I am looking to upgrade the RAM on my Macbook Pro 13'' late 2011 model. any good places to buy from or tips would be great
any good places to buy from or tips would be great
Two of the best are Crucial and OWC, http://www.macsales.com both are Mac specialists and have great support and lifetime warranties. Avoid memory such as Kingston Value Ram as many on here have had a great deal of problems with it.
OWC has on-line videos that lead you through an installation.
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i want to upgrade the ram on my macbook pro 13inch (early 2011). i found an 8Gb (4Gb x2) PNY "mac compatible" that is DDR3 PC3-10666 but my macbook is a PC3-10600. Do i need to use a ram with the exact specifications that my macbook lists? Or will the ram i am trying to buy work fine?
Yes that is your best bet. Without looking at it too closely double check your options here:
OWC http://www.macsales.com/
or Crucial http://www.crucial.com/ -
my late 2011 MacBook pro stopped powering up. Service people are saying motherboard needs to be replaced. The worst part is motherboard cost is 2/3 of the laptop cost. Could anyone help me to understand the issue please?
The issue is simple. Your Mac computer has failed because of a faulty Logic, Mother, board. Happens all the time with many make and model notebooks
Yes Apple Mac computers, even though more expensive than most any other brand, have these problems just like all the rest.
Only thing you can do is either pay to have the logic board changed or buy a new computer. -
Can I use this ram for my macbook pro 17" late 2011
here is some info about the ram I'a thinking about
DRAM
DDR3 SDRAM
SO DIMM 204-stifts
1333 MHz ( PC3-10600 )
CL9 ( 9-9-9-24 )
NO ECC
1.5 Volt
Thanks for anny info.I just put 2x8Gb Corsair into my Late 2011 macbook pro. No problems, now running fat, dumb, and happy...$199 directly from Corsair. Took about a week to arrive, was shipped directly from Taiwan to the US
Corsair Mac Memory — 16GB Dual Channel DDR3 SODIMM Memory Kit (CMSA16GX3M2A1333C9)
CMSA16GX3M2A1333C9 -
I have a macbook pro 13’ (late 2011) 2.8Ghz Intel i7 memory 4GB 1333 MHz DDR3 and have upgraded my OS X Lion to Mavericks 10.9.5. Everything has slowed down and the battery lasts a bit earlier. How do I go back to the older OS X Lion? Or should I improve speed differently? Would improving memory to 8GB help?
i have run the EntreCheck and here is the report:
EtreCheck version: 1.9.15 (52)
Report generated 28 September 2014 16:16:39 GMT+3
Hardware Information: ?
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Late 2011) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,1
1 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 2 cores
4 GB RAM
Video Information: ?
Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB
Color LCD 1280 x 800
System Software: ?
OS X 10.9.5 (13F34) - Uptime: 0 days 4:59:22
Disk Information: ?
TOSHIBA MK7559GSXF disk0 : (750.16 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 749.3 GB (203.96 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
MATSHITADVD-R UJ-8A8
USB Information: ?
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Vodafone (ZTE) Vodafone Mobile Broadband K3565-Z
Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Thunderbolt Information: ?
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ?
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ?
[not loaded] com.ZTE.driver.ModemDriverMac (1.0.2d1) Support
[loaded] com.ZTE.driver.ZTEUSBCDCACMData (1.3.1) Support
[not loaded] com.ZTE.driver.ZTEUSBMassStorageFilter (1.3.1) Support
[not loaded] com.roxio.BluRaySupport (1.1.6) Support
[not loaded] com.roxio.TDIXController (2.0) Support
Startup Items: ?
HWNetMgr: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HWNetMgr
HWPortDetect: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HWPortDetect
StartOuc: Path: /Library/StartupItems/StartOuc
Launch Daemons: ?
[running] cn.com.zte.PPPMonitor.plist Support
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
[running] PPPMonitord.plist Support
Launch Agents: ?
[running] cn.com.zte.usbswapper.plist Support
[running] com.hp.devicemonitor.plist Support
[loaded] com.hp.messagecenter.launcher.plist Support
[running] Swapper.plist Support
User Login Items: ?
iTunesHelper
Dropbox
Internet Plug-ins: ?
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.0.0 Support
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Support
Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
Safari Extensions: ?
AdBlock-2
Audio Plug-ins: ?
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
iTunes Plug-ins: ?
Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
3rd Party Preference Panes: ?
Flash Player Support
MacFUSE Support
Tuxera NTFS Support
Time Machine: ?
