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I bought a MacBook mid 2010 which I have upgraded to 8GB of RAM. But now, 8GB is not enough for me. I need more RAM for my work.

Can I upgrade my MacBook's RAM to 16GB? I know the new Macbook Pros can do it, but I am not sure about mine.

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I've edited your question because it was unclear whether you have a Macbook or Macbook Pro. If I understood you wrong, please edit it again. – gentmatt Mar 3 '12 at 10:36

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No.

OWC continously tests the max RAM which apple computers support - which is usually more than Apple officially states.

The following table shows that the max RAM supported by your Macbook (mid 2010) is 8GB (officially 4GB). enter image description here

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It's sad but thank you any way – Shisoft Mar 4 '12 at 8:50
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I had 16GB stuffed into my first generation unibody 17" MBP.

Now I'm back down to 8GB, swapping the two sticks with my 2011 Mac mini.

I've stuffed a few more recent MBPs with 16GB, regardless of OWC or Apple have to say.

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OWC now shows that your MacBook can support up to 16GB of RAM. Check that page out for yourself. Seems like it was recently updated.

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Interesting. The 15" 2010 MacBook Pro is missing but if the 13" supports it then the 15" should as well. I wonder what changed as Intel's specs for the CPU in my 2010 MacBook Pro haven't changed: ark.intel.com/products/43560/… – sjs Jan 3 at 5:07
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@sjs My mbp is 15". Is there any difference between 13" and 15"? I've checked 13" processor is 2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, is seems not the same as 15". – Shisoft Jan 4 at 16:31
@Shisoft That's a good point. I forgot that the 13" has a different CPU architecture, and it may have always been 16 GB for the 13". – sjs Jan 6 at 0:34
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I am actually shocked. I've just tested my Macbook Pro 17" core i7 2.66Ghz, 2010 model and Core i5 2.53Ghz 15" 2010 Macbook Pro.

I put 2 8GB memory sticks (total of 16GB), and it's shows in About my Mac.

So 2010 models do accept 16GB of RAM.

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What kind of memory did you use? DDR3-1333? – bummzack Mar 10 at 18:44

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