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    MacBook Pro memory 3 beeps

    Hi, I recently upgraded my ram in a 2009 MacBook pro and when I turned it back on I started getting the 3 beeps with nothing on screen. Carried out a troubleshoot of ram and slots below. I reinstalled old ram in both slots and got 3 beeps and nothing on screen. Then only installed new ram...
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    Macbook Pro Mid 2012 DOES NOT read 16 gb of ram.

    Hello all. I have a 13 inch, mid 2012 macbook pro. I grabbed 16 gb ram that fits my system off of amazon to upgrade from just having 4 gb. I installed and I know I did it correctly because it reads both 8 gb sticks but reads them as 4 gb sticks. Is there anything to do be done about this...
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    Testing Ram adequacy

    Hi, What is a good way of testing if you should increase the RAM capacity on your mac? Just run multiple high demand applications and once and test the speed? Or is there a more professional or technical approach? Please let me know as soon as you can! Thank you.
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    Waiting for the 32 GB MBP

    I was hoping to finally upgrade my early 2011 MacBook Pro this year, but just can't justify it. The only hardware limitation I have performance wise on my current almost six years old MBP is the RAM. In 2011 I typically used around 4 GB of RAM, and now I'm usually around 12 GB of my systems 16...
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    Need advise : 8 or 16 Gb of RAM

    Hello everybody, I am planning to buy the new 13' macbook pro but I don't know if I should get 8 or 16gb of RAM. I will mainly use it for office and some picture or full hd video editing. What do you guys recommend? I want this computer to last 4-5 years! Thanks in advance!