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Increase VRAM Mac mini 2012

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Marvin16

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Jul 8, 2013
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Hi i have a 2012 i5 mac mini
specs:
core i5 2.5Ghz
Samsung 840 SSD
16gb 1600mhz ram
intel hd 4000 768Mb Ram

i want to know if i can increase the ram on the graphics card from 768 to like 1.5gb i never use up my ram so that doesn't matter. so if this is possible please tell me how i can do it. also if this isnt possible could you tell me how to make my graphics performance better as i know intel hd 4000 isnt very good.

look at this he managed to do it: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3970716?start=0&tstart=0

Thanks
Marvin16
 
Here is a reply i used on apple forums same thing applies here;

Hi i have the 2012 mac mini upgraded 16gb ram ssd samsung 840

im trying to upgrade the vram on my graphics card : https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1573528/

but i cant find the system library extensions folder i have done disk permissions repair it brings up lots of errors directy related to the missing folder eg:
Code: 
Verifying permissions for “Macintosh SSD”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/Resources”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/Resources/version.plist”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/Resources/Dutch.lproj”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/Resources/Dutch.lproj/InfoPlist.strings”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/Resources/English.lproj”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/Resources/English.lproj/InfoPlist.strings”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/Resources/French.lproj”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/Resources/French.lproj/InfoPlist.strings”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/Resources/German.lproj”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/Resources/German.lproj/InfoPlist.strings”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/Resources/Info.plist”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/Resources/Italian.lproj”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/Resources/Italian.lproj/InfoPlist.strings”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/Resources/Japanese.lproj”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/Resources/Japanese.lproj/InfoPlist.strings”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/Resources/Spanish.lproj”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/Resources/Spanish.lproj/InfoPlist.strings”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/Resources/allMyFiles.icns”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/Resources/ar.lproj”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/Resources/ar.lproj/InfoPlist.strings”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/Resources/ca.lproj”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/Resources/ca.lproj/InfoPlist.strings”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/Resources/cs.lproj”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/Resources/cs.lproj/InfoPlist.strings”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/Resources/da.lproj”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/Resources/da.lproj/InfoPlist.strings”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/Resources/el.lproj”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/Resources/el.lproj/InfoPlist.strings”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/Resources/fi.lproj”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/Resources/fi.lproj/InfoPlist.strings”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/Resources/he.lproj”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/Resources/he.lproj/InfoPlist.strings”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/Resources/hr.lproj”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/Resources/hr.lproj/InfoPlist.strings”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/Resources/hu.lproj”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/Resources/hu.lproj/InfoPlist.strings”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/Resources/ko.lproj”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/Resources/ko.lproj/InfoPlist.strings”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/Resources/no.lproj”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/Resources/no.lproj/InfoPlist.strings”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/Resources/pl.lproj”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/Resources/pl.lproj/InfoPlist.strings”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/Resources/pt.lproj”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/Resources/pt.lproj/InfoPlist.strings”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/Resources/pt_PT.lproj”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/Resources/pt_PT.lproj/InfoPlist.strings”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/Resources/ro.lproj”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/Resources/ro.lproj/InfoPlist.strings”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/Resources/ru.lproj”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/Resources/ru.lproj/InfoPlist.strings”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/Resources/sk.lproj”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/Resources/sk.lproj/InfoPlist.strings”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/Resources/sv.lproj”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/Resources/sv.lproj/InfoPlist.strings”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/Resources/th.lproj”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/Resources/th.lproj/InfoPlist.strings”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/Resources/tr.lproj”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/Resources/tr.lproj/InfoPlist.strings”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/Resources/uk.lproj”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/Resources/uk.lproj/InfoPlist.strings”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/Resources/zh_CN.lproj”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/Resources/zh_CN.lproj/InfoPlist.strings”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/Resources/zh_TW.lproj”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/Resources/zh_TW.lproj/InfoPlist.strings”
ACL found but not expected on “System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/search.savedSearch”
 
Permissions verification complete
so i repair and restartt it happens again? what should i do i think it might be todo with the upgraded ssd how can i fix this? i did this command it worked sudo cp -r /System/Library/Extensions/AppleIntelFramebufferCapri.kext ~/Desktop/ it braught the file to desktop but why is it i cant find the location folder on my terminal i used go to but no folder was found help would be much appricated also is it safe to do the graphics ram upgrade? to 1gb or 2 thanks marvin16 please reply asap
 
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Ok help please

i fixed the acl problem but im not sure weather to bother doing the vram upgrade as one guy said it messed up his mac abit so please could someone who has done this tell me if i should do it
 
If there is a risk of messing up your mac, I highly recommend you have a backup of your system and data just to be safe.
 
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