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8GB RAM in late 2008 aluminum MacBook

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MacFly69

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Tony L said:
I'm running 8GB in a late 2008 unibody MacBook under Lion and it works a treat. I went from the standard 2GB and it was a very worthwhile upgrade, just much faster and no churning of the HD. I used Kingston RAM from Amazon - as it's so cheap I thought I'd go for a known brand with good warranty.
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good to hear! can you pls link me to the exact one you purchased from Amazon? thanks.
 
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crazyxzer0

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just got my ram from amazon.

Corsair 8GB 1066MHZ

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MacFly69 said:
my MB late 2008 says i'm running 1067 MHz DDR3 RAM, but the link above is for a 1066 MHz DDR3. will this difference matter?
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For whatever reason, manufacturers call it "1066 Mhz", when in reality, it is 1066.66666666~. The computer rounds this up to 1067.
 
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ViPhone

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So just to clarify and avoid making a costly and stupid mistake:

This will work effectively on a MB mid-2010 version 1,7?

If so, I'll probably get some and install it before I upgrade to Lion.
 
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knarzie

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Tony L said:
I'm running 8GB in a late 2008 unibody MacBook under Lion and it works a treat. I went from the standard 2GB and it was a very worthwhile upgrade, just much faster and no churning of the HD. I used Kingston RAM from Amazon - as it's so cheap I thought I'd go for a known brand with good warranty.
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that sounds promising. Wonder if they sell this on amazon UK as well.
 
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knarzie

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anyone know what the the max HDD is that fits into the late 2008 unibody macbook 13"?
 
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kristjansson

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Yet another 5.1 (late 2008) macbook w/8GB of RAM checking in. Works perfectly, seems to address the entire space. Makes working with massive excel files that much easier.

Of note: Mine required a PRAM reset after the install - experienced a few kernel pancis before I realized it. So, just know that may be necessary.
 
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knarzie

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beginner's questions:

can I upgrade RAM and harddrive at the same time?

Also, can I just do a time machine backup and then copy it straight onto the new harddrive once put in?
 
ranviper

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knarzie said:
beginner's questions:

can I upgrade RAM and harddrive at the same time?

Also, can I just do a time machine backup and then copy it straight onto the new harddrive once put in?
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First question, yes you can do RAM and a HD swap at the same time.

Second Question. I don't think time machine will work, because as far as I know it doesn't copy the entire OS, just the files on it. However, google the App SuperDuper and you can freely clone your hard drive to a new one no problem. Easy, quick and clean.
 
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knarzie

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thank you for your help ranviper. I have had a look at Super Duper, but don't quite understand how it works? Do I need to clone my existing onto an external and then start up the new blank internal with the external copy connected?

Could I not use Lion Recovery Disk Assistant + Time Machine?
 
MagicBoy

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knarzie said:
beginner's questions:

can I upgrade RAM and harddrive at the same time?

Also, can I just do a time machine backup and then copy it straight onto the new harddrive once put in?
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Yep. Personally I'd install the RAM and run it for a couple of days first just to make sure it runs 100%.

Data transfer can be done using time machine - install OS X onto the new hard drive, then use migration assistant to restore your data from the time machine backup.

You can also use disk cloning tools, but I had issues with CCC when I tried it. The clean install/time machine above worked perfectly.
 
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MagicBoy said:
Yep. Personally I'd install the RAM and run it for a couple of days first just to make sure it runs 100%.

Data transfer can be done using time machine - install OS X onto the new hard drive, then use migration assistant to restore your data from the time machine backup.

You can also use disk cloning tools, but I had issues with CCC when I tried it. The clean install/time machine above worked perfectly.
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If you want to use time machine, do this. All you have to do is do a fresh install of OSX and while you are setting it up, select that you wish to transfer files from a previous mac. It will search for your time machine backup and you can choose what you want restored. If you want the entire machine to be exactly like it was before, just leave all the checkboxes checked.

I've done this multiple times and never have had problems.
 
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