I knew I was in trouble when he pulled out the f#cking pizza cutter.

@maztrbeats

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@noobbrainsredyoshi

3 жыл бұрын

You can use a small thin plastic guitar pick thing

This is WAY too much work to replace the ram. WHY oh why did Apple have to bury it like this?!!? Guess I live with 8 GB. I appreciate your video, though! Very thorough!

@SigurdGrimsby

4 жыл бұрын

BBQ Nut no, CD rooms are too big. That’s why this iMac can be so skinny. If you still use CD’s you live in the last decade. 🤷‍♂️

Thank you for this incredible step-by-step. It is insane that you have to do all this just to replace the RAM. VERY well done.

Bro you are a G probably the most detailed video of replacing RAM on a IMac thanks for the help and actually going throughout the process without minimal skipping

*note to self , get mac with correct memory when you first buy

@pfdrtom

4 жыл бұрын

Note to self: rob bank before going to Apple store.

@WeAreTheChavez

4 жыл бұрын

Note to self cheaper to upgrade after you buy it

@ts6070

4 жыл бұрын

Or get 27" iMac as it is much easier to replace or upgrade RAM

Excellent Video. Very complete and illustrative of the job complexity. Not for the beginner. Thank you!

Excellent, detailed, comprehensive and interesting video. thank you

My screen was not working, I decided to take a look inside the Imac, I could save it thank to you! I'm so so grateful, greetings from Colombia and excuse me if my english is not the best! Best of wishes!

Awesooooommmmmeeee. This was very helpful and a great way to spend my Friday afternoon :P

thanks for the video. Im about to do it this week. and wow this video is 5 years old ! a NEW COMMENT :D

Well Done! I upgrade my iMac's RAM and replace the HDD with SSD successfully after watching you video - great help!

@RamAngodKP

5 жыл бұрын

You replaced your 1TB HDD with what size SSD?

@peterjuhasz7026

5 жыл бұрын

@@RamAngodKP 50 Bullashits

Thanks you for the awesome video :) looking forward to upgrade the RAM and HHD to SSD of my iMac really soon :) Thumbs up

Just upgraded mine using your video . Thank you

Holy crap, it worked! Thank you SO much! (I'm writing this on my newly renovated iMac 2013! What an exciting day, in many ways!)

Thanks ! If u knew it were this difficult I would’ve not bought the 16 Gb RAM. Now I have to try. Without this video I would’ve way extra parts and screws when putting it back together and duct tape to hold the screen. Lol

Good tutorial. Gonna follow this whenever i get the parts. Was just gonna upgrade to an ssd but i figured i might as well do this while the screen is off cause i’m not gonna want to do that again

Thanks for this, great video. I’m doing mine tomorrow, wish me luck!

I just gave up to upgrade RAM with SSD after I watched your video. I had the experience to upgrade Dell laptop but Apple hid the ram, it is another game. crazy!!! Anyway, your video is very useful. Thank you :)

perfect job my friend

I was quite convinced to do it with my iMac but after watching those procedures. I would just go to buy a new one LOL!! But he's a pro..so it's ok for him to do that

Great video thanks.

please share the size of Double Sided Adhesive Tape

worked great...thank you!

Great video, but after watching it I am seriously considering just opening the back using a Dremel! Whatever happened to putting a little access-cover at the bottom, Apple? On my previous iMac, changing the memory literally took just 2 minutes!

Bruh im scared to even look at the thing or else ill crack the screen

Thanks for video manual!

So I literally just did this using the video last weekend (February 21, 2020) and It came out beautifully. I now have 16gigs in my 21.5 inch imac late 2013. It really now that hard, just need patience, courage, and a lot about an hour of your time. I've opened up my old 27 inch imac several times before so I'm used to it. But outside of that, just pay attention to which screws went were and you should be fine. Take pics if you need to. Thats what I did. Once you do it, you'll be confident in doing it again. You can almost geek out on it. Warm regards!

@godfearingbeliever

4 жыл бұрын

The only part i am worried about is coming in contact with the power supply part and frying the board. Did you wait till it was totally drained when doing this?

