{"id":1000544,"date":"2026-04-01T11:10:58","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T05:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=1000544"},"modified":"2026-04-01T11:10:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T05:40:58","slug":"apple-has-added-this-mac-laptop-and-ipad-to-its-obsolete-list-what-this-means-for-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/04\/01\/apple-has-added-this-mac-laptop-and-ipad-to-its-obsolete-list-what-this-means-for-users\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple has added this Mac laptop and iPad to its \u2018obsolete\u2019 list: What this means for users"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple has officially added the 13-inch MacBook Air (2017) and iPad mini 4 to its list of obsolete and vintage products, marking the end of official service support for these widely used devices. As of Match 31, 2026, the iPad mini 4 is now classified as obsolete, while the 2017 MacBook Air is considered vintage. This means that the MacBook Air users will not able able to receive hardware repairs for the iPad mini 4, and MacBook Air will only be offered if parts are still available.<\/p>\n<p>What obsolete and vintage mean<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple has officially added the 13-inch MacBook Air (2017) and iPad mini 4 to its list of obsolete and vintage products, marking the end of official service support for these widely used devices. As of Match 31, 2026, the iPad mini 4 is now classified as obsolete, while the 2017 MacBook Air is considered vintage. This means that the MacBook Air users will not able able to receive hardware repairs for the iPad mini 4, and MacBook Air will only be offered if parts are still available. What obsolete and vintage mean<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,88,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1000544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-telecom-the-times-of-india","category-the-times-of-india"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1000544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1000544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1000544\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1000544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1000544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1000544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}