Should I upgrade my MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014)?
12 years old · Not on the current macOS; endoflife.date lists Big Sur security support as ended 2 February 2026
Quick look
- Price
- £9992launch price
- Chip
- Core i52.6GHz dual-core Intel
- CPU
- 2-coreCPU
- GPU
- Not available3GPU
- Memory
- 8GBmemory, base
- Storage
- 128GBstorage, base
- Display
- 13.3-inchdisplay
- Battery life
- Up to9 hrsvideo playback, claimed
- Released
- 29 July 20144Released
- Security updates
- 2 February 20265Security updates ended
Each figure is from the source marked1 unless it carries its own number.
Software support
- Security updates
- Not available6
- macOS
- macOS Big Sur, not the current macOSThe MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014) is not on the current macOS (macOS 27 Golden Gate); the newest it runs is macOS Big Sur. endoflife.date lists security support for Big Sur as ended on 2 February 2026.
No newer Mac with a store price we hold
We hold no Apple UK store price for any Mac in the MacBook Pro 13-inch line, so this page names no newer Mac to set the MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014) against. That is a gap in what we hold, not a statement about what Apple sells.
Specifications
Body
- Dimensions
- 18 x 314 x 219 mm
- Weight
- 1.57 kg
- Ports
- MagSafe 2 power port, two Thunderbolt 2 ports (up to 20 Gbps), two USB 3 ports (up to 5 Gbps), HDMI port, Headphone port, SDXC card slot
- Thunderbolt ports
- 2
- Thunderbolt version
- Thunderbolt 2
- USB-A ports
- 2
- HDMI
- HDMI port
- SD card slot
- Yes
- Headphone jack
- Yes
- MagSafe
- Yes
- Keyboard
- Full-size backlit keyboard with 78 (U.S.) or 79 (ISO) keys, including 12 function keys and 4 arrow keys (inverted T arrangement)
- Touch ID
- No Touch ID.7
Display
- Display size
- 13.3 in
- Resolution
- 2560 x 1600
- Pixel density
- 227 ppi
- Display type
- Retina display
Chip and memory
- Chip
- 2.6GHz dual-core Intel Core i5
- Apple silicon
- Intel processor, not Apple silicon.8
- CPU cores
- 2
- Graphics
- Intel Iris Graphics
- Chip options
- 2.6GHz dual-core Intel Core i5, Turbo Boost up to 3.1GHz; 2.8GHz dual-core Intel Core i5, Turbo Boost up to 3.3GHz; configurable to 3.0GHz dual-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 3.5GHz
- Memory (base)
- 8GB
- Memory (maximum)
- 16GB
- Memory options
- 8GB or 16GB
- Memory upgradeable by user
- No, as Apple documents9
- Storage (base)
- 128GB
- Storage (maximum)
- 1TB
- Storage options
- 128GB, 256GB, 512GB or 1TB
Battery and power
Connectivity
- Wi-Fi
- 802.11ac Wi-Fi wireless networking; IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n compatible
- Bluetooth
- 4.0
- Ethernet
- No Ethernet port.7
- External displays (base)
- 2
Camera and audio
- Camera
- 720p FaceTime HD camera
- Speakers
- Stereo speakers
- Microphones
- Dual microphones
Platform
Trade-in and used prices
No used or trade-in figures for the MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014): we have not matched it to a CeX listing we can confirm is this exact Mac, and we would rather show nothing than a near miss.
More
Sources
Apple Support (UK) — MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014) - Technical Specifications ·
↩Apple Newsroom (UK) — Apple Updates MacBook Pro with Retina Display ·
↩Not published by Apple.
↩Apple Newsroom (UK) — Apple Updates MacBook Pro with Retina Display ·
↩endoflife.date — Apple macOS ·
↩Apple publishes no end date of its own; the date in the macOS row is endoflife.date’s record, not Apple’s.
↩No Touch ID. No fast charging. No Ethernet port.
↩Intel processor, not Apple silicon.
↩Apple Support (UK) — MacBook Pro: how to remove or install memory ·
↩Apple Support (UK) — Determine battery cycle count for Mac laptops ·
↩Apple Newsroom (UK) — Apple Updates MacBook Pro with Retina Display ·
↩Apple Support (UK) — Identify your MacBook Pro model ·
↩Apple Support (UK) — Identify your MacBook Pro model ·
↩Geekbench Browser (Primate Labs) ·
↩Feature updates: end date not published by Apple.
↩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.
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Not published by Apple
MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014). Apple doesn’t publish for this Mac: colours, brightness, refresh rate, wide colour (P3), nano-texture option, GPU cores, storage upgradeable by user. Geekbench 7 Metal: the Mac chart has no Metal score for this Mac (chart read 10 Oct 2026). Pages checked: Apple Support (UK) — MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014) - Technical Specifications; Identify your MacBook Pro model; Apple Newsroom (UK) — Apple Updates MacBook Pro with Retina Display, read 9 Oct 2026.
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