Tom Shen

Q: Does MacBook Pro (Late 2012) supports 32GB of RAM

I found a few similar discussions about this, but they are written 4 years ago. Yesterday I found a single stick 16GB SODIMM memory that seems to fit into my Non-Retina 2012 i5 MacBook Pro. Just wants to check if anybody got 32GB RAM in the MacBook Pro working or not. Sometimes 16GB of RAM is a little small for what I'm doing.

MacBook Pro (Late 2012), OS X El Capitan (10.11.6)

Posted on Aug 25, 2016 5:16 PM

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  • by Rysz,

    Rysz Rysz Aug 25, 2016 5:25 PM in response to Tom Shen
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    Aug 25, 2016 5:25 PM in response to Tom Shen

    According to MacTracker, MacBook Pro (Retina, 13" Late 2012) supports only 8 GB of RAM. That's the only "Late 2012" model they list. Are you sure that's what you have?

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  • by TJTomAndJerry,

    TJTomAndJerry TJTomAndJerry Aug 29, 2016 3:17 AM in response to Rysz
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    Aug 29, 2016 3:17 AM in response to Rysz

    I am using the non-retina MacBook Pro (Mid-2012, not late, sorry for the mistyped word.) I look at this computer's CPU page, it shows that the processor supports up to 32GB. Not sure if the logic board supports it. On Apple's support website it says it supports 8GB but I managed to do 16, just wondering about 32.

     

    p.s. Sorry for the late reply

  • by Tom Shen,

    Tom Shen Tom Shen Aug 29, 2016 3:18 AM in response to TJTomAndJerry
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    Aug 29, 2016 3:18 AM in response to TJTomAndJerry

    By the way that is my second account

  • by OGELTHORPE,

    OGELTHORPE OGELTHORPE Aug 29, 2016 4:10 AM in response to Tom Shen
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    Aug 29, 2016 4:10 AM in response to Tom Shen

    To date I have seen no third party vendor offer 16 GB RAM chips that are compatible with any MBP so I would be apt to say 32 GB RAM in a MBP will not work.  However recently I did see 16 GB RAM modules for sale.  One can purchase them, install them and see what are the results.

     

    Ciao.