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Mac mini Ram Capabilities

I have a Mac mini late 2010 and a Mac mini 2012. Will the ram in my 2012 Mac mini work in my 2011 one?

Mac mini, OS X Mavericks (10.9.2)

Posted on Mar 29, 2014 3:25 PM

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Mar 29, 2014 3:39 PM in response to Hkieckhefer

2010 Mini

Mac mini (Early 2009), Mac mini (Late 2009), and Mac mini (Mid 2010) computers have two internal memory slots. These slots accept a standard PC3-8500 DDR3 204-pin SO-DIMMs (Small Outline DIMM) with the following specifications:

  • PC3-8500 DDR3
  • unbuffered
  • non-parity
  • 204-pin module
  • 1066 MHz

2012

Mac mini (Late 2012) and Mac mini server (Late 2012) computers have two internal memory slots. These slots accept standard PC3-12800 DDR3 204-pin SO-DIMMs (Small Outline DIMM) with the following specifications:

  • PC3-12800 DDR3
  • Unbuffered
  • Non-parity
  • 204-pin module
  • 1600 MHz

Many time faster memory will not work in Macs. Thus, the 2012 memory may not work in the 2010 Mini

Mac mini Ram Capabilities

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