Upgrade your iMac's RAM in less than 5 minutes

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When you buy a new iMac from Apple, it can be costly to upgrade the RAM. Upgrading a new iMac from 8GB of RAM to 32GB, for example, will cost you an extra $600 through Apple's website. There is a much more wallet-friendly way to add RAM to an iMac, however: do it yourself. Third-party sites such as Other World Computing and Crucial sell the same amount of RAM for around $150. That's a savings of $450. All you need to do is install it, which Apple has made relatively easy.
In this video we walk you step by step through the installation process. For a more in-depth look at the buying and installation process, check out this article on CNET: cnet.co/2SSl3r0
Even if you aren't buying a new iMac, upgrading the RAM on your old computer is a quick and affordable way to give your computer more multitasking juice to handle all of those open tabs in your Chrome browser.
For this video, Crucial provided us with the RAM.
Apple Support Page for iMac RAM upgrades: support.apple.com/en-us/HT201...
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Crucial RAM DDR3: bit.ly/3k6FYDf
iFixit Pro Tech Toolkit: bit.ly/3gd8gKZ
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@MrDavey2010 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for easy to understand instructions. I successfully upgraded my new iMac today from 8gb to 64gb. Never imagined I’d be able to so thanks lots.

@shaykhchilly8529 3 жыл бұрын

Great great tutorial. Just upgraded my ram with no issues! Thank you for saving me hundreds of dollars. ❤️❤️

@finnelkington4521 3 жыл бұрын

CWHO ELSE NOTICED THE "RAM" (MALE SHEEP) AS THE SCREEN SAVER? Nice touch to an excellent video

@LX44er Жыл бұрын

Can I put just one new ram in to remove the firmware

@someone7z7 7 ай бұрын

@@LX44erwhat

@makaveli087 3 ай бұрын

@@LX44er *Sure if you wanna start a friggin fire, kid!*

@LX44er 3 ай бұрын

@@makaveli087 why ? Just one it will start to burn ?

@notanotherjamesmurphy5574 4 күн бұрын

@finnelkington4521 I guess you didn’t notice the Ram truck, the Rams football team logo, and the Paul McCartney album entitled ‘Ram’

@Rbuffdogs 4 жыл бұрын

Great video, even for we "old folks". Looking forward to upgrading.

@amyket1 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you this was so helpful! I followed along exactly and upgraded from 8gb total to 64gb and i have no clue how to do anything with technology whatsoever! it was so easy and fixed all of my speed issues. thank you !

@xebec4547 Жыл бұрын

64 is too overkill 😂

@Siddhesh1123 11 ай бұрын

na fr what the hell u need 64gb of ram for@@xebec4547

@lorraineedwards5835 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your help. I had not got a clue what I was doing. Nice to have such an easy video to follow. My Mac is running like a new one again!

@tfamtv5 4 жыл бұрын

Out of all the videos I watched your video solved my problem. Thank you

@stephengwrightphotography8937 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome video, simple and straight to the good stuff! Thank you!

@gregdeltorto9029 3 жыл бұрын

Good stuff. Just ordered 16 more for my iMac 27. Looks like an easy install. Thanks.

@davek615 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for a great tutorial. I have just upgraded my iMac to 32Gb with no problems. I used 4 x 8Gb ram modules from Integral DDR4 2667Mhz. You have saved me lots of money, I am a musician and use Cubase and Dorico music programs a lot. Many Thanks.

@gevidee 3 жыл бұрын

I liked this video solely from those badass shots of the iMac at the start

@edwardhasted3849 3 жыл бұрын

Great video and the humour is appreciated! We need it. Good to note which slots the RAM was initially in?

@StanleyKC 3 жыл бұрын

LOVED the end!

@thecherishedlife Жыл бұрын

Wow, this video was sooo helpful! Thank you so much!

@michaels.telleraia7791 Жыл бұрын

Very clear instruction. Thank you!

@pablobatista6710 3 жыл бұрын

Thank u sir! Amazing video, One more subscribed from Brazil!

@MrRiz157 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant video very informative. Thanks

@larochepourelles6263 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, super informative video.

@RonRicho 3 жыл бұрын

Really great and helpful video but the presenter is the BEST! Humor in these videos is a slippery slope. He pulls it off beautifully. He should have is own TV show. Maybe he does. Thanks again.

@versatile3169 Жыл бұрын

Seems easy.thank you!

@christopherwenman 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! That was very easy to follow and, yes, pretty funny!

@Jacquienh 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent video thank you

@juicysugerplums2747 Жыл бұрын

This was so informative thank u

@TheGagi82 2 жыл бұрын

Great help,thank you

@Centella9 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I will try!!

@arizwldcat 3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate the Paul McCartney reference! :)

@SonShine2Sunflower Ай бұрын

Thank you! I appreciate your humor, detailed tutorial & the link to the Apple article! 😊

@markgilham2453 Жыл бұрын

Great vid. Thank you!

