iMac late 2013 Version 21.5
What is the affect of installing new memory in iMac late 2013 21.5 inch model?
iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.15
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What is the affect of installing new memory in iMac late 2013 21.5 inch model?
iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.15
Depends on whether your machine was starved for RAM in the first place. That iMac has two sealed-in RAM slots and can take 8 GB or 16 GB of RAM. Since the slots are sealed in, and the chassis is not easy to open and reseal, upgrading the RAM is a job for a repair shop or skilled technician.
If you run Activity Monitor and watch the Memory Pressure graph while you are running a normal workload, you can use the color-coding on the graph as a guide:
If you see lots of Green on the Memory Pressure graph, installing more RAM might not do much of anything, except to make your wallet that much lighter.
Depends on whether your machine was starved for RAM in the first place. That iMac has two sealed-in RAM slots and can take 8 GB or 16 GB of RAM. Since the slots are sealed in, and the chassis is not easy to open and reseal, upgrading the RAM is a job for a repair shop or skilled technician.
If you run Activity Monitor and watch the Memory Pressure graph while you are running a normal workload, you can use the color-coding on the graph as a guide:
If you see lots of Green on the Memory Pressure graph, installing more RAM might not do much of anything, except to make your wallet that much lighter.
A Late 2013 21.5" iMac supports a maximum of 16GBs. It also requires it be taken apart to reach the memory slots.
Just to add, it can't run a version of macOS newer than Catalina 10.15.7. Time to think about a newer Mac.
iMac late 2013 Version 21.5