How To Upgrade RAM On MacBook Air?

As long as MacBook exists, “running too slow” seems to be a everlasting topic for some users. Upgrading RAM of Macbook becomes a popular choice. REWA here introduces a quick and inexpensive way to upgrade your MacBook memory so as to improve your Mac’s speed and the performance.
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[@rewatechnology2008]

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[@lmjak]

Pretty sure i could do this. Would it be the same process for a Macbook Pro Retina ( Mid 2012 ) and where could i buy the Ram besides Apple. Would like to go from 8GB to 16GB

[@kelseylupu1272]

I can't find any RAM chip from the website. Could you please check it please?

[@italk2alex]

@bful#violence probably a smc reset...

[@jhonha1975]

@@lmjak Pudiste hacer esto?

[@jhonha1975]

es.aliexpress.com/item/33015231620.html?spm=a2g0o.placeorder.0.0.704e7851H6Ybm9&mp=1

[@fayvicteaurieuce1625]

Well, I wanted to upgrade RAM by myself but after seen this video I'd rather not. Thank you.

[@Gabriel-jg5wh]

xd same

[@jeneralgod]

yeah, even reapplying the heatsink feels like a pain

[@sravans5100]

Same !

[@daddyscrapes]

Fay Victeaurieuce 😂😂😂😂

[@user-vt7wz2fk7l]

Same now i'm searching for a laptoo shop in my country

[@MrMatttrow]

I can't list the number of ways i would screw this up

[@MoistCat9]

same lmao

[@GussGaviria]

Lol!

[@GlistentaeWorldrunswithtech]

You can't screw up, except the ram replacement. Its all organised it won't be a trouble

[@Kalopazia]

World runs with tech well you could miss place so many screws or burn something by accident or installed the chips the wrong way around and dont even get me started on putting it back together

[@chriscamptonuk]

Matt Trowbridge me too😂

[@chrisfantasm3542]

*Remove screws and lower case* Me : Easy enough, time to upgrade to 8GB *Detach batteries* Me : On second thought, 4GB is still fine.

[@rewatechnology2008]

😂 lololololol

[@jeremy790]

does this actually work?

[@tomle6450]

Of course it works, taking out the battery was the easy part

[@elliotthomazini1581]

why would anyone go through such a painful job to upgrade to only 8gb??

[@amdintelxsniperx]

@@elliotthomazini1581 it cam recognize up to 16 butttttt the chips cost so much more

[@zetadroid]

For me what I saw here is equivalent to "non upgradable"

[@adamolson8819]

everything is upgradable if you know how to browse youtube

[@mahicshah1127]

@@adamolson8819 😂😂

[@aloknishad117]

🤣🤣 same

[@AsianFlex]

@@adamolson8819 well, yes, but actually maybe

[@everdream741]

My thoughts exactly.

[@powerplayer75]

Everyone: "You cant change the RAM on Apple Laptops" REWA: "Is that a challenge?"

[@rewatechnology2008]

Is that a challenge?

[@namelesssurnameless6845]

Already You can't Change The RAM but REWA can change Because rewa pro for job

[@sonictrended]

how much does it cost ?

[@BradsHacks]

Nothing is truly impossible. It's just a question of how difficult.

[@elkiranhasan]

REWA Technology i wish you guys had a high street shops in london 😓 no one bother to fix or replace them especially in London so sad.

[@BrockDouglas]

Well at least i know i can change the SSD

[@realcartoongirl]

it propreitay

[@WoeMan33]

@@realcartoongirl you just hurt feelings of some chinese kid, who made the m.2 8+16pin adapter

[@realcartoongirl]

@@WoeMan33 sry (no racist)

[@WoeMan33]

@@realcartoongirl :) it was a joke, i just mean that for macbook air ssd adapters already exists

[@nike2077]

real cartoon girl they sell adapters

[@12sdhungel]

Is there a way i will send my laptop to you and you upgrade the ram and send it back?😂😂😂

[@jamesgjt]

next video: How to Upgrade ENGINE On BMW i8?

[@CLS63AMGS]

jamesgjt next up how to build a ford that runs past 100K miles

[@jm036]

LOL well we all know what ford stands for Found On Road Dead Fucker Only Runs Downhill

[@skid6796]

easy. v12 swap it

[@SaeleeSaan]

lmfao

[@adu919]

That would be easier than this!

[@Mindartcreativity]

How to discourage a potential RAM Upgrade on a MacBook Air in 8 minutes :D

[@doobeone]

Ha

[@dragonsnapx]

Seriously, REWA, One of the only channels to have this kind of content. Kudos.

