Apple’s press release for a new Mac Studio model first states that it has a “next-generation SSD architecture built on PCIe Gen 6,” but that reference is later removed from the company’s Mac Studio materials. Multiple outlets report the change after the initial announcement.
MacGeneration is cited as spotting the edit, and Macworld says the PCIe Gen 6 wording was removed from Apple press releases for the UK, Germany, and Japan, while a PCIe 6 reference reportedly remains in Apple France at the time of reporting. Macworld also notes that archived copies of the U.S. press release captured by the Internet Archive include the PCIe Gen 6 line early on the announcement date, but a later capture shows the release revised without the PCIe Gen 6 mention. MacRumors similarly frames the update as likely correcting an error, arguing the machine more plausibly supports PCIe Gen 5 because related M5 Max-equipped MacBook Pro models use PCIe 5.0 SSDs.
While Apple does not publicly specify the SSD’s PCIe generation in the revised text, the updated materials keep a claim of “next-generation” SSD performance, including “up to twice as fast” speeds versus the prior generation, and describe the storage as faster for tasks such as project loading and large model (LLM) workloads.