@grussem 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent video, thank you. Is there a particular "brand" of ram that you recommend for Macs? I am a photographer and use Photoshop and Lightroom frequently.

@robmich5480 3 жыл бұрын

Great video, thanks

@pheldonmajors2999 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Sir!

@user-wv7sr2rc8u 2 ай бұрын

Thank you. I did it, it worked!!

@cocekamhlawuli7547 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent tutorial, just ordered my 32gig from OWC for just $299, Crucial is out of stock :)

@niklasmessner4873 Жыл бұрын

Unreal! Funniest tech video ive ever watched. All the rams in the intro. Love station to station.

@Sooz3112 3 жыл бұрын

Helpful, thank you....although I know that if I dismantle an iMac...there's a high probability that I won't be able to rebuild it 🤦‍♀️😂 x

@TrevorHelt 2 жыл бұрын

Great Video 🙂

@susand7202 5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!!

@AutoStartTest 2 жыл бұрын

Good one , thanks

@ShazAlly 2 жыл бұрын

Can you say if I buy this exact iMac but with 64GB ram, what memory sizes would they put in? 2 x 32GB or 4 x 16GB? Thank you.

@tatiana8252 Жыл бұрын

Thank you !!!

@hannalagud 4 ай бұрын

Thanks, will try this tutorial for my 27 inches IMac 2018. I just bought my refurbished IMAC with only 8gb Ram and I bought an extra 32 Gb to make it 40Gb. Will see how it works

@Videophototoronto 3 жыл бұрын

thank you

@djwrmboy 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

@djwrmboy 3 жыл бұрын

and big ups for the david bowie recommendation, that was the selling point.

@happycamper2220 2 жыл бұрын

If my 2009 27in. iMac has 4 RAM slots and I want to upgrade to 16GB of DDR3 1067 RAM, is it better to put in 4x4gb or 2x8gb? Fill ever slot or leave two empty? Thank you for the great content.

@chrishynes1503 3 жыл бұрын

great video, thanks for the 21.5" tip. I might just buy the 27" instead

@cocekamhlawuli7547 2 жыл бұрын

I did the same, bought 27" 16gig RAM for $950 on Amazon, just upgraded with his instructions so easy and now super fast. My slow 21" just sitting there now :(

@VastDesign 3 жыл бұрын

Can you upgrade the new iMacs ram yourself? I read that an Authorized apple rep has to do it.

@MahmoudSuhail 3 жыл бұрын

You are awesome.

@gaboguerra950 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing. In the Amazon links for 64GB there are version of 2666MT/s and 3200MT/s. I know 2666 is standard. But will 3200 work ?

@ornanafilms 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! And "Station to Station" was a lovely soundtrack as I was installing.

@moonstruck7055 3 жыл бұрын

Am I able to put a 4GB RAM card into a slot with a maximum of 2GB of Ram. I don’t expect it to use all four but would it work as a 2 GB?

@bastouneuroatypicmusic6885 2 жыл бұрын

Merci beaucoup !

@Arroyo2099 Жыл бұрын

I do this which worked (thanks for that) but man even with eggs extra memory it’s still not enough for my video editing. I have to make partial videos and then combine them into one after I delete the extra footage. Is there anyway to add even more? I use and external hard drive for my footage but even the it’s not enough. I was hoping for a hardware solution

@MrEtorkizuna 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing.

@user-ut1bh5zs1g 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, in your video I saw 4 cards. when I buy, how many card I have to buy for 32GB ?

@giothed00d 4 жыл бұрын

This sums my love hate relationship with Apple. When they decide to let users have access to upgrade they make it extremely simple. The problem is that they only allow us whenever THEY feel like it, which they don’t do often.

@patrickholland8522 4 жыл бұрын

I feel ya

@cnethowto 4 жыл бұрын

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@MissaMelodica 2 жыл бұрын

You the best man I’ll see you, well I guess never because Apple doesn’t allow you to upgrade the RAM on your new devices

@AlissaAbello 3 жыл бұрын

Great video, thank you! If you're only putting in two sticks should they be in slots 1 & 2, or slots 1 & 3? If keeping the original 4GB ones also, do they alternate slots or do one size in slots 1 & 2 and the other size in 3 & 4?

@christopher6337 2 жыл бұрын

It’s definitely best to have the same ram from the same company as well as equal amounts (4 in four, 8 in two, 8 in four, etc)

@Tinapanteli1111 2 жыл бұрын

Can you add ram on the the M1 24" IMAC?

@koujoful 3 жыл бұрын

I put the ram in, and it's not reading it, 2015. I found the exact model and the #. It says the slots are still empty!

@thelostrabbit3553 8 ай бұрын

Hi please replay,if i upgrade Will it help the adobe premiere pro performance better?

