Comment on Apple’s MacBook Pro memory problem is worse than ever

• garretble@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Thanks!

  I feel like I remember seeing this project right when I got this computer, but I didn’t look too far into it. I’ll have to check it out.

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  • abhibeckert@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    No if anything newer ones run faster.

    If you still had a HDD that’d be a problem, the software assumes a fast drive now and leaves memory on the disk that, years ago, would have been pulled into RAM, but you won’t have that problem (also… that’s why Macs don’t need much RAM compared to Linux or Windows).

    Apple drops support for old Macs when the cheapest configuration of that Mac is no-longer fast enough. If it’s been upgraded, like yours has, it’s often fine.

    … but seriously when you can afford it an M1 processor will be an order of magnitude faster. Totally worth the price - keep an eye out for secondhand ones.

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    • garretble@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I may have already bought a new Mac mini if it didn’t cost $400 to upgrade the ram and hard drive space to something respectable.

      I’ve used my M1 iPad with stage manager with my external monitor quite a bit, and it smashes this old Mac mini on opening and closing apps and whatnot.

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  • DJDarren@thelemmy.club ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I have the same mini which runs Sonoma like a champ. OCLP is a wonderful tool.

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    • garretble@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That’s good to know. I may try and see if I can get it up and running.

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