Hi - I bought a 24" iMac in Nov 2008 with 4GB RAM. I understand that this is the max. allowable memory, however I wonder if there's a way to get any more using something like a USB drive? This is possible in Windows I think and called something like MemoryBoost. Thanks for any suggestions!
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iMac maximum memory limit
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Your iMac can use up to 6GB of RAM.
You can find specs on all Apple products, including maximum RAM:
You can find specs on all Apple products, including maximum RAM:
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If 24" iMac 2bought in Nov 2008 (assume its an April 2008 version), then perhaps it can increase up to 6 GBs.
re: http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/iMac/Intel_Core_2_Duo_PC2-6400
If it can, then perhaps you can sell existing 4 GBs Simms and replace with availble 6 GBs. Thus, memory upgrade to 6 GBs is more affordable...
Note too sure of Mac OS has a memory boost 3rd party application....
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re: http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/iMac/Intel_Core_2_Duo_PC2-6400
If it can, then perhaps you can sell existing 4 GBs Simms and replace with availble 6 GBs. Thus, memory upgrade to 6 GBs is more affordable...
Note too sure of Mac OS has a memory boost 3rd party application....
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That iMac has a 6 GB limit: http://www.everymac.com/systems/app...24-inch-aluminum-early-2008-penryn-specs.html
And know, that boosting your RAM via USB is horrible, as USB only offers 35 MB/s read/write speeds, while writing to the internal HDD can offer up to 110 MB/s read/write speeds and DDR2 RAM with 800 MHz has read/write speeds of 6400 MB/s, which is 58 times faster than the internal HDD and 182 times faster than USB 2.0, thus USB 2.0 would slow you down actually.
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While there are 4 GB DDR2 SO-DIMM modules, there are no 6 GB DDR2 SO-DIMM modules. To get to 6 GB RAM, one has to use one 2 GB and one 4 GB SO-DIMM module.
OP:
And know, that boosting your RAM via USB is horrible, as USB only offers 35 MB/s read/write speeds, while writing to the internal HDD can offer up to 110 MB/s read/write speeds and DDR2 RAM with 800 MHz has read/write speeds of 6400 MB/s, which is 58 times faster than the internal HDD and 182 times faster than USB 2.0, thus USB 2.0 would slow you down actually.
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While there are 4 GB DDR2 SO-DIMM modules, there are no 6 GB DDR2 SO-DIMM modules. To get to 6 GB RAM, one has to use one 2 GB and one 4 GB SO-DIMM module.
OP:
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Have a look at Activity Monitor (Applications / Utilities /) and select All Processes and sort by Real Mem to see what the culprit consuming too much RAM may be.
Also check the "System Memory" tab to see what your "Page ins:", "Page outs:" and "Swap used:" are.
image below uses sorting by CPU as an example
Further reading:
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Have a look at Activity Monitor (Applications / Utilities /) and select All Processes and sort by Real Mem to see what the culprit consuming too much RAM may be.
Also check the "System Memory" tab to see what your "Page ins:", "Page outs:" and "Swap used:" are.
image below uses sorting by CPU as an example
Further reading:
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