How to speed up your MacBook Pro by adding more RAM

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It's easier than you might imagine to do a MacBook RAM upgrade.
It's easier than you might imagine to do a MacBook RAM upgrade.
Photo: Ste Smith/Cult of Mac

Faster, more powerful MacBooks come out every year, but for most of us it’s not very practical to throw down a bunch of cash every time a new model gets released. Luckily, it’s pretty simple to perform a MacBook RAM upgrade.

In today’s video, Cult of Mac shows you how to give your MacBook a speed boost by installing new RAM.

After you’ve purchases appropriate RAM (we recommend using Crucial’s system scanner), all you’ve got to do is take off your MacBook’s back and carefully swap out the memory sticks. The video above shows you what you need to look for inside the MacBook case.

Once you have followed the steps in the video, your aging MacBook should be nippy again for a few more years.

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