Upgrade your iMac's RAM in less than 5 minutes 

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.

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

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

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.

LOVED the end!

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

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

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

Very clear instruction. Thank you!

Thank you so much!!

Good one , thanks

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

Thank you so much, super informative video.

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.

Great Video 🙂

Now try it on a 21.5 model

Mines the 2015 21 inch model 😩😩😩😩😩

can the ram be purchased and ship to Canada

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

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.

This was so informative thank u

Nice

Can a 27in 2020 iMac use 3200mhz RAM instead of the 2666mhz RAM??

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?

This process stop with intel, new M1 chip NO

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

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.

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.

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

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 !

The reason why i hate macs so much.

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

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

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there would be a difference in size..??...4GO or 8GO..???what does this mean..???

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.

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?

David Bowie! Remember him in the movie with a young, hot Jennifer Connelly ?! Every young boy's crush...

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.

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

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

y must RU-vidrs play the worst music in the background. Please stop 🛑

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.

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 ??

Is there a video to do this process on the Mac that has the vent on the bottom of the iMac where you have to screw out the door?

What is the max we can put in a Mac?

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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.

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?

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

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

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

not "5 minutes if your iMac is post 2011...more like 2-4 hours and not simple, so folks simply wont be capabel of doing it.

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.

Subtle "Ram" in the background

Thank you. I did it, it worked!!

I appreciate the Paul McCartney reference! :)

i took out 1 ram just to check it and now i hear beeps ,, i put it back and still black screen and same beeps sound , imac 2011 27, any advice?

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

Did you see what a year in LA did to this guy? I mean, he still looks like he is about to have a heart attack, just grunge

Brilliant video very informative. Thanks

can upgrade ddg4 to 2009 model?

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

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

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

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

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?

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!

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

So… not saying the tutorial is bad but I bought ram that didn’t fit my Mac and so I had to refund it

Can we use usb sticks as ram on mac?

very crazy 😂😂go on 🌹🌹🌹😂😂

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

now try doing it on a new iMac

Excellent video thank you

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.

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 ?

i like the RAMcharger

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?

what about a 24 inch

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

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

Hi first!

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

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

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

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.

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?

can we take our computer somewhere to upgrade ram ?

nice picture of a Ram, mate xD

Great vid. Thank you!

Try that on a 2014 model 😡

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!

can the ram be purchased and ship to Canada