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hi I'm Steve Smith and welcome to
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another Cult of Mac suay tips with apple
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releasing a new iMac every year or so it
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can get a little bit frustration when
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you've just spent a small fortune on
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your iMac only a year or two ago well
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today I'm going to show you how to boost
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the power and speed up your iMac which
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only takes a few minutes and doesn't
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really cost that much all just by
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upgrading your RAM let's get
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before we get into this we need to know
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what your system can handle so we're
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going to head over to crucial.com and
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find the system scanner the link can be
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found below once on there you can
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download the scanner run it and then it
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will tell you how much RAM your iMac can
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take so here we go my iMac can take 32
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gig and I purchased 8 gig of RAM so I'll
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be upgrading my Mac from 4 gig to 12 so
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this works for all iMacs from 2009 to
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2011 the newer models have a slightly
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different technique which we'll cover
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soon in a video so first step is to turn
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computer once it's shut down disconnect
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all the cables and the power Corde from
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computer place it on a soft clean towel
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or another flat surface cuz we don't
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want the computer screen to get
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scratched then using the Philips
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screwdriver remove the chin
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plate has three screws as you can see
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and don't worry about them falling out
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they're cleverly attached then the next
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thing you need to do is on tuck the tab
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and as you can see it's already got two
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sticks of ram in there which adds up to
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my 4 Gig if you pull it out memory stick
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will come with it this does take a
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little bit more Force than you'd expect
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so you really need to give it a good tug
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all you need to do is insert your new
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Ram into the empty slot and make sure
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the shorter strip is on the right hand
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side after you have inserted it press
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the ramp into the slot again this does
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take a little bit of force to put it in
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but you should hear a slight click when
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the memory is in place correctly then
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tuck the tabs back in the way they were
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and then put the chain plate back on and
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screw it in plug it all back
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on and if everything's gone successfully
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you'll be able to see it's installed
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RAM well that's it for another week let
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me know what you've upgraded your iMac
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also if you've got any questions make
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sure to leave them in the comments below
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and if you haven't already you've got to
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click subscribe we've got some great
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shows and giveaways on the way so you
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don't want to miss them I'll see you
