My 2011 mac mini now runs very slow. I have to wait on it to do basic things. I only have 2 GB of ram. It came with this amount and it fan fine for several years. But I upgraded to the most recent Os system and now it runs slow. What do I need? More RAM?
Yes. If it can be upgraded.
Here is a video for how to do it. That place also sells compatible memory
2Gb will let it run but as you have found it will almost as soon as you open an application slow down to a crawl. I would therefore definitely upgrade the RAM and I suggest you go straight to 8GB and skip 4GB.
If you want to further improve the performance the next step would be to upgrade from a traditional hard disk to a SSD flash memory disk drive.
Instead of going to 8 GB I would go to 9 GB by replacing one 1 GB stick with a 8 GB stick. Then later you can go to 16 GB if you want.
lllaass wrote:
Instead of going to 8 GB I would go to 9 GB by replacing one 1 GB stick with a 8 GB stick. Then later you can go to 16 GB if you want.
Yes. Do this.
I will upgrade to 8GB. Thanks for the advice. Also have an older (2009) 24" IMAC and it also runs slow with the upgrade. It has 4 GB. I think I will replace it with a brand new 21 or 27 inch. Thanks for the response.
Bill
murphygay wrote:
I will upgrade to 8GB. Thanks for the advice. Also have an older (2009) 24" IMAC and it also runs slow with the upgrade. It has 4 GB. I think I will replace it with a brand new 21 or 27 inch. Thanks for the response.
Bill
That's one way to justify a new Mac. :-) Adding more RAM to the 2009 model is cheaper, though (but I'm guessing not as much fun).
I upgraded the OS system on my 2011 mac mini. It now runs very slow. Do I need to increase the ram. I only have 2 GB now.
