Studio Display XDR price change, more
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🗓️ 2 April 2026
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Stories discussed in this episode:
- VESA Studio Display XDR customers will receive refund following price drop
- Apple drops price of Studio Display XDR without stand option by $400
- Leaker says there's no back to black for the iPhone 18 Pro
- Apple just changed AirTag 2’s anti-stalking feature
- Apple pulls the plug on all payments in Russia following government diktat
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to 9 to 5 Mac Daily for Thursday, April 2nd, 2026. |
| 0:07.4 | I'm your host, Chance Miller. |
| 0:09.6 | We are sponsored this week by Backblaze. |
| 0:13.6 | Leading off today, the new Studio Display XDR has gotten a rare Apple price drop if you picked the option without the stand included. |
| 0:22.6 | The Studio Display XDR launched last month with a starting price of $3299. |
| 0:28.8 | What was weird about that price is that it was the same, whether you opted for Apple's tilt-adjustable |
| 0:34.2 | stand or the model with a vase amount. |
| 0:37.5 | With a vase-mount, you can then go out and get your own stand and attach it to your liking. |
| 0:42.3 | It didn't make sense, and now Apple has quietly updated the pricing to make the vase amount option of the Studio Display XDR $400 cheaper. |
| 0:51.6 | So the vase amount version is now $2899, and the version with Apple stand is still $3299. |
| 0:59.3 | Clearly, it must cost Apple significantly less to manufacture the Vase Amount option than the model with the included stand. |
| 1:06.4 | So again, it was pretty weird that this wasn't the case from the start. |
| 1:10.6 | Regardless of the reason, though, a 12% price drop in less than a month after launch is an incredibly rare occurrence for any Apple product in any situation. |
| 1:19.8 | And if you already bought the Studio Display XDR with a vase amount, you will be getting a full refund for that $400. |
| 1:27.7 | You can either talk to Apple support and manually request the refund, or it will be |
| 1:33.1 | refunded automatically to the card on which you placed the purchase. |
| 1:37.5 | We are sponsored this week by Backblaze. |
| 1:40.1 | If you travel with your MacBook, you're carrying your digital life with you. |
| 1:44.7 | ICloud keeps your files in sync across devices while Time Machine protects you locally. |
| 1:50.1 | But what if while you're traveling, your MacBook is lost or damaged? |
| 1:53.7 | Would you have an off-site backup? |
| 1:55.8 | Well, Backblaze runs automatically and creates a separate backup of your entire Mac in the cloud, including external |
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