More RAM for my MacBook?

I have a Mid 2009 Macbook with 4GB's of RAM. After Mavericks it seems to be using VM more than usual and sometimes can be sluggish. Running less apps at once helps, however more RAM may help more. I have heard that it possible to get 6GB's of RAM in the Mac and I have to wondr if its safe to the Mac and if it would help. Has anyone tried it and did it help? Here is the specs for my Macbook.

Hardware Overview:

Model Name: MacBook
Model Identifier: MacBook5,2
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.13 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 3 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version: MB52.0088.B06
SMC Version (system): 1.38f5
Serial Number (system):
Hardware UUID: 22AE87A5-8DEF-5F07-B328-0A2BABD69F91
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State: Enabled

John

GGJstudios said:

Your MacBook supports up to 6 GB of RAM. Yes, it's safe and yes, it will very likely help. You can find specs on all Apple products, including maximum RAM:

• By visiting EveryMac.com: Actual Maximum RAM
• By selecting your model on the Crucial Memory Advisor™ Tool to find RAM information
• By using Mactracker
• By entering your serial number here to find specs for your model. (Be aware that some models can use more RAM than Apple shows. Check EveryMac to verify actual usable RAM.)

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Just installed the extra RAM going to 6GB's. However it still seems to be using up all my RAM.

leman said:

Almost half of the RAM is used for caching, why is that a problem for you? Actually, you should be glad that the OS actually tries hard to utilise the RAM you have paid for

In another words: just because all of your RAM is getting used, it does not mean that you have too little of it. Your RAM stats look very good to me.

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Maybe I am clueless. Is there anything abnormal about the screenshot I attached? Sorry missed the last line. If it is okay then I have been mistaken. Thanks...

What is that memory Pressure Gauge?

leman said:

As I have said, your RAM stats look very healthy to me.



Its basically an indicator of how starved for RAM your system currently is. If the pressure is low, it means that all applications have enough memory with plenty to spare, and everyone is happy. It it gets high, it means that some application has requested more RAM and the OS is not sure whether it can keep up with the demand. The OS responds to a high pressure situation by attempting to reclaim temporary or cached RAM, maybe compressing or swapping some less used pages. This page is a quite detailed description, albeit it gets a bit technical: http://newosxbook.com/articles/MemoryPressure.html

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And mine looks normal?? That website is very technical and over my head.