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I have a 15" MacBook Pro 2018 2.6 GHz Intel i7 16 GB 2400 MHz DDR4 macOS Mojave which I bought from Maple India pre-configured. Is there a way to increase the RAM to 32 GB by inserting a 16GB RAM slot ? 1. Do I have a single 16 GB RAM in my slot or two 8GBs ? 2. I can get the same RAM from...

The system boots fine but right when it starts up the cpu fans rev up all the way to full. When I check fan control it shows that cpu b heatsink is running extremely hot. Also, the top ram riser isn't recognized for some reason. Could this be a logic board issue?

I know Mac pro 2013 can use Samsung RAM to achieve 128GB RAM, I want to know the capacity of another ram provider such as Kingston. Thanks. --------- 03/01/21 update I installed 4 32GB Crucial Memory into my Mac Pro, they work very well. According to many cases and my situation, I think...

Hi, I know this may have been discussed before (I searched but couldn't find the answer, or need a bit more clarification.....I'm not super technical even though this site and all the info guided me thru 4,1 to 5,1 upgrade a few months ago...thanks for all that!!) I want to speed up my Mac Pro...

I am using a M1 Mac mini 16GB/256GB with Sabrent Rocket XTRM 1TB external SSD as my main drive and copied my second working user to this drive. Everything works fine currently with all essential apps and system files writing to the main SSD. (Macintosh HD) However, when I use iStat menu...

Hi everyone, I hope this finds you well. I’m having some issues with my 4,1 early 2009 cMP. The issues came after I seemingly successfully flashed it to a 5,1 with the previously working configuration and shut it down to install new ram and CPUs. Previously working configuration: El Capitan...

So after few weeks of learning, finally managed to fix broken Mac Pro 2006 and get Ubuntu 20.04 working. However I'm now running into a problem as only 2GB is showing in my system monitor out of 32GB installed. However on lshw -c memory I'm getting 32gb with all 8 banks of memory being correctly...

I need the Mac for office work and light gaming. I mostly play games like terraria, rimworld and factorio. They all work fine on my 8gb Windows machine. The air is not a gaming pc but it can run older games and 2D games decently. Why get 16? It won’t run newer games, apps like office will be...

Maybe I should use the 16gb ram version? What do you think? Below you can see a graph with average usage.

Hello, I am starting college as a CSE student (iMTech course length 5 yrs). I need a laptop for programming and possibly some machine learning (after 5-6 semesters). Is the M1 Macbook AIR right choice for me? Note that I've never used a mac before and I need it to last at least 5-6 years...

I recently purchased 2x32gb RAM chips from OWC for my 2019 27" iMac with i9. I removed the original Mac RAM (2x4gb) and installed the OWC RAM only. I was not able to boot the computer when placing the OWC RAM in the same slots the Mac RAM(1 & 3) inhabited. I was able to boot the computer when I...

With new M1 Macs, we only get two options for the RAM: 8 and 16GB. My current daily driver is a base model of MBA 2017. With many tabs open, Pages, Preview, etc., it is starting to feel like it's not enough. Next week I'm getting M1 Air with 16GB of RAM (well, 99% sure of that). We all know...

In the past, I have always gone with max RAM and low storage. Too many tabs open on Chrome and Safari, some Photoshop, lots of Excel sheets. With the M1 is 16GB needed or can I get away with 8GB?

So I bought this ram: Crucial 8GB 260-Pin DDR4 SO-DIMM DDR4 2666 (PC4 21300) Laptop Memory Model CT8G4SFRA266 It's not stated as mac compatible, but since it'd already arrived, I went ahead to try it out. It's inserted into slots 1 and 3. Set the original ram in 2 and 4. However, the speed...

I use a 2014 mac mini as a home server (plex, itunes, photos, etc.) it has 8gb of Ram. I run some ram intensive apps like a Ubiquiti controller and my usage was into the 60-70% range, so i thought i needed more ram, so i bought a 2012 mac mini with 16gb. I cloned my 2014 to my 2012 and booted...

I have the a 2020 iMac, 3.6GHz 10 core with AMD Radeon Pro 5700 XT 15GB graphics card. I purchased 4 x 32 gb 3rd party RAM to put in it - OWC brand - but when I have all 4 sticks in, my iMac constantly crashes. Happens doing all sorts of things - even minor things some times - but did some...

INTRO Hello, I do hope you as the reader are well! I have been given a Late 2012 iMac 2.7ghz 21.5" as a gift, and it is painfully slow. The HDD corrupted and it is running off an external HDD connected via USB. So I am looking to add a few upgrades. I am focussing on the RAM and SSD as the CPU...

I’ve ordered an Apple Refurb 2018 Mac mini, and need to order a 2 x 32GB kit to replace the 8GB RAM that’ll come preinstalled. From various sources, I’ve been able to determine that I need to buy 2666 MHz PC4-21300 DDR4 (260-pin) SDRAM SO-DIMMs. After researching online prices here in the UK...

Hello! I just want to be SUPER sure I'm buying the correct RAM. Memory: 2x8gb installed already 1600mhz Apple's Directions... Memory specifications These iMac models feature Synchronous Dynamic Random-Access Memory (SDRAM) slots on the rear of the computer near the vents with these memory...

Howdy, I bought a 64gb ram upgrade kit from OWC for my brand new 2020 5k iMac, 27 incher. However, strange boot issues abound when I try to install all 4 sticks at once. 2 OEM sticks and 2 empty slots = boot normally 1 OEM stick + 3 OWC sticks = boot normally 4 OWC sticks = failed boot When...