I'm looking into upgrading the RAM of a late 2006 MacBook Pro from 2 gigs to maximum of 3 gigs. Should I just get a 2 gig chip and replace one of the 1 gig chips with that, or would I be better off purchasing a pair of 2 gig chips and replacing both of the old 1 gig chips with them? So basicly I'm asking wether the RAM chips should be in identical pairs or does it matter?
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I bought this in sept. of 08. The 24'' 2.8 ghz interl core 2 duoMy mac came with 2gig 800 hmz DDR2 SDRAM. what are good places to upgrade to 4 gigs. I have $200 in amazon gift cards, so that seem to be the front running. Do I need a certain brand or will any brand work as long as its ddr2 sdram?
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View 3 Replies View RelatedI bought my Macbook in 2008, it is a 13 inch, aluminum. I had the RAM upgraded to 4gigs. After I updated it from 10.5.5 to 10.5.6 it quit waking up. I had to take this macbook back because the command key broke, the store replaced the computer. When I got home from the store I set-up my new Macbook and upgraded it from 10.5.5 to 10.5.6, same issue with the sleep. When I close the lid, and open it the screen remains black. I can hear the hard drive running, I then have to reboot by pressing the power button.Now here is my question: Do you think the RAM is the issue? The store used that same RAM that was in the previous computer that had sleep issues. Do you think it is the RAM or something else.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI'm looking to get the a new iMac and will be using it for iTunes , photo's and hopefully will get into the iMovie for editing family movies etc.
Is it worth me upgrading to 4 gigs ram and 3.06 processor and Geforce graphics card? or will i not really notice a difference from the model below with 2 gigs ram and 2.86 processor?
Also in terms of ripping my family dvd's onto the imac can this be done?
Lastly is the iMac an Hi def screen?
I have one of these Macbooks that I want to pass on to the daughter of a friend for use in college. To try and extend its life and usefulness a little I was wondering if I could add more memory. I'm aware that the Apple tech specs state that 2GB of PC2-5300 DDR2 is the maximum supported, but since I have 2 x 2GB of that memory spare I was wondering if anyone here on the forums know different?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI want to upgrade to 8 gigs, but Im wondering if I just get a single 4gig stick & have 6 gigs if my system would run just as well...I have 13inch macbook pro 2010.
Would 6 gigs be stable or unstable for use? If so whats best brand to get?
I have the Alum 2.4 Ghz MBP and I want to max out the amount of ram it holds. It already has 2gigs and I've heard that it can hold a max of 4gigs () And was wondering is it worth upgrading just 2gigs? Will there be a difference is speeds? I also plan on buying SL while I am at it. Yes I am in the upgrade performance mood for my MBP. And unlike a PC you can't really improve the performance to much other than the ram. Also, can I buy some ram on newegg or does it have to be the overpriced Apple ram? Also can I mix ram types? Since it already has 2gigs can I just buy 2 more gigs of a diff brand but same type?
View 11 Replies View Relatedtried to upgrade mi ram memory to 8 gigs of ram n when i started my computer froze on apple screen no beeps or nothing just froze
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
Right now it says 4 gigs is max, and there are reports that it actually supports 6 gigs. But I know that with a 64 bit OS, ram additions are unlimited. So will this 4/6GB limit be lifted once I install Snow Leopard?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI downloaded Disk Inventory X but it says the same thing So is this a miscalculation by OS X or are there some other files somewhere that I'm not adding in my total?
View 3 Replies View RelatedI made my bootcamp partition small at 16 gb (apparently far too small) since I was just going to use it for a couple of programs. I went to install a game and it looks like windows 7 on it's own is taking up 14 gigs. Is this normal?
View 9 Replies View RelatedYesterday I deleted enough files to give myself at least 2 gigs of free memory and yet today when I opened up my macbook it tells me I have only 190MB left, and yet none of the files that I deleted remain on the computer, and my trash is completely empty.Does anyone know of any sort of 'Detox' kind of program or method to get the Macbook to reanalyse how much memory it really has left? It's done this before, but I haven't figured out a way to snap some sense back in the harddrive to remind it of the fact that it deleted those large files ages ago.
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.5)
Is it possible to get 2 gigs of RAM into a Powerbook (12") or is it stuck at 1.25 gigs?
View 2 Replies View Relatedhe wants to give me his PS cs4, im prolly not even going to use it, should i take it anyway? itll prolly just take a couple gigs of my hd and i wont use it
View 5 Replies View RelatedI'm wanting to install 4 gigs of RAM to my MBP to get better gaming FPS and to play games I will be using Windows Vista 32-bit.I know 32-bit operating systems only recognize up to 3 gigs of ram so I'm not sure if I'll be fine and Windows Vista 32-bit will still work Will it still work under 4 gigs or will I have to get a 64-bit version of Vista?
