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    iPad Pro Practical Uses of 16 GB of RAM?

    Hey all, So here it is. iPads are out. One of the novel features this time is 16 GB of RAM. A very compelling upgrade, but what is it's purpose right now? What does it change about your experience? There have been reports about apps not having to refresh while they're all open at once, though...
    • PrettyWings
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    • ipad pro m1 chip ram
    • Replies: 27
    • Forum: iPad
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    MP All Models ram issue

    hi folks, I have late 2008 Mac Pro (3.1) It has NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 card, so I don't get the boot / diagnostics screen. It was not booting up. The power light was flashing which I searched and found that to point to ram. It has two ram cards with 16gb each which is not that old (may 2019)...
    • 223MC
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    • board ram sticks
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Mac Pro
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    New iMac

    Should someone be worried if they have a current iMac with 32GB of ram and the new iMac can only have 16GB of ram? I do a lot of video editing and graphic design. I realize the new M1 chips are a lot different than intel chips so maybe that's why less ram would be okay. Any thoughts on this...
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    RAM upgrade on the 2020 iMac

    Hey all, just got my new 2020 5k iMac yesterday and would like to add extra RAM as I currently have 8gb (2x4GB). I found someone on Offerup who is selling their OEM 2x4GB RAM that was from the same 2020 iMac as mine with 2667 frequency. Is it okay if I were to install 4x4GB RAM on my machine or...
    • amil218
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    • imac ram
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: iMac
  5. DanielFury

    iPad Pro Ipad pro 12.9 2020 RAM ISSUE?

    Hello! I just purchased recently an ipad pro 2020 12.9 inches 256 gb. I updated right away to ipadOS 14.4 and just out of curiousity i downloaded antutu benchmark and on the device info on the RAM section, i saw 2gb free out of 6. And the only thing i got running was antutu. Then later on i...
    • DanielFury
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    • ipad ipad pro 12.9 (2020) lag ram slow ram
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: iPad
  6. anjanesh

    Resolved Extra 16GB RAM on my 2018 MBP 15"

    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...
  7. 206skd

    MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro 1 1 cpu fan running full speed

    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?
    • 206skd
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    • cpu cpu fan fan full speed heatsink mac pro (2006) ram ram board ram error
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Mac Pro
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    MP 6,1 Can Mac Pro 2013 use third party RAM?

    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...
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    MP 1,1-5,1 Can anyone confirm my Mac Pro (5,1) can use 1333 MHz memory?

    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...
    • Ashton1
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    • ddr3-1333 macpro 2009 ram
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Mac Pro
  10. Gamusren

    M1 Mac Mini with external drive user not showing swap memory on iStat Menu

    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...
  11. At_Op45

    MP 1,1-5,1 4,1 cMP not booting after firmware/part upgrade

    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...
    • At_Op45
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    • cpu flashed firmware flashed to 5.1 macpro 2009 ram
    • Replies: 29
    • Forum: Mac Pro
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    Ubuntu 20.04 recognises only 2GB of 32GB RAM on Mac Pro 1,1

    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...
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    Is my reasoning to get 8gb air flawed?

    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...
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    Should i get the mac mini m1 16gb ram version?

    Maybe I should use the 16gb ram version? What do you think? Below you can see a graph with average usage.
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    Need Advice - M1 Macbook Air for CSE student.

    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...
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    27" iMac 2019 - 64gb RAM Installation Questions

    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...
    • gloamstur
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    • 2019 27" imac imac memory ram restart issue
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: iMac
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    Do RAM upgrades make less sense for M1 machines?

    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...
  18. OliveroNYC

    Help me decide! 8GB or 16GB?

    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?
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    Just installed Crucial RAM and its speed dropped 2133

    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...
    • resting
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    • crucial ram
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: iMac
  20. mglakner

    Explain RAM Utilization on macOs

    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...
    • mglakner
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    • 16gb 2012 2014 mac mini macos ram usage
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: macOS
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