@69Johnny69

2 жыл бұрын

do you notice a speed different with the 16GB ram?

@abrammcdaniel1498

2 жыл бұрын

@@69Johnny69 oh yes!!! I have no complaints. Plus I installed a SSD as well. Very happy.

@69Johnny69

2 жыл бұрын

@@abrammcdaniel1498 Hi Abram, thanks for your reply. I have a late 2013 iMac 21.5" and I'm planning on getting an external SSD to boot from. Do you think this should show a vast improvement on speed or do you also think improvement on RAM is needed?

@abrammcdaniel1498

2 жыл бұрын

@@69Johnny69 definitely do the RAM. But I am not sure how fast an external SSD as a boot drive is compared to internal. If you can install a SSD boot drive internally.

youre a real one, but alas i cannot undergo this long procedure and will be building a new pc

thank you !

lol!!!! At my work they disposed of a broken mac. It had recently upgraded from 8GB to 16GB ram so after they threw it in the trash I went and opened the Ram access panel underneath it and removed them in less than a minute to upgrade mine at home. Imagine my sad face when I got home and found out mine doesn't have an access panel because its a 21.5" late 2013 model and not only would I have to go through this long process to upgrade, but I also can't even upgrade because it only has 2 slots and I brought from work (4) 4GB memories... just my luck. Never buying a mac again...

@georgwor8955

9 ай бұрын

After watching this video and still head shaking about how flipping hard it is to upgrade this model... your story really made me sad. I feel sorry for you, man! All the other models are easier to work on. Upgrading Mac Minis 2010 to 2012 is a charme. Also, 2009 to 2011 iMacs are very well engineered.

MEASURETRIP, i need to upgrade SSD & RAM to my iMac late 2013 21.5inch. After watching your videos here i felt very hopeful and blessed. Could you add the accessories and other supplies list you needed to do this? I will buy those and try do the same. Thanks in Advance.

Well done after 5 mins of video decided to go to apple shop But Well Done 10/10

@measuretrip

7 жыл бұрын

:)

@shoofter

5 жыл бұрын

How much did they charge?

@kicorv2

5 жыл бұрын

hahahahaha

Excellent guide! Thank you! 100% better than OWC guide. No offense to OWC engineer but their guide is very complicated and risky for damage at the step of removing power supply unit.

Insane fix

Thank’s 😅

Hol saludos, gracias por el video, este modelo se le puede cambiar el procesador de i5 a un i7?

ugh, amazing how a million times more tedious needing to do all this for an iMac compared to how almost 3 “stepish” it is for a simple macbook bro to change the RAM.😂😂 Neverless, very through and helpful vid. Thanks

Muchas gracias!!!!!

Wow, hard work! So crazy! Every iMac is so easy to upgrade memory.

@SalvadorLopez-xo2ij

4 жыл бұрын

sarcasm? do you just mean the hard drive because getting to the ram doesn't seem easy at all

thanks homie

thanks

Thanks for the video. Actually there is no need to do this steps if you have experience installing ram. I just unscrewed two top screws holding logic board, lifted little bit and removed old ram and inserted new one. 10 mins total

@noelk6606

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome thanks I figured there was an easier way. I think any of us though are still scared about using the pizza cutter to take the screen off

Nice educational video, congratulations. Can you tell which model the original RAMs were? Thanks Beppe

@measuretrip

4 жыл бұрын

The process done some years ago. So the RAMs already gone, and I have no data, sorry.

Thank you for your comment. Have a comfortable Mac life with your upgraded iMac :)

If you got 27 inch it comes with access panel at the back.

What size is he double sided tape?

ja conseguiu por 32gb de ram e trocar o processador , caso o seu seja o I5 2.9 o imac 14.3 2013 late ?

Isn’t it dangerous to use bath towel in case of ESD. Also this is 14,1 model correct?

You would have greatly increased your startup speed if you had changed the hard drive as well. Had you placed an SSD drive along with the memory you wouldn't believe how much faster your machine would start.

