An AirTag for $23 is the smallest purchase here. Amazon takes $250 off both an Apple Watch Ultra 3 with a titanium mesh band and a 13-inch MacBook Air with a 1TB drive.
AirTag (2nd generation)
One tracker
$23 $29
For a single set of keys, one AirTag is enough. Open Find My on your iPhone and play a sound to find them nearby.
At $23, I'd buy singles for up to three bags. Three come to $69. For four bags, the second-generation four-pack that 9to5Mac listed at $80 on November 7 works out to $20 each. Both Ultra watches in this sale also support Precision Finding from the wrist, a reason to pick this year's AirTag over a first-generation one.
AirPods Pro 3
USB-C charging case
$199 $249
Active noise cancellation makes these a good pick for the train. The earbuds and their charging case slip into a coat pocket.
Apple added noise cancellation to the $129 open-ear AirPods 5 in September. Even on sale, the Pros cost $70 more than that pair's list price. I'd pay the difference for silicone tips only if they stay put. In a side-by-side test on a flight, the reviewer found that the Pro tips worked loose while the open AirPods 5 stayed put.
AirPods Max 2
Starlight finish
$449 $549
For anyone who dislikes in-ear tips, the Max offer noise cancellation in an over-ear design. Even on sale, they cost $250 more than the Pro earbuds.
I'd wait on the Starlight pair if you can hold out until Black Friday. MacRumors recorded $399 in all five colors in June and $429 in October. Even in Starlight, today's $100 discount leaves these $50 above the June price.
Apple Watch Ultra 3
Black titanium · Medium Milanese Loop
$649 $899
The titanium mesh band is part of this $250 discount. This previous-generation Ultra costs $50.99 less than the newer watch below.
The $649 Ultra 3 isn't the cheapest way into this generation. On November 7, Best Buy had the same generation in black titanium with an Ocean Band for $549. If you'd swap the Milanese Loop for a sports band on day one, that's $100 you could keep.
Apple Watch Ultra 4
Black titanium · Large Alpine Loop
$699.99 $799
This 49mm Ultra pairs a black case with a burgundy fabric band. The linked offer is for the Large band, so check the fit before ordering.
One reason to spend the extra $50.99 over the Ultra 3 above is a weekend away from a charger. Apple rates the Ultra 4 for up to 50 hours of normal use, up from 42 on the Ultra 3. The September model also introduced the new health sensors that take a heart-rate reading every five seconds outside a workout.
M6 Mac mini
16GB memory · 512GB SSD
$949 $1,099
Already have a display and keyboard? This desktop gets you the M6 chip and twice the storage of the entry-level mini, with $150 off list.
The 512GB mini was $949.99 during October's Prime Day sale. November beats that by just 99 cents. What would sway me toward this configuration is the M6 mini's soldered storage. You can't swap in a larger module later as you could on the M4, and in disk tests the 256GB M6 ran at roughly half the speed of the 512GB model.
13-inch M5 MacBook Air
16GB memory · 1TB SSD
$1,349 $1,599
If photos are filling your current laptop, this Starlight model gives you a full terabyte of local storage. The $250 discount applies to this 13-inch configuration.
The $250 saving is measured against today's list price. In June, 9to5Mac found the same 16GB and 1TB configuration from $1,149, a full $200 below this offer. In this weekend's sale, the 15-inch M5 Air with 16GB and 512GB was listed at $1,299. If you'd use the bigger screen every day and leave half the terabyte empty, the larger Air costs $50 less.
I checked these U.S. prices at Amazon on November 8 after reading the early sale roundups from 9to5Mac and MacRumors. Each button opens the specific configuration I checked.