@gordonmrtn 3 жыл бұрын

Can we keep the original Apple Ram and add more third party ram or should we fully replace original and add third party ram? Thanks

@EmadCaptures 3 жыл бұрын

@Spanish John any update? Did it go well?

@nievesruggiero5373 2 жыл бұрын

i have el capitan copias de seguridad and it says i have little space though in " clean my mac" but in machitoch in the comp. says i have much more space how can i fix this please

@marleymcleay9228 3 жыл бұрын

nice picture of a Ram, mate xD

@MrDecibel123 3 жыл бұрын

can the ram be purchased and ship to Canada

@anetavolcano5496 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, the advice with a notch helped. But in my iMac, the picture on the cover did not match the inside!! In the picture, the notch was on the right and in the port, when I used a torch to see, it was on the left! First, I put it like they showed in the picture but it wouldn't go in, then I turned it around and went in with no problem... Thanks again!

@sezi9art 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I had that too, the diagram was wrong…

@riccardocarbo2479 Жыл бұрын

The one part I needed, you missed--about mixing differently sized sticks. Ex., should I pair the 16's in one bank and the 4's in the other? Or just the opposite? Apple says to balance them in each "channel." If that's to mean, bank. Unsure.

@tomskmtmathew Жыл бұрын

No clue, but I took out the original and replaced with the 16 gb x 2 I purchased. Put the old 4 x 2 into the unused slots and no issues yet (been only a few minutes now). I can see it reads as 40Gb now ... hope it speeds things up now

@bennykanny Жыл бұрын

@@tomskmtmathew How did that work out? I have 2x4 and 2x8, thinking of buying another 32 and replace one slot with that.

@tomskmtmathew Жыл бұрын

@@bennykanny I landed up buying two sticks and popped them in taking it to total 40 gb (4+4) + (16=16). I feel the machine will take it. I purchased the sticks on Amazon, so if I had a glitch like incompatability, I could return it within 28 days. so far so good. I don't see any big differences but the thing would do its business when under strain I guess.

@stevelaursen1691 3 жыл бұрын

my 2020 ha 2 4G ram. slots 1 and 3. do I put the 2. 16 G in 2 and 4

@deathsnake1481 Жыл бұрын

My imac is bootcamped and it runs windows and I don't want to haft to go back onto the apple os to check how do I check the number

@josecotto7940 3 жыл бұрын

Nice

@NinoAmerica 4 ай бұрын

What is the max we can put in a Mac?

@alhadad1979 3 жыл бұрын

Great video, dear what about CORSAIR Vengeance ddr4 sodimm, is it compatible with imac? (sorry for the question as I am a newbie 😅)

@gansomas 3 жыл бұрын

hey, that's not compatible. you need a ram module made specifically for imac

@ToyDenNerds 4 жыл бұрын

Is it ok to install the ram because you even turn on your brand new IMac. I just bought a 2020 Imac and it comes tomorrow. I have the 64GB of ram. Can I install it before turning it on for the first time?

@teddy4980 3 жыл бұрын

BRO? I only have 4

@jasonvicente3712 3 жыл бұрын

I have a iMac 27inch 2019 5k, base ram is 8gb which is 2 sticks of 4gb each, now my question would be if I buy ram from a third party like crucial or owc, can I buy 2 32gb sticks for a total of 64gb can it be compatible with the base 8gb for a total of 72gb ??? Or should I just get all the same ram sticks ??

@VJDiamondblend 3 жыл бұрын

that's what id like to know as well. I have 2 stick with 4gb each but want to upgrade and max out

@Slypooch Жыл бұрын

How much can i put in is there a limit to gb size?

@lievemerel2408 4 жыл бұрын

I try to open and unplug the ram from my iMac 2011 27" but when i power it. I hear 3 beep that loops mybe every 5 sec, but the screen is off. Is my iMac damage after i unplug the ram?

@the32-bitguy21 3 жыл бұрын

Beep of death. It's dead.

@spencercarruth9706 4 жыл бұрын

It’s rather unfortunate that we will never get to upgrade the storage in any Mac besides the Mac Pro due to the T2 security chip and soldered storage.

@northsidejayy2369 3 жыл бұрын

can we take our computer somewhere to upgrade ram ?

@joshoboyle926 3 жыл бұрын

So if I purchased a new 27in iMac, could I buy a 32GB RAM chip to add to the two 4GB RAM chips that come with the iMac to make it 40GB or would you need to discard the 2x4GB RAM before putting in the new 32GB Ram chip?

@cnethowto 3 жыл бұрын

That’s a good question. Please consult with Apple support chat.

@CineFutbolByScarlos 3 жыл бұрын

Apple said no just do the 32 GB on 2 and 4

@3DThingg 4 жыл бұрын

Great detailed video thanks. Can I add a single 32GB mem card or do they need to be in pairs?

