I have just bought a Mac Mini today and found that it is using 2.7gb of RAM after it boots. I am looking to add a 8gb ram to this Mac Mini but I do not know which RAM is compatible with it?
I wonder if this RAM Corsairwill be compatible with Mac Mini Late 2012?
No. The 2012 Minirequires
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:
Macs are picky about memory. Only use memory that says it will work with your Mac. For Corsair memory use their memory find
http://www.corsair.com/en-us/memory-finder
Here is another good place
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/Apple/Mac_mini/DDR3_1600
You might consider onl getting one 8 GB stick now (total of 10 GB) and you can get the second one (for total of 16 GB) later. With unmatched stack memory access is just a little slower since dual channel mode is not used
Go to crucial.com. It will tell you and their RAM works without issues.
Mac Mini Late 2012 RAM upgrade
