I;m upgrading my imac (early 2009) to OS10.7 (mountain lion) and need to increase RAM from 2 to 4 GB to accomodate 'mountain lion' . Any practical help how to do this, from make (brand) of RAM (Apple has ran out of supply) to tips on installation? Thanks,
iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8), after installation upgrade to 10.7
You can expand up to 8 GBs:
| Maximum Memory | 8.0 GB |
|---|---|
| Memory Slots | 2 - 204-pin PC3-8500 (1066 MHz) DDR3 SO-DIMM |
You can consult your user guide chapter on adding memory for what to do. You can purchase memory at OWC or DataMem. OWC is likely to have online tutorials on how to install RAM. Your computer has two memory slots so you will replace the memory currently installed with two new modules. Two 2 GB modules will provide 4 GBs and two 4 GB modules will provide 8 GBs of total memory. If you plan to keep your iMac for a while then expand to 8 GBs.
If your going to upgrade, you should upgrade to the full 8GB.
For quality RAM and a great installation video, go to: > Memory upgrades for 'March/2009 iMac
That's a four year old machine, it should be able to handle Mountain Lion (10.8), but be warned most of your 10.6 software will not run on it and it will be slower performance as Snow Leopard is very slim.
http://roaringapps.com/apps:table
BTW, 10.7 is Lion and it's been removed from AppStore so you go directly to 10.8 from 10.6.8, unless you want 10.7 specifically then you call Apple.
but be warned most of your 10.6 software will not run on it and it will be slower performance as Snow Leopard is very slim.
Not very correct. The first part is wrong. The second part is dependent upon the age of the hardware.
ds store wrote:
but be warned most of your 10.6 software will not run on it and it will be slower performance as Snow Leopard is very slim.
I also disagree!
I run a mixed bag of old iLife, old Apple Bonus App's from 10.4, plus lots of third party Universal App's in Mountain Lion without any problem.
For example:
iMovie HD (6.0.3)
GarageBand (5.1)
iDVD (7.1.2)
Big Bang (2.3.3) games
Comic Life (1.5.5)
Any practical help to remove and install memory from 2GB to 4-6G?B
