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Missing memory? an area on clamshell logic board where onboard memory was never added
Hi. Longtime, but occasional reader here. So I've owned a couple of Rev. C clamshells (an indigo and a 466 key lime) over the last dozen years. With the latter, I restored it partially earlier this year — adding a 128GB SSD, a DVD-RW (which mates to the original bezel), and an LG XGA 1024x768...- B S Magnet
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- clamshell hardware hacks ibook ibook g3 ibook g3 clamshell logic board memory motherboard rev. c
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- Forum: PowerPC Macs
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Safari consumes too much memory - per Apple.
Safari has been flashing the following warning for months about certain webpages, including Macrumors, and it often freezes! The entire computer freezes sometimes. This continues to happen even with 12. "This webpage is using significant memory. Closing it may improve the responsiveness of your...- KPandian1
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- memory safari 12
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- Forum: Mac Basics, Help and Buying Advice
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iPhone X Internal Space Management
Hey all, just for the first time ever since owing a iphone, i was alerted that i had no internal space on my phone and i went to check my space and I have this. What could possible be taking up this much space, I have everything set to save to the cloud. I edited the screenshot to fit but as you...- ManOnFire75
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- iphone x iphone x max memory
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- Forum: iPhone
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Safari is eating all my memory, why?
Hello there, I am trying to figure out what is going on with my macbook pro 2014. I have 8gb of ram, and just having safari open with 5 tabs, i have 65mb of ram free according to memory cleaner. I just reinstalled the OS a few months ago and i can't think of any reason why i have no memory... -
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Upgrade for more RAM
Hello everybody, I am new to this discussion forum and I have to confess not a very technically inclined person hence the reason for me posting the below dilemma: I have a 21.5 inch iMac that was purchased in 2012 but dates from mid 2011. It has 4GB, 1333 MHz DDR3 and the processor is a 2,7...- Jonathan_Hill
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- hardware acceleration memory processor speed processor upgrade ram speed
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- Forum: iMac
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iOS Memory Bug?
I have had a weird bug this morning... my iPhone X memory was suddenly full and kept freezing when I was trying to turn the alarm off.... I decided to restart the phone and it basically bricked it and was stuck on the apple logo. Ive put it in recovery mode and im in the process of doing a full... -
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Does My iMac Use Too Much RAM?
Hi there, I have a late 2012, 27 inch iMac, with a 3TB fusion drive and 32GB of RAM. I'm only using around 650GB of my Hard Drive's storage and rarely, if ever, push the limits of my RAM. I also keep my files fairly organised and regularly scan for viruses and malware. I should also note that...- jamesr94
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- finder hard drive imac memory ram slow
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- Forum: Mac Basics, Help and Buying Advice
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Mixing Ram Sizes in 2017?
Hi All, I'm currently looking for RAM to add to my Late 2017 iMac. It currently has 8 gigs and i'm looking to add another 16 gigs and total it out at 24 gigs of ram. So we're looking at two 4 GB chips and two 8 GB chips after this is done. One of my co-workers who is smarter than I am... -
The Current Confusing Case of My iMac
This is my first post to MacRumors, and I wanted to see if I could pick some brains here to see if anyone else either had this issue or knows what is causing this issue. A word on me and this post: I tend to write a lot; I don't want to leave out details when I am attempting to dissect and/or... -
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Macbook Pro Memory compatibility
Hey everyone, I'm new here and I really considering upgrade my macbook pro mid 2012 A1278 memory. But I'm having a hard time trying to find a compatible memory. I recently found one with these specifications: Brand: Kingston Model: KVR16LS11/8 Memory modules: 1X 8GB Capacity: 8 GB Type of...- unkinkedash
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- a1278 compatibility macbook pro mid 2012 memory memory upgrade ssd upgrade concerns upgrade mac pro
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- Forum: MacBook Pro
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Resolved Mac restarts randomly. Attached reports.
Config : Macbook pro 13" mid 2012, Mac OS High Sierra, 256SSD, 4GB Ram It restarts randomly, after it freezes. Sometimes it also gets stuck in the boot screen. The verbose result is shown in the image. Found a temporary fix. Whenever it gets stuck, if I do a first aid from recovery mode, it...- gopal.virtual
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- kernal panics macbook 13 memory restart issue
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- Forum: MacBook Pro
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iPhone X swap memory chip iphone
I bought an iphone x with activation lock, will it work if I swap the memory chip on the logic board with the memory chip from my iphone 6? If not, will it work if I swap it with a memory chip from another iphone x? -
2017 13" nTB MBP fan goes berserk
What just happened? I was on a CNBC page using Safari watching a YouTube video. Safari was the only thing I had open. Only a single tab. Suddenly my brand new 2017 13" MBP (non-touch bar) started heating up. I get this message at the top of the page: "This webpage is using significant memory...- han_del_
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- 2017 13" cpu fan memory ram
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- Forum: MacBook Pro
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what are its memory specs?
When one sees this image can one know what is the memory is this specific iPad AIR model? Might it be the 64GB version? -
Early 2011 MBP upgrade HDD to SSD
Sorry if this is a recurring question, but trying to get people's opinions rather than a 'solution'. I have an early 2011 MBP which is becoming increasingly slow (loading programmes, scrolling through large albums of photos, system struggling when carrying out larger tasks). I am assuming my...- kentbrad
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- early 2011 mbp hard drive hdd mbp memory running speed slow ssd upgrade
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- Forum: MacBook Pro
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Apple Mac Pro 2011 12-core 128gb Ram - No Power - Help
Hello everyone my mac pro 2011 won't turn on, tried power pads not working. Red light flashes when AC cord is plug in wall socket. pressing DIG button i get 5v Stand by led. Only Jumper pads are not working. Removed all devices (Ram, Fans, ...(all) and tried with no successes. order a AC...- eugenio1991
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- 12 core 5v stby diag led mac memory osx power pro repair
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- Forum: Mac Pro
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NO SPACE LEFT ON MY MAC!!!!!!
So, I have a 2014 Macbook Air and I only have 10gb left out of my 128GB SSD and I don't know why. I've constantly been deleting things and I'm pretty sure i've deleted everything expect my most important files but still, there is 118gb worth of stuff on there. WHY!!!! I went everywhere in the...- evol_kesh
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- 2014 air files folders hardrive macbook memory space ssd storage
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- Forum: MacBook Air
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SWAP is not being used.
HI I have a Mac desktop with 4 GB of RAM installed. I only have four programs running but it is using almost all of my RAM. The SWAP shows as 0 (zero). It appears that it is not using the SWAP at all and the unit will hardly run if I try to open another app. Is there a way to get the SWAP...- robertdaleweir
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- memory swap
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- Forum: OS X Mavericks (10.9)
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iMac Spec Questions
What do you recommend for my specific needs - 8 or 16 GB of Memory? I will mostly be using Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop. Not massive sized projects. I understand that the higher the GB of Memory, the easier it will be to have more than one program open. I may also use a somewhat simple... -
1TB/2TB fusion drive with external bootup or 512GB SSD?
I'm looking to buy an iMac 27 inch 5K, (obviously upgrading the RAM myself) but I'm having the same trouble a lot of people seem to have, I can't decide on what storage capacity to buy, my options at the moment are - - 1TB/ 2TB Fusion Drive with a 2TB or 3TB external drive as a bootup - 256GB...