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ?
5% Safari
3% WindowServer
2% BitTorrent
2% hidd
0% softwareupdated
Top Processes by Memory: ?
229 MB Safari
160 MB softwareupdated
156 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
135 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
102 MB VLC
Virtual Memory Information: ?
45 MB Free RAM
1.55 GB Active RAM
1.52 GB Inactive RAM
895 MB Wired RAM
628 MB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs -
I have upgraded my MacBook Pro 15 late 2011 to 8Gb RAM, now when I go to about this mac in it more info it doesn't show AMD graphics card as it used to before, it just show Intel HD Graphics 3000 512 MB is that a problem that I need to worry about?
and in system report >> hardware >> Graphics/Display >> it shows both grafics card listed.Some Mac's when the RAM is increased the Intel HD 3000 integrated graphics will bump itself up to the higher video RAM it takes, this seems to be what occured.
It also means the dedicated graphics card will be used less, but only so slightly less.
You obviously still should have both, you can test this by turning off Graphics Switching in Energy Saver, that will use the decicated AMD card all the time.
You can also run Cinebench and compare the scores here
Mac video card performance -
Hello,
I own a Macbook Pro 15" (late 2011) and I would like to upgrade the memory. I want to go with two 8gb sticks but if the motherboard only supports 8gb then I will have to stick with 8gb. Also, the ram that I have in currently, which is the 4gb that came with the mac, is 1333 Mz. Would I be able to upgrade to 1600 Mz on this laptop?Max is 16 GBs. Do not attempt to use memory with specs that differ from those required by your hardware.
Maximum Memory
16 GB (Actual) 8 GB (Apple)
Memory Slots
2 - 204-pin PC-10600 (1333 MHz) DDR3 SO-DIMM -
MacBook Pro 13" Late 2011, 16GB RAM and Apple Premium Service Center
Hello all,
My dad has a MacBook Pro 13" Late 2011, it came with a 4GB RAM. When he got Parallels and installed Windows 8, 4GB RAM were not enough to even deal with Safari so he had to buy 16GB RAM from Cruical. Today when he went to Apple Premium Service Center here in Qatar (51 East) they refused to install the x2 8GB RAM and only installed one of them. They kept warning my dad that installing the whole 16GB can cause issues with the MacBook Pro HDD and can make it go faulty. I wanted to ask if installing RAMs can pose the HDD life to any danger. Because my dad uses his Mac for work and wouldn't like to lose any of his files against small additional speed.
Thanks.its very easy to do, here are step by step instructions with photos
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Macbook Pro 15 "(late 2011) failure of the graph?
I have a Macbook Pro 15 "late 2011. Anyway, yesterday suddenly working with photoshop choppy with many stripes screen mode interference stayed. Thing goes off and no longer gray top with window apple and can distinguish some weird lines in the background.'ve noticed that much heated and the fans spinning at maximum causing a lot of noise, but very exaggerated even going to burn and thought it is the graphics card. Des then ever Very few, I get to open the OS but asking him to do something that required a bit of thinking and resources are left hanging and computer exorbitantly warm after a while of being on, with fans the most.
I report and I've seen these Google Apple Macbooks Pro have had problems with this model, which came with the faulty graphics card and there are many cases like mine the net.
I've led the service and have told me it's the graphics card and ask me € 650 to change the motherboard and the graphics card is integrated into it.
Because there are some times reaching to open the operating system and some not? If the graphics card failure should never be opened or seen anything on the screen ...
Because if the graphics card fails the computer so hot? Something does not look clear or logical in this ...
I was very happy with the laptop and Apple products even recommending their products worldwide.But now I feel ripped off by Apple, very unhappy and never'll buy an Apple product and will recommend to anyone else. I think if a laptop goes with any defective part must be arranged at no cost by the consumer no longer has warranty though. If your products are of such quality that do you find such a product to market and not requite the damage? I thought Apple products were of high quality and durability ...
The question is how Apple leaves the market one produxto flaws and is not responsible?
I would like a response from the company
Actually, I'm very disappointed.noice T greetings: Your comment suggests that you have had less than satisfactory results in dealing with the staff at the Genius Bar. I am disappointed to hear that. I on the other hand have found them to be good to excellent for the most part (yes I do recall a less than satisfactory Genius). I think ffmcollins' problem is better addressed at an Apple Store than at Best Buy.
