is it true that the 2011 Mac mini uses a PC3-10600 ram? is there a specific ram that i need to use with it? or i can just buy any other brands as long its the right model. because i can get a 4gb ram for less than rm150.... Thanks

better buy an apple certified ram or get problem at the end, like me

What ram did you buy?

This post has been edited by alvin ong: Aug 3 2011, 03:22 PM

guys, stay away from WD Blue Scorpio 1TB 5400rpm internal HDD for your mbp. it really is what forum said, runs slower than my 250GB original HDD.

the mac mini uses DDR3 1333 Mhz RAM. http://www.apple.com/macmini/specs.html

nothing specific. though it's preferable if u bring ur mac mini to the shop and ask them to install & test for you on the spot. just in case. 2x4gb RAM should be not more than rm250

how come?

how come after i copy my data from old hard disk, like for photo, it says locked when u open preview.

Sifus, can I just ask coz I can't seem to find this anywhere. If I were to install a new HDD for my MBP, will I be prompted to format the disk when I am installing OS X?

And after that, I assumed that I can use back my Time Machine backup to restore to my last restored state.

im not exactly sure if the OSX installer will auto-format when installing. if it doesn't, when u boot from the OSX dvd go to Utilities > Disk Utility (at the top) to format the drive. if it's Lion, you'll see this option in the middle of the screen

you dont have to reinstall OSX to restore from ur time machine back up. boot from the DVD, go to utilities and Restore from Time Machine (not sure what's the exact name lah). make sure u have connected ur TM drive of course. it'll ask u which backup to restore to (pick the latest one) then choose to restore to ur internal drive.

Meaning I change the HDD, then boot from CD ...and from there I'm good to restore?

hmm.what kind of problem?

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Added on August 5, 2011, 11:00 pmI'm using kingston ram on macbook pro.works fine for me.

This post has been edited by A p e k: Aug 5 2011, 11:00 PM

just ordered owc ram for mbp, is it the best?

yeap!

Thanks for the details. Now restoring from my TM. Pretty simple to do.

no prob. everything should be exactly how it was

My 8gb ram from OWC just arrived!
After 10 days on the road. Hehe...

The best to test ram, using REMBER right?
Or are they any tools to test the ram?

Thanks in advance...

Rember is just a GUI for memtest. You can get an Mac installer for memtest here http://www.command-tab.com/2008/01/11/how-...under-mac-os-x/

or the memtest source from http://www.memtest.org.

Best way is to boot into single user mode and run from the command line. That way it can test all the ram.

Which shipping method did you use?

The cheapest one....

$5.09 - USPS

just upgrade my MBP 15 2011 with mushkin essential 2x4Gb 1333mhz RAM at RM170. so far no problem

Where did you get the RAMs at?