Great video. Does it matter if the RAM is DDR3 or DDR3L? Is there an acceptable frequency range too? And does it matter if memory is unbuffered vs fully buffered?

@measuretrip

4 жыл бұрын

I think you should use DDR3L. amzn.to/2QmNTOq I don't know the other details.

You can easily replace the RAM by only removing the fan assembly. Takes far less time and is much easier.

@cgi2173

3 жыл бұрын

About to upgrade mine. This is all I'm going to do.

@noelk6606

3 жыл бұрын

Can you point me to a tutorial on that process

@DJPMackin

3 жыл бұрын

@@noelk6606 I'll have to video myself doing it the next time I get one. It is pretty intuitive but I assure you it can be done and it takes far less time this way. I would however recommend that you power it up before sticking the screen back down as I did this once and one of the RAM sockets wasn't seated properly (so it only recognised 1/2 the RAM) and I had to remove the screen and start again. Make sure you feel the definite "click" as you re-insert both RAM modules. I have however seen a video of at least one other guy doing it this way and I am sure there are plenty of others who do it this way. Just look at it and have a bright light handy and you will see that it can indeed be done!

@oliversydello5281

2 жыл бұрын

Ever make that video?

@benm1414

9 ай бұрын

​@@DJPMackinever make that video?

wow !! prácticamente desarmo toda la iMac !! me dolió en el alma ver como la desarma !!!!!!!!

Wow, so they really aren’t soldered on the board. They’re just buried and the computer requires a complete disassembly. Crazy to think this is the lengths they went!

@arccityangels

5 жыл бұрын

Liquid Bijoux agreed

After upgrade, I turn on the iMac but no response. The problem still exists after I install back the old ram. Can you help please.

shit...I was about to tackle this project but after watching this diy video I said screw that! shit ...it's a lot of work! hahaha

@measuretrip

6 жыл бұрын

Exactly too much task :(

Very good video, thanks. Rather disappointing that the machine is designed like this though

@tsunghan_yu

4 жыл бұрын

Pete F bad apple ... Should be easily upgradable with better design (just a hole in the back)

This is a great video but after watching it I do not trust myself to install the ram by myself omg. I will probably break my computer >.>

Wow! Where did you learn this stuff!? You convinced me to seek professional help. You live around here!!?

@measuretrip

5 жыл бұрын

through trial and error :)

WHY? Why haven't I bought 27 inch imac?

Mine (27”) has an access panel at the back giving direct access to the RAM slots without ANY tools.

@boostermcblast2197

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah right. Mine too. But upgrading the SSD of whatever is still completely SICK.

Thank you for this video. Can I Install 2 x 16GB for this model?

@measuretrip

6 жыл бұрын

Hi, I think this model accepts up to 2 x 8GB.

@mohammedahmed-xi8br

4 жыл бұрын

Max 16gb what a bummer

Thank you, but I got gray lines in my video

hello , can you tell me please what is the thickness of the adhesive tape? 3mm , 4mm , 5mm? or 6mm? with one should I use?

@measuretrip

7 жыл бұрын

I use 5mm. Anyone can be used, but no so thick.

super video! upgrade my iMAC 21.5 late 2013 with this video. RAM (2x8) + Hard Disk SSD 1Tb. Good job boy! thank you very match

@speuippo83

4 жыл бұрын

Ehi Alessandro, could you give me the specs of the ram?

@joseorenes2369

4 жыл бұрын

What model and brand of ram did you put in your iMac 21.5 late 2013?

@ciriman

4 жыл бұрын

​@@speuippo83 this is the item buyed www.amazon.it/gp/product/B07431W7V3/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

@ciriman

4 жыл бұрын

@@joseorenes2369 this is the item buyed www.amazon.it/gp/product/B07431W7V3/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

After I saw ur video ..I had strong decision to not upgrade..... adjust with 8 gb ram enough.....

How much does RAM cost anyway?

si la desarmo , luego me sobran piezas , como con la bicicleta

Strange design, it's all back to front, the RAM holder should be immediately accessible once the screen is removed

Hello, What is the size and type of tape that you used please ? Any link to Amazon will be great.

