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    Mac Mini M2 or Mac Mini M2 Pro for music production

    Hello. I'm deciding between the mac mini m2 with the 24g upgrade and the m2 pro 16g. I'll mainly be using it for music production and recording in my home studio. Nothing orchestral or anything too crazy like that. But will definitely be using a decent amount of plugins and samples. A friend of...
    • CitrusWater
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    • intel m2pro mac mac mini music music production producing producing music ram
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    • Forum: Mac mini
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    2023 Mac Mini Apple RAM

    Apple charges $180 for a 8MB upgrade when you purchase a Mac Mini. A quick search on Google shopping shows you can get an 8GB ram stick for around $20. HP sells an 8MB upgrade for $70. Why on earth would Apple ever do this? Is it just pure greed? Why not just charge $40 (double the price) and...
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    can i put ddr5 ram in my iMac Desktop?

    can i put ddr5 ram in my iMac Desktop (year of computer: 2020). can it handle ddr5? I bought it approximately a year ago from apple.com and the system specs say it has 64gb DDR4 ram in it but will it support DDR5 ram?
  4. ThankYouRob

    Buying 16" M2 Macbook Pro - Do I upgrade GPU/RAM?

    I do a lot of video editing - music videos mostly. All in 1080p, I might make the transition to 4k but that's not quite in demand by my clients just yet. Just to be clear, I'm getting the 1TB HD so that's not what is in question here. I'm curious if the base 19-core GPU/16GB RAM will suffice...
    • ThankYouRob
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    • apple silicon cpu gpu m2 macbook pro macbook pro macbook pro max ram
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
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    MP 1,1-5,1 MP 5.1, RAM and Graphic card and mac os Monterey

    Hello everyone, I bought an RX580 8GB saphire yesterday and i wanted to install it yesterday but i noticed my mac pro 5.1 has the firmware password, what should i do? Buy new RAM? Or is that not going to help me? And question, if i unofficially, install mac os Monterey? How will it feel? Has...
    • iAuremo
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    • firmware password graphic card mac pro (2010) ram
    • Replies: 73
    • Forum: Mac Pro
  6. useydess

    possible to add more than 1.5gb to quicksilver 2002?

    so i've been wondering about a quicksilver 2002 i have and if its possible to add more ram and exceed the 1.5gb limit, i've noticed slow performance when running some applications like minecraft for PowerPC and Garageband. any idea if this is possible or if the system would even accept the...
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    Run out of application memory

    2015 MBP, 10.13.6, 16 GB, ~20% free disk space I don't often shut down my Mac. Things were slowing down yesterday so I restarted, used Memory Clean's deep clean option, ran OnyX. Overnight, I had only a few apps running: Safari, Firefox, Chrome, TextEdit. (Yeah, all have many open tabs.) Woke...
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    How does RAM work in modern OS?

    I've always thought that RAM memory is temporary storage that only stores data as long as it has power. In short, when you turn off the PC, the RAM is empty again. I used Windows 8.1 until 2 days ago on my desktop PC, and for the last 1-2 years I've noticed that, for example, Google Chrome still...
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    buying advice: MacBook Air M1 512 GB - should i get 8gb or 16gb ram?

    hi i am a university student thinking of getting a new MacBook air m1 512gb but i need help picking between 8gb or 16gb ram. i use my laptop for normal school stuff but also to play some games like hollow knight. i make websites in wix, design graphics in canvas, and use discord a lot. most of...
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    Need some help with buying RAM upgrades for 27-inch, 2020 iMac

    Sorry I'm not all that tech-literate, so would just like to make sure I'm not buying the wrong thing before going ahead. Looking to upgrade the RAM on my iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2020), that currently has 8 GB 2667 MHz DDR4. Is there any meangfull difference between these options that I should...
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    Which of your favourite apps are real RAM hogs?

    Hi folks, Debating 32 vs 64GB RAM for new MacBook Pro. I know I need more than 16GB. I’m unsure I’ll need more than 32, but I might. So I’m interested in which RAM hungry apps you use, so I can decide for myself if 64GB is worth it for me. Thanks!
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    MBP 14'' 16GB or 32GB RAM?

    Hi! I am new to mac. o_O Background: I am currently a undergraduate in Computer Science major, having an old laptop with Ubuntu and Windows dual system installed. I mainly use Linux Ubuntu (for fun and coding XD) and rarely use Windows (dual system in my laptop) for game or Office365...
    • yww
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    • macbook pro ram ssd
    • Replies: 22
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
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    RAM on M1 - help with cache and higher RAM usage

    Hello Community! Can you help me here? Days ago, when I was still using my 2013 MBA (8/128), I was getting this numbers: Using in the first days the M1 MBA (8/256), for the same workflow, I'm getting this: What is going on with my RAM utilization? How can I fix this? I think this isn't...
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    Resolved RAM Usage, Swap Files, SSD Degradation...

    There have been a lot of posts on the above subject scattered throughout the Apple Silicon, MacBook Air and MacBook Pro fora and so I decided to delve deeper into the close to 9-year-old 512GB SSD of my heavily used MacBook Pro that has 16GB RAM. So far I have established that at a typical time...
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    Buying advice: MBA M2 for a uni student

    I've been running a late 2015 MBA and looking to finally replace it! I'm fairly incompetent when it comes to comparing tech specs, so looking for some buying advice. I use my laptop religiously for uni, so lots of chrome, word/powerpoint/excel, notion usage, which ive had minimal problems with...
  16. stylinexpat

    M2 MBA Playing Youtube on Safari

    HAs anyone tried to play various YouTube videos on new MBA and if so does it heat up? If you have numerous tabs open like stock ticker tabs where numbers are constantly flashing and changing with video playing on YouTube or perhaps from a Bloomberg news on trading platform does it slow down or...
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    2010 Polycarbonate MacBook stopped working with replacement RAM

    Hi. I've been using 2010 Polycarbonate MacBook as a work computer for a while. I just needed cheap machine with onbard LAN port and macOS since this computer was used only to access some web and configuring network equipment and I really prefer to work on this kind of things in a Mac...
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    M2 Pro/Max Macbook Memory pricing

    Here's a pricing experiment: Since we now know the M2 chip is able to be loaded with up to 24gb of unified, with options of 8gb and 16gb, it stands to reason that the future M2 Pro/Max Macbooks will have up to 48gb and 96gb of unified memory respectively. Assuming M2 Pro MacBooks will have...
    • albozr
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    • apple silicon m2 max m2 pro m2 pro max macbook pro 14 inch macbook pro 14" macbook pro 16 inch macbook pro 16" ram unified memory
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Apple Silicon (Arm) Macs
  20. chiragd

    Should I buy the 512 gb or 16 gb of ram for the new M2 MacBook Air? I can only afford one

    I’m a computer science major who will have big coding assignments but nothing crazy. I don’t do a lot of high end editing on a regular basis. My only professional use would be these coding projects, other than that, maybe a light gaming(not a big gamer at all), Netflix and everyday things on...
    • chiragd
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    • apple m2air macbook macbook air ram ssd
    • Replies: 74
    • Forum: MacBook Air
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