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Increase the speed of a slowing Mac by adding more RAM

Adding RAM to your Mac is the cheapest way to upgrade the speed of your Mac. Even with the advanced features of macOS Sierra, you can't really have too much RAM. If you would like to know more about monitoring how much memory your Mac is currently using (and how much memory is installed), have a quick look at our helpful guide here

Unfortunately Apple doesn't make it possible easy to upgrade the RAM in a lot of their devices, including the MacBook Air, Retina MacBook Pro and some 21.5" iMacs. We have a bit more information on which Macs we can upgrade on this page here

For the MacBook Air and Retina MacBook Pro, the RAM is soldered to the Main Logic Board inside, which also holds your processor. To upgrade these devices, we need to replace all three parts together. That makes it more expensive than the equivalent upgrade for any other Mac computer, but at SimplyFixIt we do offer these upgrades - whereas the Apple store do not.

But, for most Apple Macs, RAM is readily available. Apple even sell it directly to you from their web store. Of course, when they sell it to you, not only is it more expensive than SimplyFixIt, but they also expect you to open your Mac up and fit it yourself. All the prices below for SimplyFixIt Mac RAM include fitting


All RAM Memory fitted by SimplyFixIt is guaranteed to be compatible with your Mac.

If there is no price included here for your Mac just click here to contact us for a price.

  Product Model Size Our Price Apple Price
iMac (Late 2013) iMac (Late 2013) 27"
  1. 3.2GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5 - 3.5GHz Core i7
16GB £160 £320
Mac mini (Late 2012) Mac mini (Late 2012)
  1. 2.5GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i5
  2. 2.3GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7
  3. 2.6GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7
16GB £160 £320
MacBook Pro (Mid 2012) MacBook Pro (Mid 2012) 15", 13"
  1. 2.5GHz Dual-core Intel Core i5
  2. 2.9GHz Dual-core Intel Core i7
  3. 2.3GHz, 2.6GHz & 2.7GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7
8GB £99 £160
Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac Pro (Late 2013)
  1. 3.7GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon E5 (Quad-Core and Dual GPU)
  2. 3.5GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon E5 (6-Core and Dual GPU)
16GB £260 £320
iMac (Late 2012) iMac (Late 2012) 27"
  1. 2.7 - 3.2GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5
Please note that the 21.5" model is not upgradeable.
16GB £160 £320
MacBook Pro (Late & Late 2011) MacBook Pro (Late 2011) 17", 15", 13"
  1. 2.3GHz & 2.4GHz Dual-core Intel Core i5
  2. 2.7GHz & 2.8 GHz Dual-core Intel Core i7
  3. 2.0GHz - 2.5GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7
8GB £160 Apple do not stock this.
MacBook (White Unibody - Early 2010) MacBook (White Unibody - Late 2009 - Early 2010) 13"
  1. 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo,2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
4GB £99 Apple do not stock this.
MacBook Pro (Early 2010) MacBook Pro (Early 2010) 17", 15", 13"
  1. 2.4GHz - 2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
  2. 2.4GHz - 2.53GHz Intel Core i5
  3. 2.66GHz Intel Core i7
     
MacBook Pro (Mid 2009) MacBook Pro (Mid 2009) 17", 15", 13"
  1. 2.26 - 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
     
iMac (Early 2011) iMac (Early 2011) 27", 21.5"
  1. 2.5 - 3.1GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5
  2. 2.8 - 3.4GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7
     
iMac (Mid 2010) iMac (Mid 2010) 27", 21,5"
  1. 3.06 - 3.20GHz Intel Core i3
  2. 3.60Ghz Intel Core i5
  3. 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5
  4. 2.93GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7
     
iMac (Late 2009) iMac (Late 2009) 27", 21.5"
3.06 - 3.33GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
2.66- 2.8GHz Quad-Core
     
Mac Pro (2009) Mac Pro (2009) 8-core with Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5500 Series
Quad-core with Quad-Core Intel Xeon 3500 Series
1066MHz DDR3 ECC DIMM
     
Mac Pro (Mid 2010) Mac Pro (Mid 2010) One 2.80GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
One 3.20GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
One 3.33GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon
Two 2.40GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
Two 2.66GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon
Two 2.93GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon
1333MHz DDR3 ECC SDRAM
     
Mac Pro (2006 - 2008) Mac Pro (2006 - 2008)
Mac mini Mac mini 2.4GHz - 2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo      
Mac mini Mac mini 2.3GHz - 2.5GHz Intel Core i5
2.7GHz Intel Core i7
2.0GHz Intel Core i7
     
MacBook (White Enclosure) MacBook (White Enclosure) 213"
2.13 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
     
MacBook Pro (Late 2008, Early 2009) MacBook Pro (Late 2008, Early 2009) 217" (Early 2009)
15" (Late 2008)
2.4 - 2.93 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
     
iMac (Early 2009) iMac (Early 2009) 224", 20"
2.66-3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
     
iMac (Anodized Aluminum) 2nd Generation Early 2008 iMac (Anodized Aluminum) 2nd Generation Early 2008 224", 20"
2.0-2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
     
iMac (Anodized Aluminum) 1st Generation - Mid 2007 iMac (Anodized Aluminum) 1st Generation - Mid 2007 2
MacBook (Generation 6) MacBook (Generation 6) 13" white and aluminium unibody
2.0 to 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
     
MacBook (Generation 5) MacBook (Generation 5) 213"
2.1 to 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
     
MacBook (Generation 4) MacBook (Generation 4) 213"
4th Generation
2.0-2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
     
MacBook (Generation 3) MacBook (Generation 3) 213"
3rd Generation
2.0-2.16GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
     
MacBook (Generation 2) MacBook (Generation 2) 213"
2nd Generation
1.83-2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
     
MacBook (Generation 1) MacBook (Generation 1) 213"
1st Generation
     
MacBook Pro (Early & Late 2007, Early 2008) MacBook Pro (Early & Late 2007, Early 2008) 217", 15"
2.0-2.6 GHz
     
iMac (White enclosure with Intel) iMac (White enclosure with Intel) 220", 17"
1.83 Intel Core 2 Duo
Intel Core Duo
     

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