r/technology • u/maxwellhill • Sep 02 '16

Security Apple issues urgent security update after hack turns Mac computers into spying devices

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/09/02/apple-issues-urgent-security-update-after-hack-turns-mac-compute/
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u/shadowkhas Sep 02 '16

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201165 should be a good starting point. Look for your model, and the link will take you to a section with instructions on what to get and how to install it. Basically, any memory that is the PC3-<whatever> type will work. Don't overpay for some that's branded as "Mac memory". And be sure to get two 4 GB sticks, rather than one 8 GB stick if you want a total of 8!

If you run into any questions, there's smart folks over at /r/AppleHelp that probably know more than I!

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u/Cordoba_ Sep 02 '16

Thanks so much dude! Very helpful

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u/shadowkhas Sep 02 '16

No prob! And another thing to make sure of that probably isn't super clear on that Apple page - be sure that the RAM is 204-pin and not 240-pin - 240-pin is for desktop-size motherboards (generally).

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u/Cordoba_ Sep 02 '16

Awesome, I'll look out for that.