Apple confirmed to 9to5Mac on Thursday that the Mac Pro is being discontinued — and not just for a refresh cycle. Apple said it has no plans to produce future Mac Pro hardware, permanently removing the product from its lineup.

The Mac Pro has been removed from Apple's website. Its buy page now redirects to the Mac homepage, where all references to the product have been stripped.

The Mac Studio Takes Over

The current Mac Pro had been stranded since 2023, when Apple equipped it with the M2 Ultra chip without updating its 2019 chassis. Meanwhile, the Mac Studio — a smaller, more modern desktop — launched with the M3 Ultra last year, rendering the Mac Pro redundant at its $6,999 starting price.

Apple's desktop lineup now consists of three machines: the 24-inch iMac with M4, the Mac mini with M4 and M4 Pro, and the Mac Studio. The Mac Studio is now Apple's highest-end desktop option.

End of an Era

The Mac Pro traces its roots to Apple's Power Mac line from 1994. Its turbulent modern history includes the 2013 "trash can" cylindrical design, which Apple later admitted was thermally constrained and unupgradable — leading to a public apology to pro users in 2017. The 2019 redesign restored a tower form factor with PCIe expansion slots, but the Mac Pro never returned to mainstream relevance.

The Mac Studio's ability to cluster via RDMA over Thunderbolt 5 — introduced in macOS Tahoe 26.2 — made the Mac Pro's PCIe expansion advantage moot for most workloads.