@SimplesizeShop

5 жыл бұрын

I used normal Double-sided tape that I bought at one coin shop. Thick tape is not suitable for it.

@tbimac

5 жыл бұрын

四宮義森 Thank you. I was wondering which size is that tape.

@SimplesizeShop

5 жыл бұрын

@@tbimac the width is 5 mm. (about 0.2inch)

hey mate, Just wondering was this iMac the 2.7Ghz model?

@measuretrip

7 жыл бұрын

Yes

Hi, i was wondering what type of tape did u use?

@measuretrip

8 жыл бұрын

Hi, I have used 5mm wide double sided paper tape.

@IronSaiyan7

8 жыл бұрын

+BEFORE TRIP Do you know where i can buy it at? I've been looking everywhere but can only find the 3m double sided but its really thick, and it left a gap between the screen and the computer body.

@measuretrip

8 жыл бұрын

like this, www.amazon.com/Double-Strong-Adhesive-Office-Supplies/dp/B00L8RGH4W The tape I have used is for stationaries, so maybe you can find in stationaries shops.

what kind of tape did you use to seal the screen?

@measuretrip

4 жыл бұрын

usual paper both-sided tape

Jeez, you'd think Apple could've just put a door in the back.

Come on! You did all the hard part and did not upgrade to SSD?

Why did they (Apple) have to make it so complicated?

What tools I need?

@measuretrip

5 жыл бұрын

Double-sided tape, drivers, tin card for open iMac.

can i put 32 o 62 gb to this model or not more than 16???

@measuretrip

6 жыл бұрын

no, up to 16 gb (8gb x 2).

There's a cover on the back of the Mac with the memory under it on this model. I went through the joy of removing the screen and fan and thought this is ridiculous and looked for an easier way. Under the back stand is a square cover. Slide razor blades in the edges and pry it out. The ram slot is under there. (Note-it's not on the bottom of the screen like older models but on the BACK) No reason to remove the screen etc at all !.

@twinkletwinklenanastar9500

5 жыл бұрын

That is a different model most likely, this one doesn't have a little square

@ashresearcher

4 жыл бұрын

The large ones had that square. This model doesn't.

Like ✅➕👍🏻

Two Memory slot ?

@measuretrip

6 жыл бұрын

yes

i followed all the steps you did, however the power won't turn back on... can you help me?

@user-ri9jb2cx9x

7 жыл бұрын

You should check if you return the old rams again and the power back or not. If the power back, the problem will be in the new rams. Good luck.

@edwinwong8237

4 жыл бұрын

カンザキモリオ I got the same problem. Power won’t turn on although I change back to old ram. Please help!

There's an access hatch on the back to upgrade the RAM

@GarranEastman

3 жыл бұрын

only on the 27 inch

@MorganaDevina80

3 жыл бұрын

Not on this model, there is on an earlier and later models though.

Do u know if that model support 32gb of RAM?

@measuretrip

4 жыл бұрын

no, max 16gb (8gb x 2)

Ugh holy crap I want to upgrade the memory myself but this might be to risky. I really am starting to hate apple products. Must cost an arm and a leg to have a Apple dealer do this for you

Just did the change of RAM. Everything great except crack on the screen. I don't think the metal pizza blade is the best for glass. I seen on another video, the glue should be warmed up and used the plastic blade to open. The rest of this video is very good.

@tsunghan_yu

4 жыл бұрын

Kri sto Did you crack your screen when getting off the display?

Just wondering if anyone knows this. Can you upgrade to 32GB of RAM with 2x16gb sticks?

@SimplesizeShop

5 жыл бұрын

this iMac accepts 8gb x 2 at most.

@jacobfagan9755

5 жыл бұрын

四宮義森 really? That stink...

Should just carved a hole at the back so we can reach ram port.

I did the above, and the memory worked, except now my computer only has half a display- the other half dark gray 😭

@ashresearcher

4 жыл бұрын

Do you think you might have damaged your screen's connection when removing it?

