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Title: 21.5" mid-2011 iMac upgrade
Post by: DigiCorn on October 27, 2021, 11:01:06 PM
I have 8gb RAM... just for fucking around with at home. Should I spend a few bucks and upgrade it to 16gb RAM?
Title: Re: 21.5" mid-2011 iMac upgrade
Post by: DCurry on October 28, 2021, 06:31:02 AM
Extra RAM never hurts, especially if it's cheap. I have an iMac from around the same era (maybe even earlier) and while I don't remember how much RAM it has, I put a solid-state drive in it last year and it made a huge difference.
Title: Re: 21.5" mid-2011 iMac upgrade
Post by: Joe on October 28, 2021, 06:37:28 AM
Agree with DCurry. The SSD would be the best upgrade but you can't have too much RAM. But also the thing is 10 years old and can't go past High Sierra.
Title: Re: 21.5" mid-2011 iMac upgrade
Post by: Skryber on October 28, 2021, 08:20:22 AM
I asked the bf for extra ram for Christmas. Where I really need it is at work. Both are running 8g.
Title: Re: 21.5" mid-2011 iMac upgrade
Post by: DCurry on October 28, 2021, 08:22:54 AM
Quote from: Skryber on October 28, 2021, 08:20:22 AM
I asked the bf for extra ram for Christmas.
He might misunderstand what you are asking for. Just sayin'.
Title: Re: 21.5" mid-2011 iMac upgrade
Post by: Joe on October 28, 2021, 08:27:56 AM
Quote from: DCurry on October 28, 2021, 08:22:54 AM
Quote from: Skryber on October 28, 2021, 08:20:22 AM
I asked the bf for extra ram for Christmas.
He might misunderstand what you are asking for. Just sayin'.

:dev2:
Title: Re: 21.5" mid-2011 iMac upgrade
Post by: Skryber on October 28, 2021, 09:34:30 AM
Quote from: DCurry on October 28, 2021, 08:22:54 AM
Quote from: Skryber on October 28, 2021, 08:20:22 AM
I asked the bf for extra ram for Christmas.
He might misunderstand what you are asking for. Just sayin'.

I thought that after I typed it. Ha!
Title: Re: 21.5" mid-2011 iMac upgrade
Post by: Skryber on October 28, 2021, 09:43:37 AM
Watch we'll both be wrong and I'll find 64 of these in my family room Christmas morning...

Title: Re: 21.5" mid-2011 iMac upgrade
Post by: Tracy on October 28, 2021, 10:02:53 AM
 :laugh:
Title: Re: 21.5" mid-2011 iMac upgrade
Post by: DCurry on October 28, 2021, 11:16:21 AM
Ewe wish.
Title: Re: 21.5" mid-2011 iMac upgrade
Post by: DCurry on October 28, 2021, 11:24:48 AM
Sorry. That was baaaaaaaad.
Title: Re: 21.5" mid-2011 iMac upgrade
Post by: DCurry on October 28, 2021, 11:25:24 AM
I'll stop horning in on your thread now.
Title: Re: 21.5" mid-2011 iMac upgrade
Post by: DCurry on October 28, 2021, 11:25:48 AM
I can't stop - I've got a gazelle-ion of these.
Title: Re: 21.5" mid-2011 iMac upgrade
Post by: DCurry on October 28, 2021, 11:26:00 AM
Deer lord!
Title: Re: 21.5" mid-2011 iMac upgrade
Post by: Skryber on October 28, 2021, 12:52:16 PM
Your pun skills are un-herd of.
Title: Re: 21.5" mid-2011 iMac upgrade
Post by: Skryber on October 28, 2021, 12:53:46 PM
Shear humor.
Title: Re: 21.5" mid-2011 iMac upgrade
Post by: Skryber on October 28, 2021, 12:58:15 PM
Wool you please keep going?
Title: Re: 21.5" mid-2011 iMac upgrade
Post by: DigiCorn on October 28, 2021, 01:52:33 PM
Sheeple!  :offtopic:

$37 for 8gb ram (2x4) on Amazon, so, yeah; pretty much a no brainer. 16 gb max (4x4) is the max for that imac. It wasn't worth butting heads over.
Title: Re: 21.5" mid-2011 iMac upgrade
Post by: born2print on October 28, 2021, 02:15:41 PM
OMG  :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:

go away Corn! I'm enjoying this!
Title: Re: 21.5" mid-2011 iMac upgrade
Post by: Skryber on October 28, 2021, 02:30:19 PM
No kid-ding!
Title: Re: 21.5" mid-2011 iMac upgrade
Post by: born2print on October 28, 2021, 02:49:58 PM
Sorry Corn, I didn't mean to get your goat.
Go ahead and rattle your dags mate!
Title: Re: 21.5" mid-2011 iMac upgrade
Post by: DigiCorn on November 09, 2021, 05:42:29 PM
So I upgraded the RAM, and updated the OS from Sierra to High Sierra and now CS 5.5 (or whatever version I have) doesn't run. It wanted a Java installation, so I did that, and now it "works," but when you close the app, it acts like the app crashed instead and gives you an error message about not closing properly. BAA! Any of you wooly bullies know how to fix that? Or do I need to hoof it over to the Adobe forums for a fix?
Title: Re: 21.5" mid-2011 iMac upgrade
Post by: Joe on November 09, 2021, 05:49:09 PM
Only thing I can think of is to delete the prefs for whichever app is crashing and see if that solves it. Not sure if it works in something that old but the apps will delete their own prefs if you hold down Shift+Control+Option+Command when you open it.

Also might want to run the Onyx utilities for that version of OS and have it fix permissions.