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iMac Intel 21.5" EMC 2389
Difficulty: Easy
iMac Intel 21.5" EMC 2428
Difficulty: Easy
iMac Intel 27" EMC 2309 and 2374
Difficulty: Easy
Mac Mini Mid 2011
Difficulty: Very easy
MacBook Pro 13" Unibody Early 2011
Difficulty: Easy
MacBook Pro 13" Unibody Late 2011
Difficulty: Easy
MacBook Pro 15" Unibody Early 2011
Difficulty: Easy
MacBook Pro 15" Unibody Late 2011
Difficulty: Moderate
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Stories
My Problem
I had only 4GB of memory on my 21.5" EMC 2428 iMac (2 x 2GB Dimms). My son was having trouble editing films due to low memory. I bought 2 8GB Dimms and added them so now we have 20GB of memory and no trouble with the editing.
My Fix
Adding the memory was simple. It took minutes.
My Advice
One of the simplest ways to get more life out of your iMac.
My Problem
I speed up my mac by adding 6 GB of RAM (using a 8GB RAM chip) and changing the HDD to a SSD.
My Fix
It took 30 minutes and everything went perfectly!
My Advice
Do not mixed up the screws!
My Problem
needed more storage, and wanted more speed
My Fix
easy -- the guide videos at ifixit were all I needed and more!
My Advice
Increasing RAM from 8GB to 16GB on an early 2011 macbook pro (OSX Mavericks) had almost no effect for most applications I tested (3x repeat processing after fresh reboot, internet and all other applications closed). HOWEVER, the hybrid SSD which I installed subsequently had a pronounced effect -- boot-time halved, and general use in the OS even with many applications running is now faster than ever!
My Problem
Wanted to improve performance
My Fix
clear instructions, very easy process
My Advice
A site well designed, it makes your life easy, well done!
My Problem
Poor performance due no memory
My Fix
Smoothly
My Advice
Nah, every instruction was detailed and exact. No any problems.
My Problem
My laptop was really sluggish, lots of programs were freezing and taking several minutes to do really simple things. I decided it was either the slow hard drive or the pitiful 4GB of RAM, so I started with the RAM upgrade.
My Fix
It only took about 10 minutes to get done with the whole thing. I'm really glad I bought the toolkit, the screwdriver was way better than the ones I had. Now the laptop runs very well!
My Advice
Double-check you reconnect the battery. I replaced 4 screws then couldn't remember if I had done it, so I had to backtrack to confirm.
My Problem
The battery in my MACBOOK PRO 15 was not charging and while replacing this, I decided I might as well increase the amount of RAM in my laptop.
My Fix
Two words describe the repair. A DODDLE! Simple to follow instructions so one would have to be close to an idiot not to carry out this repair successfully.
My Advice
My first contact with your organisation - so the advice I would offer anyone contemplating a 'self repair' on a Laptop or a computer is to contact IFIXIT for advice, parts & the correct tools to do the job.
My Problem
I needed more RAM to increase my ability to game and work on my MacBook. I decided to upgrade my wife's too.
My Fix
Dropped the RAM in today after I got the parts but have not had the chance to try it out just yet. too busy working but it seems to have done the trick so far.
My Advice
Make sure to disconnect the battery and plugs. And always wear your anti static device.
My Problem
Not so much a problem as a need to update the hardware of my MacBook Pro.
My Fix
The repair/update went very well. I was surprised to find out that two 8GB RAM modules could go into my machine. The SSD/HD hybrid drive was installed easily and doubled the space of my storage to a 1TB. I've noticed speed improvements due to the 64MB SSD cash on the traditional drive. The shared RAM for the HD 3000 went from 384MB to 500MB after the successful RAM upgrade as well.
My Advice
I used a command line ASR (Apple Software Restore) to clone the old drive to the new drive with the USB enclosure included in the upgrade kit. It was a block by block copy which created a bootable clone of my previous HD and expanded the size of the partition to meet the increased space as well. Using Terminal and Disk Utility from Recovery Mode (Command + R on startup with newer Macs) was very easy.
My Problem
Have an Early 2011 MacBook Pro that was ordered with 8GB of Ram from Apple. As a web developer though, 8GB of ram just doesn't cut it any more. Need to start using PhotoShop heavily, & that was the last straw. Ordered up 2 8GB RAM chips, & now my MBP is humming along with 16GB of ram!
My Fix
Super easy to replace RAM chips in the Early 2011 MBP. I'm still temped by the Retinas, but the repairability scores have been keeping me away. Sooner or later I'm sure I'm take the plunge to Retina, but I'll put it off as long as possible with upgrades like this!
My Advice
If you've got an Early 2011 MBP stick 16GB of RAM in it!
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