@adultingforamateurs4339

4 жыл бұрын

ashresearcher pretty much what the repairman said 😢

Hi can i like buy two separate 8gb sticks and combine them as one 16gb in two slots?

@measuretrip

8 жыл бұрын

Hi, if you mean that you want to put 16gb in each slot and wanna make 32gb machine, I don't think so. iMac 21.5inch RAM maximum 16gb, written on Apple web site.

@harshsuniltrivedi8284

8 жыл бұрын

+BEFORE TRIP no i want to instal 8gb in 1 slot each so in total it bcmes 16gb

@measuretrip

8 жыл бұрын

Oh I see. You can install 8gb ram in each slot. I've upgraded to 16 gb with 8gb x 2. And I recommend you should use same 8gb rams accepted 1.35V and 1.5V. I installed Transcend 204pin SO-DIMM DDR3L-1600 8GB × 2.

@harshsuniltrivedi8284

8 жыл бұрын

+BEFORE TRIP alright Thanks a ton

@measuretrip

8 жыл бұрын

good luck

Which RAM Is compatible with iMac 21.5 late 2013?

@academiaciscofmplv1675

3 жыл бұрын

DDR3L 1600MHZ

Yeah that's to much trouble for me, i probably fuck it up.

Will it work for a late 2015? 16,2?

@measuretrip

4 жыл бұрын

I don't know

I just cut a whole at the back of mine 🤪

Hello, I need help. I have a Imac (21.5 inches, end of 2013) Processor: 2.9 GHz Intel Core i5 Memory: 8gb 1600 Mhz DDR3 Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M 1024 MB I want to increase the memory because my imac is very slow but I do not know which one to buy help please

@SimplesizeShop

5 жыл бұрын

How about that ? Transcend PC3L-12800 DDR3L 1600 8GB×2 1.35V www.amazon.com/Transcend-JetMemory-DDR3L-SO-DIMM-TS8GJMA384H/dp/B00JIJU79S/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?keywords=Transcend+PC3L-12800+DDR3L+1600+8GB%C3%972+1.35V&qid=1552191473&s=gateway&sr=8-1-fkmr0

Why did you not change your harddrive to a SSD?

@SimplesizeShop

5 жыл бұрын

at that time (2015), SSD is expensive. So I changed to a SSHD after that.

@hanzon

5 жыл бұрын

@@SimplesizeShop Thanks for the answer

Hi, I replaced the hard disk with an SSD, a vertical line on the screen

@RamAngodKP

5 жыл бұрын

You replaced the 1TB HDD with what size SSD?

@bossaddict08

5 жыл бұрын

Hi that means there is an issue with either your connection or the screen.. I recommend disconnecting the screen again, use compressed air to blow on it and the port, reconnect and restart the computer. If this doesn't work, then you've probably permanently damaged the screen and you need to replace it. I recommend buying a new iMac at that point.

Why didn’t you just unscrew the plate ( 3 screws) underneath to access the RAM slots. It literally takes 2-3 minutes. In the newer iMac it’s even easier there aren’t even any screws !

yeah.... I'm good, Apple store here I come.

@WinterlightningZ

4 жыл бұрын

Visited them today and they were like, no, we don't do that.

You dont need remove all of those components, if you look carefully, there is plenty of room to remove the RAM from where it’s at! b/c of the curved back of the iMac

@MorganaDevina80

3 жыл бұрын

So what needs to be removed?

@miguelarivera

3 жыл бұрын

@@MorganaDevina80 once you remove the display the connectors that block your access to the RAM are gone, now just disconnect the RAM as if the board was already flipped over, over course it isn’t but you have plenty of room to remove the RAM since the back of the iMac is curved.

@MartinIRL

3 жыл бұрын

@@miguelarivera You need to unscrew two top screws and lift the board little bit. Without it it might be very difficult

@miguelarivera

3 жыл бұрын

@@MartinIRL don’t you love a good challenge!

Hi, is it possible to install a SSD in iMAC late 2013?

@measuretrip

4 жыл бұрын

Yes. I have installed SSD in my iMac late 2013.