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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(Note: The original post said "No", which was right at the time it was written, but as of February 15th, 2014, the OWC page says that you can install up to 16GB of RAM on mid 2010 MacBooks (2.4GHz).) Yes.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 16GB (officially 4GB).
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Any mid-2010 MacBook Pro i5 or i7 is limited to a maximum of 8GB RAM. If you have a 2010 MacBook Pro Core2Duo (13"), then you are in luck and you can upgrade to 16GB RAM. The type of RAM needed is DDR3 PC3-8500 1066. I believe there is an EFI limitation in OS X Mountain Lion that will not allow the 2010 i5/i7 Macbook Pro's to be upgraded over 8GB RAM. After doing some digging around, it sounds like the limitation has to do with the IntelHD graphics SW that is used by OS X. Some datapoints to note:
As far as I can tell, this appears to be an Apple SW limitation of some sort. |
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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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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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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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It accepts it but won't let you use it while using an apple OS. It is clearly a software problem and it is shocking that apple will not give an update to solve this issue!!! |
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