Ciao. -
Macbook pro 13' late 2011 4GB RAM...using lot of RAM
macbook pro 13' late 2011 4GB RAM...using lot of RAM
I have attatched screenshot...please help...sometime free memory is only 15 or 20 mb and i have to restart...after restart it works fine for 10 to 20 minutsits very easy to do, here are step by step instructions with photos
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have a macbook pro 15" late 2011 , with only 4gb of mem , i want tot upgrade for 8 witch one its better
Use Crucial.com or macsales.com. They specialize in Mac memory.
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from where can i purchase 4gb RAM for my macbook pro 13'' mid 2012 model?????
I would advise if you have to buy it get 8 or 16gb of ram. it will boost your preformance alot.
16 ($109)
http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Channel-SODIMM-Memory-CMSO16GX3M2A1333C9/dp/B006DI 9PG8/ref=sr_1_18?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1378735908&sr=1-18&keywords=Corsair+1 6
8gb ($50)
http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-1333mhz-PC3-10666-204-pin-CMSO8GX3M2A1333C9/dp/B00 2YUF8ZG/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1378735731&sr=1-1&keywords=Corsair+ 8GB+%282x+4GB%29
4gb ($33)
http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-ValueRAM-1066MHz-Non-ECC-Notebook/dp/B001PYDKWU/r ef=sr_1_48?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1378735625&sr=1-48&keywords=corsair+4gb+ddr 3+corsair -
Can i upgrade to 16gb on macbook pro 13 late 2011?
hello, i have a macbook 13 inch late 2011, 2.8 ghz and i want to upgrade from 4gb to 16gb… is it possible? i want to add 8g + 4g cards
I too have a MBP 13" late 2011. I was going to upgrade the RAM to 8 GB. I just realized I ordered 1xcard of 8GB instead of 2xcards of 4 each. I was going to return it and order 2x4GB but the seller: Quantum Technology is telling me I can still use the 8GB I ordered with the existing 2GB card that came with the MBP. They are telling me its not optimized but the MBP will recognize all 10 GB and the extra 2GB will make up for it. Is that so?
Would it be better to use 10GB (made up of 2 and 8 BG) or replace it for a total of 8GB made up of 4+4?
Lastely: Does anybody know if Quantum Technology is reputable?
I'm new to the Mac and really appreciate your input! Thanks! -
1333Mhz Ram showing up as 1600Mhz MacBook Pro 15 Late 2011
Hi All,
I have a weird problem here.
I have a late 2011 15inch Macbook Pro. I recently upgraded it to 1333MHZ 8GB (4X2) transcend RAM - (Transcend RAM Model JM1333KSH-4G)
Now the problem is that the transcend RAM specifications show that these are 4GB 1333MHZ RAM but on installing in my Macbook Pro, it shows the frequency as 1600MHZ under "About Mac" menu. I have tried this with 4 different transcend RAMs to make sure that RAMs are ok. All the 4 RAMs show 1600 MHZ in my mac. Can this be a problem with my laptop?
Apple support team suggested to reinstall the OS so that it updates with the correct information. I reinstalled the OS (not clean install, just reinstall), but still it shows 1600MHZ.
Can somebody explain the problem to me? Is this normal ?
Thanks in advance.
VikramHi Dominic,
Thanks for the reply.I really appreciate.
This is one of the safest solution.I can return it but in our region Transcend is a trusted brand with acceptable service and repair. So, there are not too many reasons from moving away from the brand !!
Further, i have tried with 4 different RAMs.All resulted in the same problem. My guess is that either the RAM model or my laptop is having problem.
It would be great if some of our friends who have done a similar RAM upgrade with Late 2011 Macbook pro can share their experiences.
Hopefully, i am not the only one to fall for transcend
Thanks,
Vikram -
hi i need help, im new on mac, i bought the las year a macbook pro 13's late 2011 with 4 gb of ram and 500 gb of hdd, i5 proccesor of 2.4. the mbp was working ok, until yesterday, i was working on keynote and then, it started to getting really slow, then it frozzen, and the little umbrella start to appears,i tried every thing, i shut down the power button, wait a minute then i power up, and nothing, i run the ccleaner, i check the hdd status, the ram, and everything was ok, i even boot up the system like fabric and still nothing i got the umbrella everything than i run an application. please please help me.
what i have to do?????????????Try a Safe Boot to clear the dyld_shared_cache (dynamic loader cache)
SafeBoot http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1564
Safe Boot, which automatically rebuilds this cache (among other things).
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