How to add more memory on MacBook Air

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How to add more memory on MacBook Air

I installed OS X Yosemite about a week ago and now I only have 2 GB left on my computer, and it says that 1.98 GB are being used right now. I've been clearing it continuously but I can't keep continuing to do this. It's incredibly slow, keeps freezing, etc. If I were to go to the Apple store would they be able to add memory to my computer? How much would it cost, and how much memory would they be able to add? It's an 11 inch Mac Book Air made in mid 2011 if that helps. Also, I've been trying to search how to uninstall OS X Yosemite because it's eating away at my storage but it says you need a copy of the old operating system which I don't have, I'm not to experienced with computers either so I don't want to mess anything up, unless there is a easy/safe way to uninstall it.

MacBook Air

Posted on Nov 14, 2014 9:45 PM

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lastingrain Author

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Nov 14, 2014 10:24 PM in response to Niel

Sorry for all the questions, but what exactly am I supposed to erase? All I see in the sidebar of Disk Utilities are Macintosh HD with Macintosh HD underneath it, then my flash drive. If I click on Macintosh HD, the first one, I then clicked on Partition. Here's a picture, what would I do.

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Niel

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Nov 14, 2014 9:48 PM in response to lastingrain

1. No. The RAM in a MacBook Air is soldered to the motherboard and can't be upgraded after purchase.

2. See #1.

3. Copy your data to an external drive, restart the computer with the Option, Command, and R keys held down, use the Disk Utility to erase the internal one's main partition, and install an OS.

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lastingrain Author

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Nov 14, 2014 9:55 PM in response to Niel

Okay, so I have a 16 GB flashdrive. I'll put all my files on there right now. How would erase the internal main partition in Disk Utilities? And do I do that before I restart the computer? Also, I was looking in the app store for the Mac and they didn't have the Mavericks OS X, am I still going to be able to download it or can I only download OS X Yosemite if I do that?

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