
Since the update it usually runs between 30%-45% of RAM used. I didn't see the Mac going over 8MB yet, so I opened every application on my mac just to get to 51%. Upgrading the Hard Drive, made it even better.

Sorry for the bad analogy: it is like replacing parts in your car that will make it runs great, but it takes 15 minutes to start it.įor me, I decided to start with RAM. Yet, when upgrading considering to upgrade the SSD is not a bad idea. Thanks to clarification, the SSD and RAM are unrelated in this discussion. In my original answer I have mentioned SSD. Here, you can find a similar discussion in iFixit forum Apple do have a good webpage of How to identify my mac model. However, by going on Crucial website or other RAM shops and selecting the compatibility of my System, I am advised to upgrade to 16GB (8+8). They officially support 8 GB of RAM, but OWC has determined that they actually support 16 GB of RAM regardless of the operating system installed, although only the 'Early 2011' MacBook Pro models are capable of running a version of Mac OS X 10. According to Mavericks System Info it can be upgraded to 8GB. The 'Early 2011' and 'Late 2011' MacBook Pro models use faster 1333 MHz PC3-10600 DDR3 SO-DIMMs.

Please, before you buy make sure that the memory fit your specific mac model. I have a MacBook Pro 13'' early 2011, i5, 2.3GHz, 4GB Ram. This is the product I have purchased to my mac. I Have same same model MBP and upgraded two weeks ago. There are several discussions in Apple's forum on this subject. Yes.You can install and use 16GB of RAM in that machine.