View 6 Replies View RelatedSo I have a uMBP 5,4 and a bunch of externals. I am going to be moving over 500 gigs of data from one external to another. They both have about the same speed read/write, but with the uMBP I only have one FW800 port. So my question is how should I connect these drives (the way I understand it you only get one 800 Mbps link to the computer and connecting multiple drives only allows them to share this through-put) Will it be fast to connect one via USB and one via FW800 or just daisy chain them using FW800?
I have a Mini (mid July 2010) that has worked flawlessly, yet I decided to install 8gigs of ram. At times I can have lots of things going on and with the original 4 gigs it seemed to bog down. Thinking more ram is the answer, of which it's apparently not, the Mini still can bog down even with the 8 gigs.
When checking Utilities and system memory it always has at least 3.5 gigs in a FREE status. No matter if I open almost everything. The system does recognize all 8 gigs it just does not use it all.Â
Is there some settings I need to tweak? All updates are installed. I'm not sure what to do to get the Mini to utilize all of its available ram. Or am I applying PC logic here? Â
Mac Mini mid July 2010 Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4
8 gigs of ram
Lion 10.7.4
Xfinity Extreme
DOCIS 3 modem
Airport Extreme
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Mac mini (Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.7.3), Awesome MACHINE!
I need to move around 40 gigs of music from my MBP to a Toshiba laptop. I have no form of direct connection (firewire, ethernet cable etc) and only have my wireless network. I'm new to windows (can't stand it) and don't have a clue where to begin, but I need to get it done. Tried a search but didn't bring up much that I found helpful/could understand. Any assistance would be very much valued.
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View 13 Replies View RelatedMy fan has been running all day pretty much.When i received this computer (this was a replacement.) it was very quiet.I added 8 gigs of RAM (from OWC) on top of the stock 4 gigs that came with it.
View 7 Replies View RelatedI have a 27" imac and mostly use it for music. I got on today to put some music on my iphone 4 and to my surprise I have like 12 songs in my itunes library. These songs are a free sampler cd download which I downloaded the other day from Austin City Limits Music Festival. Where did all my music go? Please tell me I haven't lost 35 gigs of music!! I do have an external hard drive that is supposedly used for backing up. Is it possible the music is on there, if so how do I go about getting back into my itunes?
View 6 Replies View Relatedi recently decided to install Windows XP on my macbook. I was wondering though how many gigs should i allot to windows using bootcamp? Also can i run ALL windows programs on it? because i was thinking of installing battlefield 2 on the windows os.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI look inside and it's just a bunch of other folders of companies, like HP, xerox, epson, canon lexmark. etc. I only have an HP printer. How come I have all those other stuff?
View 6 Replies View Related20 gigs of my HDD is missing. I had a 20 gig torrent, but I deleted that (it wasn't fully downloaded), and the only other thing I have downloaded was (accidently) the 1.1 gig Garageband extra sounds etc and the Safari 4 update. Any ideas?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI'm trying out Aperture 2 for the first time, I always used Iphoto. I have imported my large library into Aperture. Activity Monitor says that Aperture takes up 1.3 gb of memory when being used and 600 mb when It's not being using it.
Is it normal for Aperture 2 to being using this much memory? Iphoto uses 350 mb of memory. My 2.66 Ghz Quad Core has 6 gig's of memory. I run aperture alongside Iphoto, Firefox, Itunes, New York Times reader, Rhapsody's flash player, etc.
I have a MacBook Pro and when I click on the harddrive and Get Info, it tells me I have used 100 gigs of 111 available. But when I right click on Macintosh HD in Finder and Select All of the folders and hit Get Info, it tells me they add up to only 95gigs. Where is the other 5 gigs hiding? My trash is empty.
View 6 Replies View RelatedI am thinking of using two 80 gig Intel SSD's in my mac pro. I am a bootcamp user...
Should i put win 7 on one ssd and osxsl on another?
Or should I hardware Raid-0 them and partition the raid-0 in half for each os?
I installed new RAM. BUT, there is some trouble that I hope you can help with:1. My G5 sometimes reads 6.5 gigs of RAM, and sometimes 5.5 gigs of RAM. NOTE: Slots DIMM6/J43 & DIMM6/J44 vary in gig size (see at bottom)2. I can't shutdown. The icons disappear from screen, but, fans rev-up, and screen background remains, but, computer won't shutdown. I have to shutdown with power button.3. I've Reset PRAM, unplugged power and disconnected all plug-ins,and then started again. No change.4. I've done disc repair off of OS X disc. No change. Size: 512 MB
View 3 Replies View RelatedOk so i hadnt backed up my macbook pro in over a month and i backed it up yesterday and it backed up 158gig. Ok i thought because it hasnt backed up in a long time lot has changed. Well i go today to do a routine backup and it wants to do another 148 gig backup! I havnt even changed anything besides my wireless password!
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