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Dear all,
I own a 13” (mid 2012) Macbook Pro (2,5 Ghz, 4GB RAM, 500 GB hard disk) and I was thinking about upgrading the RAM.
I did some research and found out that Apple ”recommends” max 8GB, while other say (and proof) that it can support 16GB as well.
Questions
1- As far as I know my Macbook Pro has 2 memory RAM slots, are they set as 2x 2GB or is there one 4GB slot and one empty RAM slot
2- Depending on the previous answer (in case it has one slot with 4GB) can I add 8GB in the other slot getting to 12GB in total?
2- In case it has 2x 2GB (in 2 occupied RAM slots), can I take 1x 2GB out, and add 8GB in order to get to 10GB of RAM?
I want to increase my RAM (but not to 8GB, but also not 16GB over 2 RAM slots). This is why I was thinking to have either 10GB (2GB from Apple installed + 8GB) or 12GB (4GB installed from Apple in one slot + 8GB additional),
This scenario depends if someone can enlighten me how the current installed RAM (4GB) is installed in my Macbook (as 2x 2GB with no free slots or as 1x 4GB with one empty slot). Or is there just one memory slot with 1x 4GB (therefore if upgrading I can only install 1x 8GB) )
Looking forward to your advise
I own a 13” (mid 2012) Macbook Pro (2,5 Ghz, 4GB RAM, 500 GB hard disk) and I was thinking about upgrading the RAM.
I did some research and found out that Apple ”recommends” max 8GB, while other say (and proof) that it can support 16GB as well.
Questions
1- As far as I know my Macbook Pro has 2 memory RAM slots, are they set as 2x 2GB or is there one 4GB slot and one empty RAM slot
2- Depending on the previous answer (in case it has one slot with 4GB) can I add 8GB in the other slot getting to 12GB in total?
2- In case it has 2x 2GB (in 2 occupied RAM slots), can I take 1x 2GB out, and add 8GB in order to get to 10GB of RAM?
I want to increase my RAM (but not to 8GB, but also not 16GB over 2 RAM slots). This is why I was thinking to have either 10GB (2GB from Apple installed + 8GB) or 12GB (4GB installed from Apple in one slot + 8GB additional),
This scenario depends if someone can enlighten me how the current installed RAM (4GB) is installed in my Macbook (as 2x 2GB with no free slots or as 1x 4GB with one empty slot). Or is there just one memory slot with 1x 4GB (therefore if upgrading I can only install 1x 8GB) )
Looking forward to your advise