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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...

Hi all, I have a MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014) with 2.6 GHz Intel Core i5 processor, 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 memory, Intel Iris 1536 MB graphics, and 128GB of Flash Storage. I have a new job that requires more computing power and a lot more storage, but I have no money to buy a new...

Hello everyone! I am about to buy a MacBook Pro 2018 13 inch, but I am still not sure about the version that I am going to get. After reading a lot of forums and articles, I am closer to getting one with 512GB SSD, 8GB of RAM and the i5 processor. What is your opinion, would you personally...

Hi there, In a previous post I mentioned that my iMac's Finder was using excessive RAM and suspected that the issue was hardware related. After weeks of trouble shooting and endless conversations with Apple technicians, they have come to the conclusion that there *could* be a problem with my...

Hello I am trying to figure out what programs I can "shut down" and get rid of when the Mac starts up. I realised at times the Mac obviously takes longer to start which is due to a lot of stuff starting up. I am reinstalling in the next few days a complete new OS on the system and removing...

Hey I started having issues with my Macbook Air 11" while at work DJing. Suddenly it started getting "slower". - When loading songs into a deck it took longer than usual. - The mouse froze and moved very very very slowly. I had to wait a minute for it to move a few cm - I kept getting a...

I've a MacBook Pro 15" Unibody (Mid 2010) and I recently opened it up to clean its insides from dust, and as I was removing the optical drive, I realized just how much space it takes up. I was wondering if there's anything I could do with it, besides installing a second hard drive, which is of...

Hi everyone this summer I add 128 gb SSD to my mid 2007 iMac and it's a best 36 dollar I ever spend! my machine work great with el Capitan. Photoshop, illustrator bit slow but work okay. I heard that my Mac can handle 6gb of ram, I already have 4. (2x2) and I think add more ram on it like 6. Is...

]So I’m thinking of replacing my trustworthy mid 2014 MacBook Pro with one of the new models but I’m struggling to figure out if it runs parallels smoothly or not. with 16gb or ram split in half so 7 or 8gb for parallels and the rest in mac os. I am a Product design student and have to work a...

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...

Hi So I am going to but the newly launcher Macbook Pro since my old mid 2012 pro retina is getting a little tired. I’m opting for the higher end 15 inch with a 2.6 CPU and a 512 SSD. However I cannot figure out if I need to upgrade the ram to 32 gb? I’ve read a lot of forums about it but still...

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...

Hello, I'm having trouble deciding how much RAM I should purchase on a new base 13" MBP. I am a graduate student. When I am doing my most computer-intensive work, I have multiple safari pages open, a word document or two, Kindle for textbooks, and at least 3 PDFs open. All in all, I think...

Hi all, I ordered the 256GB TouchBar model with 8GB and am having second thoughts on the RAM. My use is fairly moderate, however. No real plans for gaming, occasional large numbers/excel document use, will never really need to run more than 5 tabs in Safari. The only tasks I see that would be...

So after 2/3 years of putting up with an unsightly '12' in my system profiler under memory, I finally got some cheap DDR2 DIMMs to bring me on up to 16GB. For some reason when I first put them in it only detected 2 of 4. So swapping 4 x 1GB for 2 x 2GB was naturally not much of an upgrade. I...

I'm looking for a single 4GB stick of PC5300 667 for my 10 year old Macbook Pro (non unibody) for 6GB total. My hunt led me to a post on the forums here which discussed specifics about choosing the right RAM for a Mac and how the chip size, arrangement and quantity matter but didn't provide a...

Can I install the default 8gb ram that comes with the 2017 model, on a 2015 iMac? I have a 2015 model and a friend bought the 2017 but she put new ram and she won't use the 8gb that came with it. How can I make sure that they will be compatible with the ones I have on my 2015 model?

Hey there, I know ebay and craigslist is always an option. But I was wondering if anyone knew of a place that buys used stock Mac Pro parts. I'd like to sell my stock 2.8 4-core CPU, and 4gb and 1gb RAM, for what little they are worth, and was hoping there was somewhere easier than online...

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...

Hello, I would like to get a MacBook Pro – it will be my first Apple computer. But I don’t really know which configuration to choose. I want to code using Eclipse and Xcode, edit pictures using Affinity Photo, edit Videos (usually 1080p but maybe sometimes 4K) and I would like to try out 3D...