre-order or wait

Pre-ordering gets you in the queue for 6 November. Waiting for a store visit lets you see the screen and try Touch before you commit. Both are reasonable. If you are choosing between sizes or against the M6 model, the store visit is worth the extra days, because those differences are easiest to judge by eye. If you already know what you want, order it, and read Apple's return policy for your country before you do.

One thing to avoid: don't sell or wipe your current Mac until the new one has arrived, been set up and checked. A delivery date is an estimate, and a laptop sale that falls through can leave you with nothing to work on.

What to do before it arrives

A week is enough for the whole list. Do these in order.

Back up the Mac you have

Plug in a drive and let Time Machine finish one full backup, then another a day later so it is current. Set up Time Machine backups walks through it. A recent backup is also what you can move over to the new Mac, so it is not a spare job. Check that the backup actually finished before you move on.

If Notchpals is on the Mac you have now, Biscuit, the hamster in its Schedule area, turns up on weekday evenings between 6 and 7:30 to suggest wrapping up. In the week before a new Mac, that is a good moment to check the day's backup finished.

Biscuit, Schedule: **Wrap up**, 6:00 to 7:30 PM on weekdays

Pick your migration plan

You have three choices when you set the new Mac up: move everything from a Time Machine backup, move it across directly from the old Mac, or start fresh. Moving everything is quickest and keeps your apps and settings. Starting fresh is cleaner but takes longer. The steps are in moving to a new MacBook with Migration Assistant. Whichever you choose, the old Mac stays untouched until you are sure the new one has everything.

Decide what happens to the old Mac

Trade it in, sell it, hand it down or keep it. Don't wipe it before the new Mac is set up and checked. What to do with your old MacBook covers the order: back up, sign out of your Apple Account, turn off Find My, then erase.

Make a few notes

Write down which apps will want you to sign in again on a new Mac, and make sure you know those passwords.
List the software licenses you rely on. Some move with you; some need to be deactivated on the old Mac first.
Delete what you don't need from the old Mac before you migrate, so you don't carry it across.

What to expect on day one

The Mac ships with macOS Golden Gate, which brings Siri AI, still in beta, alongside the Dynamic Island. Apple hasn't said which Golden Gate features depend on the new hardware; the island is the only one it ties to this Mac. Nobody outside Apple has used the Mac for long, so if a detail matters to you, wait for the first reviews before you decide.

Apple's battery figure of up to 24 hours comes from its own tests in September 2026 and varies with use and configuration. Fast charging fills about half the battery in 30 minutes, which helps on a long first day of setting things up.

If you are buying in another country

Pre-orders are open in 30 countries and regions, including the US. Apple's page for your own country shows whether it is on the list, the delivery estimate and the options available there. If yours isn't listed, the Mac isn't on sale there yet, and Apple hasn't said when it will be.

What Apple hasn't said

A few details were still open on 30 October: how big the Dynamic Island is, whether it can be hidden, how it acts when an app is full screen, and whether Touch can be turned off. If any of those decides your purchase, wait for hands-on reviews after 6 November. The date itself is settled; the details will follow.