Apple Shares Spooky 'Mac to School' Ads Highlighting AirDrop and More

Monday May 12, 2025 6:54 am PDT by Joe Rossignol

Apple today shared a trio of spooky "Mac to School" ads on its YouTube channels.

The videos highlight three useful Mac features for students, including AirDrop, iPhone Mirroring, and Apple Intelligence's Writing Tools.

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AirDrop lets you quickly wirelessly transfer files between Apple devices, while iPhone Mirroring lets you control your iPhone from your Mac's desktop. Writing Tools can proofread and summarize your writing, and even generate text via ChatGPT.

Apple has also revamped the College Students page on its website in multiple countries.

"No matter what you study, ace it with Mac and iPad," the updated page says. "Count on superspeed, long battery life, and devices that work together easily — from your first class to graduation and beyond."

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Top Rated Comments

WestonHarvey1

20 months ago

I'm confused. It's not Halloween and school is ending, not starting.

Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)

TexStones

20 months ago

But Halloween isn't the only time for 'scary' content… 👻

And school isn't ending for at least another couple of months here in the UK, so I suppose this is getting ahead of customers shopping for new computers ready for the next academic year – as someone else posted. Also, school terms vary around the planet, so that can be a factor.

Former Apple EDU exec here, at one time I was intimately involved in these BTS discussions. This is exactly correct, the back-to-school purchasing season arrives with graduation, both at the high school and college levels. Graduating high school students often receive a college-appropriate Mac as a grad gift, while graduating college seniors often purchase a new system using the last of their EDU pricing eligibility.

As others have noted, the academic calendar varies widely across the globe, and even within single countries. As an example there are colleges in the US that have already held graduation for the spring term, and there are colleges that will not end classes until late June. Grad season and back to school are a season, not a single point in time. The purchasing mania ends abruptly just before class begins in each geography.

Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)

shenfrey

20 months ago