IMacs come in two sizes - 27-inch and 21.5-inch models.“ Adding more memory is one of the easiest and most cost effective upgrades a computer owner can make. Since late 2012, 27-inch models have a door behind the stand that gives you easy access so you can add more RAM. If you have a pre-2011 27-inch or a 21.5-inch iMac, there's an access panel in the bottom grille of the computer. Unfortunately, if you have a 21.5-inch model made after 2011 or an iMac Pro, there isn't a way to easily access RAM. Instead, you have to take apart most of the iMac to add more. Identify your iMac model and max amount of RAMīefore you can install new RAM, you need to determine what kind of iMac you have. #MAC MINI RAM UPGRADE MID 2010 8GB INSTALL# Look for either the year your computer came out or the model number.
For example, mine is: iMac (27-inch, late 2013).Ĥ. Also, look at the memory line to see how much RAM your computer already has.ĥ.
To find the model number, go back to the main About This Mac tab and click the System Report button.ĭepending on which version of MacOS your computer is running, there may be a Memory tab you can click to view how much RAM you have and how many slots it's occupying.
Go to the line that has the model identifier. To find out the maximum amount of RAM your iMac can handle, check out this Apple Support page. Most iMacs from the past eight years can handle 32GB of RAM, and some can go as high as 128GB. Now that you're armed with more knowledge about your computer, you need to find a place to buy RAM. There are many vendors, but I highly recommend OWC and Crucial. RAM prices are competitive between the two sites but can fluctuate. Also for this article, Crucial provided us with the RAM.īoth sites can help you find the correct type of RAM for your machine. Probably the biggest choice you'll have to make is how much to add. For example, my 2013 iMac came with 8GB of RAM (two sticks of 4GB). The computer has four slots, with two of them filled. I could just buy two 8GB modules of (16GB total) and add them to the two empty slots. That would bring my iMac from 8GB of RAM to a total of 24GB. Instead, I opted to remove those two sticks of 4GB RAM that came with my iMac and put in four sticks of 8GB RAM for a total of 32GB, the maximum supported on my iMac. But the choice really comes down to how old your computer is and how you use it. One advantage of upgrading RAM on an older iMac is that it's relatively affordable. Adding 16GB of RAM will cost you around $80.
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