RE: Your Mac Mini supports up to 8GB of RAM

Posted by AbeCollins (A) on October 3, 2015 at 07:32:02

In Reply to: RE: Your Mac Mini supports up to 8GB of RAM posted by DSG on October 2, 2015 at 16:56:59:

...catastrophic failures prevailed with the attempts to upgrade to 8GB

Never heard of such a thing, unless the memory was not the right type, the EFI Firmware was old, the memory was installed incorrectly, or the system was somehow fat fingered and botched up during the installation process.

I've used memory from OWC Mac Sales in the past because they thoroughly test to ensure that the memory they sell is fully compatible with the Mac model being upgraded. They charge a few bucks more but it's worth it IMHO.

I have Macs with memory that I have upgraded beyond what Apple sells and they work perfectly fine. If your Mini was under warranty I can understand the hesitation but it's a 2009 model.

If you feel squeamish about doing it yourself, you might ask your tech about it and have him do it. The additional RAM will open up new possibilities especially with players like Pure Music, Audirvana Plus, Amarra, HQPlayer, and others. The additional memory also allows you to allocate more to the "memory play" feature in Audirvana Plus and others.

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Topic - Big SQ improvement on upgrade to Pure Music 3.01 - Recorder 20:55:34 09/30/15 (12)

Just did the update - G Squared 09:55:33 10/06/15 (0)

RE: Big SQ improvement on upgrade to Pure Music 3.01 - DSG 16:12:22 10/01/15 (9)

RE: Big SQ improvement on upgrade to Pure Music 3.01 - Recorder 22:21:37 10/01/15 (0)

Your Mac Mini supports up to 8GB of RAM - AbeCollins 19:48:25 10/01/15 (7)

RE: Your Mac Mini supports up to 8GB of RAM - DSG 16:56:59 10/02/15 (6)

RE: Your Mac Mini supports up to 8GB of RAM - AbeCollins 07:32:02 10/03/15 (5)

I've not used Memory Play , I thought it - oldmkvi 07:50:16 10/03/15 (4)

RE: I've not used Memory Play , I thought it - AbeCollins 08:57:40 10/03/15 (3)

Well, another fine mess!~ I can't find "Memory Play", seen it a million times- - oldmkvi 09:35:30 10/03/15 (2)

RE: Well, another fine mess!~ I can't find "Memory Play", seen it a million times- - AbeCollins 12:20:49 10/03/15 (1)

Thanks, I got it confused with Decible, which has a check box. - oldmkvi 19:40:37 10/03/15 (0)

RE: Big SQ improvement on upgrade to Pure Music 3.01 - Mercman 15:44:31 10/01/15 (0)

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RE: Your Mac Mini supports up to 8GB of RAM - AbeCollins 07:32:02 10/03/15 (5)

I've not used Memory Play , I thought it - oldmkvi 07:50:16 10/03/15 (4)

RE: I've not used Memory Play , I thought it - AbeCollins 08:57:40 10/03/15 (3)

Well, another fine mess!~ I can't find "Memory Play", seen it a million times- - oldmkvi 09:35:30 10/03/15 (2)

RE: Well, another fine mess!~ I can't find "Memory Play", seen it a million times- - AbeCollins 12:20:49 10/03/15 (1)

Thanks, I got it confused with Decible, which has a check box. - oldmkvi 19:40:37 10/03/15 (0)

RE: Your Mac Mini supports up to 8GB of RAM

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