Installing iStatMenus or Macs Fan Control can help you control your fan speed exactly. You can essentially support 16gb, however your computer may become hotter than normal. *Apple officially supports a maximum of 8 GB of RAM, but third-parties have determined that this model actually is capable of using up to 16 GB of RAM with two 8 GB memory modules. Max out at 16GB now, or forever hold your peace-you can't upgrade. As in the MacBook Air, the RAM is soldered to the logic board.Proprietary pentalobe screws prevent you from gaining access to anything inside.
RAM UPGRADE 2012 MACBOOK PRO PRO
MacBook Pro with Retina Display 15" Mid 2012 Repairability Score: 1 out of 10 (10 is easiest to repair).On the retina display MacBooks, the RAM is soldered to the logic board and cannot be replaced Just wanted owners to know, because you can feel really good about owning these laptops knowing that upgrades with quality components should be very easy to do and should work really well, extending the life of the laptop and giving better performance from the next boot-up.Ĩ GB of RAM is installed as two 4 GB modules, no slots free.ĪDDING OVER THE 8GB CAPACITY WILL VOID APPLE WARRANTY AND IS NOT RECOMMENDED BY THEM The whole job took 10 minutes and made a HUGE difference to the performance cf. I sense already that they will run a lot faster.Ī little while ago, I replaced the original spinning hard-drive (which was operating too slowly for my liking) with a 500Gb Samsung 850, and that worked perfectly, too.įull of enthusiasm for the above, we've just replaced another original drive from a friend's mid 2012 MacBook Pro, with a 1Tb Samsung 850 and that worked perfectly, too. It even boots up faster but I haven't used heavy applications yet. Just letting people know that I've successfully upgraded the RAM on my mid 2012 MacBook Pro - from 8Gb (2 of 4 Gb Hynix sticks fitted ex the factory) to 16Gb (2 of GSkill 8Gb sticks) of DDR3 1600 RAM.