Hi all
I'm finding it really hard to find any info on where I can buy 2x 8GB ram for my late 2013 13 inch macbook pro.
I bought it recently in Australia and currently reside in the US now.
Does anyone know where I can find an online store to make this purchase as I use editing systems and the current 2x 4GB isn't enough.
Thanks for any help :-)
MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mavericks (10.9)
You can't upgrade the RAM on a Retina.
You can't upgrade the RAM on a Retina.
Sorry, but the 2013 models cannot be user-upgraded with anything. If you didn't buy it with enough RAM to start with, then you are stuck with it.
Wow... wasn't told that instore when I bought it... totally gutted! :-(
Glad that I found out why I'm finding it so hard to upgrade... thanks for the response.
Looks like I might be searching for a desktop soon and using this as back up then
One thing though... you said you bought it recently. If that was within the last 2 weeks, you could return it and buy one with more RAM.
Thanks for the detailed response Kappy.
So annoyed that the guy instore told me I could upgrade... guess he wasn't sure about the new models either. Looks like I'm stuck with it as is until I can save enough to build on a desktop.
Cheers
Hi BobRz... Thanks for the reply. I bought it a month ago though before I moved to the US... my old mac died on me two days before I left so I was in a hurry and snapped up what I thought would be upgradable.
Guess that's what happens when you purchase in a hurry from a guy that doesn't really know Macs :-(
Did you get it at an Apple store? It's a long shot, but if you did you could try going to one here in the US and pleading your case. Or calling Apple's Customer Service, which is a challenge to get to, but they can be helpful sometimes.
Like I said, long shot.
Yup think it might be worth giving a whirl... a long shot is better than nothing at all. Cheers again :-)
And by the way... it's not a "new model" thing for this year. The Retina has never been memory upgradeable. If an Apple Store employee sold it to you, he needs to go back to Apple school. Or whatever it is they do.
It was a Genios desing by apple... Now all those notebooks are disposable product...... From now on i will change to Alienware = Dell. i was a big fan of apple but this kill all my good feelings .... i have a mac 13' and not able to upgrade nothing.... Chaos!...
Well played, Apple... Well played.
When my daughter's laptop died right before final exams, I gave her my 2012 entry level Mac Book Pro which I never had one ounce of trouble with, and I hastily bought the entry level Late 2013 13 inch Macbook Pro retina that the Best Buy guy said was awesome. I usually research EVERYTHING but I had no reason to suspect that the entry level mac book pro retina 2013 would be anything less than even better than what I had with my 2012 non retina mac. Within a month, I discovered that the 128 flash drive storage was not enough to handle both my iTunes library and/or my iPhoto library. I have had to transfer both these libraries to an external hard drive, and I now never access them. Not only that, but if I want to access one photo from my iPhoto library on my external hard drive, I am required to restore the entire library to the my hard drive, (a requirement of mavericks), which means that even when hooked up to my external hard drive, any pictures I have in iPhoto, are unavailable for my viewing on my new laptop that I am still paying for. I feel completely screwed and, although I love the Mac book's speed, it seems to me that Apple likes to punish the poor folk who, at the particular time their laptop crashes, cannot get over the sticker shock of an unexpected but required purchase. Customers' needs change often with time, I find it arrogant and poor customer serve that Apple does not allow their customers to upgrade their perfectly good laptops just because they did not correctly anticipate their needs in 6 months or, like me, bought without taking the time to properly educate myself. I really did think that the $1200.00 I was paying for this (and continue to pay for) would give me more than enough computer to last me for several years. Shame on me for sure and I am paying the price for it. Just not cool that nothing is upgradeable.
help: macbook pro 13 inch late 2013 ram updgrade
