I have a late 2008 aluminum MacBook running El Capitan 10.11.6. The computer cam with 2 GB ram and the instructions say there is a maximum of 4GB. Is that cap still valid or can I add 8GB?

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I have a late 2008 aluminum MacBook running El Capitan 10.11.6. The computer cam with 2 GB ram and the instructions say there is a maximum of 4GB. Is that cap still valid or can I add 8GB?

I have a late 2008 aluminum MacBook running El Capitan 10.11.6. The computer came with 2 GB ram and the instructions say there is a maximum of 4GB. Is that cap still valid or can I add 8GB?

MacBook, OS X Yosemite (10.10.4), late 2008 aluminum

Posted on Aug 15, 2016 6:17 AM

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kaz-k

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Aug 15, 2016 10:38 PM in response to stephenfromiredell

Yes, your MacBook accepts two 4GB RAM sticks, total 8GB, though you'd better update the firmware Version MB51.007D.B03.

http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook/macbook-unibody-faq/macbook-unibod y-13-non-pro-how-to-upgrade-ram.html

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Answer 2

Aug 16, 2016 6:47 AM in response to kaz-k

Thank you.

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