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MacBook Air (11-inch, Early 2014)

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Price
£7492launch price
Chip
Core i51.4GHz dual-core Intel
CPU
2-coreCPU
GPU
Not available3GPU
Memory
4GBmemory, base
Storage
128GBstorage, base
Display
11.6-inchdisplay
Battery life
Up to9 hrsvideo playback, claimed
Released
29 April 20142Released
Security updates
2 February 20264Security updates ended

Each figure is from the source marked1 unless it carries its own number.

300 mm192 mm3–17 mm
Drawn to scale from the published dimensions below: the footprint from above with the closed height beneath it. Outline only — the corner radius is our drawing convention, not a measurement. Apple states the height as a range, 3–17 mm; the bar is drawn at the thick end, up to 17 mm.

Specifications

Body

Dimensions
3–17 x 300 x 192 mm
Weight
1.08 kg
Ports
Two USB 3 ports (up to 5 Gbps), Thunderbolt port (up to 10 Gbps), MagSafe 2 power port, headphone port
Thunderbolt ports
1
Thunderbolt version
Thunderbolt
USB-A ports
2
HDMI
No HDMI port.5
SD card slot
No SD card slot.5
Headphone jack
Yes
MagSafe
Yes
Keyboard
Full-size backlit keyboard
Touch ID
No Touch ID.5

Display

Display size
11.6 in
Resolution
1366 x 768
Display type
LED-backlit glossy widescreen display

Chip and memory

Chip
1.4GHz dual-core Intel Core i5
Apple silicon
Intel processor, not Apple silicon.6
CPU cores
2
Graphics
Intel HD Graphics 5000
Chip options
1.4GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 or 1.7GHz dual-core Intel Core i7
Memory (base)
4GB
Memory (maximum)
8GB
Memory options
4GB or 8GB
Memory upgradeable by user
No, as Apple documents7
Storage (base)
128GB
Storage (maximum)
512GB
Storage options
128GB, 256GB or 512GB

Battery and power

Battery capacity
38 Wh
Rated charge cycles
1,000 cycles8
Video playback (claimed)
9 h
Wireless web (claimed)
9 h
Included power adapter
45 W
Fast charging
No fast charging.5

Connectivity

Wi-Fi
802.11ac Wi-Fi
Bluetooth
4.0
Ethernet
No Ethernet port.5
External displays (base)
1

Camera and audio

Camera
720p FaceTime HD camera
Speakers
Stereo speakers
Microphones
Dual microphones

Platform

Newest macOS
macOS Big Sur9
Model identifier
MacBookAir6,19
Part numbers
MD711xx/B, MD712xx/B10
Model year
2014

Software support

Feature updates until
Not available11
endoflife.date lists security support for Big Sur as ended
2 February 20264
Basis
endoflife.date’s listed end of security support for Big Sur12

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What changed

Ports
Two USB 3 ports (up to 5 Gbps), Thunderbolt port (up to 10 Gbps), MagSafe 2 power port, headphone port MacBook Air (11-inch, Early 2014)Two USB 3 ports (up to 5 Gbps), Thunderbolt 2 port (up to 20 Gbps), MagSafe 2 power port, 3.5 mm headphone jack MacBook Air (11-inch, Early 2015)
Chip
1.4GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 MacBook Air (11-inch, Early 2014)1.6GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 MacBook Air (11-inch, Early 2015)
Video playback (claimed)
9 h MacBook Air (11-inch, Early 2014)10 h MacBook Air (11-inch, Early 2015)

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Comparisons

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Sources

  1. Apple Support (UK) — MacBook Air (11-inch, Early 2014) - Technical Specifications · Default for MacBook Air (11-inch, Early 2014) · Apple’s figure · read 15 Sep 2026

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  2. Apple Newsroom (UK) — Apple Updates MacBook Air · Apple’s figure · read 15 Sep 2026

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  3. Not published by Apple. Pages checked: Apple Support (UK) — MacBook Air (11-inch, Early 2014) - Technical Specifications; Apple Support (UK) — Identify your MacBook Air model; Apple Newsroom (UK) — Apple Updates MacBook Air. Read 9 Oct 2026

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  4. endoflife.date — Apple macOS · third-party figure · read 2 Oct 2026

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  5. No HDMI port. No SD card slot. No Touch ID. No fast charging. No Ethernet port. Checked: Apple Support (UK) — MacBook Air (11-inch, Early 2014) - Technical Specifications. Read 9 Oct 2026

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  6. Intel processor, not Apple silicon. Checked: Apple Support (UK) — MacBook Air (11-inch, Early 2014) - Technical Specifications. Read 15 Sep 2026

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  7. Apple Support (UK) — MacBook Pro: how to remove or install memory · Apple’s figure · read 18 Oct 2026

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  8. Apple Support (UK) — Determine battery cycle count for Mac laptops · Apple’s figure · read 15 Oct 2026

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  9. Apple Support (UK) — Identify your MacBook Air model · Apple’s figure · read 15 Sep 2026

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  10. Apple Support (UK) — Identify your MacBook Air model · Apple’s figure · read 18 Oct 2026

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  11. Feature updates: end date not published by Apple. Checked: endoflife.date. Read 2 Oct 2026

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  12. This is endoflife.date’s cycle end for Big Sur, not necessarily the day of Apple’s last patch. The newest macOS Apple lists this Mac for is macOS Big Sur. endoflife.date records security updates for Big Sur as ended on 2 February 2026. Source: endoflife.date. Read 2 Oct 2026

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Not published by Apple

MacBook Air (11-inch, Early 2014). Apple doesn’t publish for this Mac: colours, pixel density, brightness, refresh rate, wide colour (P3), nano-texture option, GPU cores, storage upgradeable by user, the macOS it shipped with. Geekbench 7: the Mac chart has no entry for this Mac, so no figures are shown (chart read 10 Oct 2026). Pages checked: Apple Support (UK) — MacBook Air (11-inch, Early 2014) - Technical Specifications; Apple Support (UK) — Identify your MacBook Air model; Apple Newsroom (UK) — Apple Updates MacBook Air, read 9 Oct 2026.