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New MacBooks with uncommon RAM sizes. Why?
I saw that Apple launched new MacBooks with uncommon RAM sizes such as 18GB, 36GB, 48GB. Why is that?
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Lagging/Slow/Framerate drops MacBook Pro 13' mid 2014
I bought a used MacBook Pro Retina mid 2014, and I have installed VENTURA via OpenCore Legacy.
The MacOS often freezes. Simple operations lead take considerable time to load, and its nearly impossible ...
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Fastest RAM and SSD upgrades I can put in my Macbook Pro 2009?
I have a Macbook Pro 2009 as per: https://everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/specs/macbook-pro-core-2-duo-2.53-aluminum-15-mid-2009-sd-unibody-specs.html
I have 8 GB RAM and an SSD, but I'm ...
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Are newer i5 CPUs quicker than an older i7s? [closed]
2012 Macbook Pro: i7-3520M 2.9GHz.
2013 Macbook Air: i5-4250U 1.3 GHz.
Both 8gb RAM, both 13″ screens.
How does one calculate the difference in performance between the i5 and the i7 different-...
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Can upgrade RAM for MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015) ..?
My mac is MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015) 8gb RAM. Too slow when running Xcode or android studio. I want to upgrade *gb to 16gb RAM, is it possible ? That because i read RAM for this mac are ...
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Why is memory used almost always greater than 4GB, after upgrading RAM from 4gb to 16gb on Early 2011, 13" Macbook Pro?
I upgraded the RAM on my early 2011, 13" Macbook Pro from 4 GB to 16 GB recently. The MBP never had problems and is now even better. I upgraded only because I found a great deal for RAM as well when ...
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Buying the right memory for 13" Macbook Pro Mid 2012
I want to upgrade my 13" Macbook Pro Mid 2012 to 8 gb RAM (is has 4 gb now). I want to buy Crucial RAM and I selected my Macbook model on their website. The website then shows me all compatible ...
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How do you turn off memory on a Mac?
I have 16GB RAM on my Mac. Instead of physically removing it, is there a software setting where I can make it think it only has 8GB RAM?
I would like to understand performance of my application with ...
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MacBook Pro 13-inch, upgrade 4 GB Ram to 8GB Ram
2.4 GHz Intel Core i5
4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
Can I use 4Gb 1Rx8 Pc3L-12800S DDR3 1600Mhz to replace 2GB Ram DDR3 1333MHz?
Thank you
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Mac OS X 10.8.5 memory usage on the high side. How to lessen or improve
I bought a Macbook with OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion. It comes with 2GB of memory but it using alot of it from looking at the Activity Monitor.
Here's what it shows: Free: 140 MB Wired: 441.4 MB Active: ...
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What is the optimal distribution of RAM across available slots given a specific amount?
Given two memory slots, what is the optimal configuration given my 2x1GB, plus either 1x4GB or 2x2GB? (I just bought a used laptop with two slots, currently 2x1GB, max 8GB)
Possible upgrade ...
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Do I have to reconfigure anything when upgrading my MacBooks RAM?
I have just upgraded my 2009 MacBook RAM from 2GB to 8GB.
Everything works just fine whilst I am using it, things seem much snappier in general most of the time. The main problem occurs when I ...
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My Macbook Pro with Lion OS is slow. How to speed it up
I am running on Macbook with 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo processor, 4GB DDR3 RAM, Lion OS X 10.8.4.
Last weeks I have noticed that the work with it is so slow, for example browsers.
Doesn't matter whether I ...
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Macbook stuck on the loading screen
My Macbook stuck on the grey screen with the apple logo and the spinning wheel. I changed RAM memory (after crash) recently, but it worked fine for some time.
I've already tried and it didn't help:
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Windows 7 32 Bit (on MacBook) Suddenly lost 1.5 G of RAM usable out of 4
I have a MacBook Pro running Windows 7 32 Bit (under BootCamp). It is a 4G machine, and has happily been running for 2 years with 3.5 or so usable RAM. I started noticing the fan and hard drive ...
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