@BenPumpiner 3 жыл бұрын

They need to be in pairs but do not need to match, i.e., you can have 2 - 4gb sticks and 2 - 16gb sticks installed together. You can’t have a 4gb, an 8gb and a 16gb, they have to matched in pairs.

@hadderingh59 3 жыл бұрын

Pairs

@cooljazz8 3 жыл бұрын

Pears mmmmm

@Jeffspizzashop Жыл бұрын

Can we use usb sticks as ram on mac?

@martincarlberg9671 3 ай бұрын

I just put two new DDR4 2666Mhz in my iMac 27” -2020, but why does show 2133Mhz in ”About this Mac”? It had 8gb but now the total is 72gb.

@mstrpuppet 5 ай бұрын

I have a imac 27” 1312 late 2009. What ram can i buy for 32 gb. Ive bought 3 sets of ram sticks and i get the three beeps

@maneashi 5 ай бұрын

2009 imac only support 16 gb mx . Please check.

@aurangzebzeb7259 4 жыл бұрын

Apple intentional made it difficult to upgrade it systems becoz upgradation meant low selling of their new units

@jaysoncale4434 Жыл бұрын

can upgrade ddg4 to 2009 model?

@68868s Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, I will not be able to upgrade my late model 2013 with 8 GB. I did however, acquire for free a 20 inch mid 2007 Mac with only 2 GB, now I can update it. Of course, I used only my MacBook Air with M1 chip for everything.

@paulcbarranco 4 жыл бұрын

I heard from a best buy worker that putting in 64gigs of ram in my 2020 Imac could be bad for it; he said something like "bottlenecking". what's a good amount to upgrade on a a 3.7Ghtz 2TB HD on the 27" Imac?? The max says 64gigs.

@royalexander5437 Жыл бұрын

The max is 128, but you should probably do 32 Gb, which is more than enough for the next decade.

@sitizenkanemusic 4 жыл бұрын

I'm about to buy a 27" iMac with the i9 processor and 1tb ssd. Should I just get the standard 8gb RAM and just buy 3rd party RAM cards so I can have a total of 32gb RAM?

@Jksamonte 4 жыл бұрын

YUP!

@KarlAlfredRoemer 3 жыл бұрын

My 21.5 IMac 2015 does not have such a compartment door.

@jeffleszczynski618 4 жыл бұрын

I think you need to put a disclaimer on this video. Not all iMacs can be upgraded like this. Not all artists that ship will be able to pull apart the guts from an iMac to install memory. You're saying only if you have a machine with the door, then you can do this.

@r0gue_1 3 жыл бұрын

I upgraded my iMac 27 mid 2017 from 8gb to 24gb. But the new ram just won’t kick in and boot my iMac. When i have both of the new 8gb(s) in it gives a beeping sound. Can someone share some tips or ways to go around this? Thank you

@jlarnold5918 3 жыл бұрын

You should go on Reddit and ask Reddit

@jaidkarien5611 2 жыл бұрын

god bless you

@gooorgjooon 2 жыл бұрын

very crazy 😂😂go on 🌹🌹🌹😂😂

@samjauhari3451 3 жыл бұрын

hello good evening, I wonder if any of you can help me, I have an old Imac 21.5 inch , mid 2011 - 2.5 GHZ Intel core i5 with a 4 GB 133 MHz DDR3 RAM, My question is how many GB of RAM can I upgrade for this iMac 21.5 Inch Mid2011, Please need advice, anyone??? Many thanks.

@jamesdriscoll2478 4 жыл бұрын

i like the RAMcharger

@andytuohy4086 4 ай бұрын

I found Sound and Vision was probably more accurate timing. 🙂

@sabrinajohnson2768 Жыл бұрын

thanks --- it really helped.. i did it!!!!!

@jessymode 3 жыл бұрын

i have a mac book with 2gb ram i put 4 gb in and now its not turning on

@Hhart94 3 жыл бұрын

Just got my new iMac and I wanted to upgrade the 8gb to 128gb. I bought the OWC kit and replaced the 2 sticks of ram that came with the computer. I tried to boot the computer back up and it wouldn't turn on! I put the original 8gb of ram back in and the computer still wouldn't turn on. Not sure what to do now. Any suggestions?

@kysheemb 2 жыл бұрын

Did you fix it because it’s what I plan on doing

@Hhart94 2 жыл бұрын

@@kysheemb yes, I’m the end it all worked out - it just took some readjusting of the ram sticks and rebooting the computer a couple of times

@kysheemb 2 жыл бұрын

@@Hhart94 I put mines In already and it works but the fan in my iMac goes crazy

@Hhart94 2 жыл бұрын

@@kysheemb I've noticed that too. Whenever I'm exporting files it sounds like it's going to explode lol