[@Murlock2000]

there are plent of channels like this, even some that goes alot more in depth and explains about the circuit and each individual component, for example Louis Rossmann

[@TLCMEDIA1]

The comments on this video just kept me scrolling down 😂. Y’all made my day

[@geforce4628]

Ok. Now I know exactly why they said Mabook Air is not user upgradable. Thanks!

[@adamolson8819]

Apple just does this to be a**holes

[@PredatorPeyami]

@@adamolson8819 sure, it was last apple i bought

[@blacksap]

Sold my MacBook Air after watching this video

[@msxwiki]

Well done! Definitely high tech is not for people like you.

[@bigwilly4015]

@@msxwiki "high tech"

[@freakykid09cpinfo10]

@@msxwiki lmao

[@Jeff-zy7dz]

@@msxwiki More like "bad tech". Only a sadistic company solders in memory chips in a laptop.

[@vevroniix]

@@Jeff-zy7dz lmao, the reason apple did that is to make the macbook air less heavy and more thinner-

[@smokinjoe2122]

You had me all the way up the part where I had to take the laptop apart.

[@HelixAdamOxford]

What? Did you think that you can download ram?

[@pesfreak18]

Before this video: "Couldn´t be that hard right?" *watch video* "Yeah it can. Nevermind."

[@psacentralcoast6970]

Rewa you have the hands of a surgeon. I will not attempt this but you just showed me the pro way on removing the logic board. Your a legend!

[@noitallmanaz]

1. Unscrew back 2. Place jello in mouth 3. order new laptop with higher RAM.

[@sieghail86]

This guy must be an ex-apple factory worker in china

[@rewatechnology2008]

Mona Lisa Smile

[@dot_frost]

Omg this response

[@joellynch2236]

Batman & Robin in China, many guys can do that

[@500094]

@@joellynch2236 yeah, like a complete factory of people

[@unoleung6686]

If yes, should be repair center, i think apple use a lot auto soldering machine to assemble

[@raykall]

Average youtuber: Fuuuuck this....

[@yongbloods]

I know right??? Hahahaahah i mean who the hell do they think these average youtubers are? Hahahahahaahha

[@muranokenji9128]

kkkkkkkk that ture

[@Marleys_Ghost]

Absolutely FUCK THIS in CAPS

[@cibaachoi]

This video helps to make up people's mind, FXXK it

[@syrus3k]

This is my sentiments exactly.

[@MrPDGee]

As a maker, working with hot air desolder/solder techniques was something I had to become comfortable with if I intended to do prototyping of scale projects before sending out designs for production runs. At this point, I have no doubt upgrading soldered on memory in the Mac lineup will be straightforward enough (hadn't opened Macbook to evaluate, but this video shows that there's really nothing much different than any other air soldering work). Assuming Apple still wants to stay in the computer business (it's not clear that they do) this trend will likely reverse if PCs that remain upgradeable (not all are, some also have gone the solder-on route) significantly cut into Apple's computer sales. But then, Apple may not be thinking of remaining in the laptop business. With phones and pads becoming as powerful (and sometimes more?) than laptops - it's possible laptops will be as extinct as dinosaurs soon enough. Things change. Oh well.

[@Cardie00]

NOTE: People should be aware that upgrading the Logic Board (buying an installing a new one with the 8GB RAM), for a mac [mid-2013] from a 4GB i5 processor - to a 8GB i7 processor - can very possibly end up with your computer unable to read your Solid State Drive (SSD), and your data being unaccessible. This does not mean your data is erased, but a new logic board is configured differently and cannot immediately read your SSD. Hence, BACK UP YOUR DRIVE FIRST. If you go through that process, you may need to extract the data, wipe the SSD, reinstall MacOS X, the upgrade to the newest OS X, then re-download your old data onto the SSD. Good luck, it is doable, but it is not so simple as swapping out and swapping in - if you are not soldering in the new RAM, etc. onto your old logic board.

[@orideconblingbling]

Man this is HARDCORE ...

[@scottacousticpgh]

Watches video. Looks at Macbook. Throws macbook out window...punches self in balls.

[@TedEvanSeymour]

Scott Riggle this made my day today. I'm sick in Kathmandu with a dead Mac and needed a little cheering!

[@chrisdicintio2933]

I have done small ICU's multi pin, and would not even have a dream of even thinking about trying this even if I had the 20 thousand dollars worth of tools, I will live with my ram, thank you, I might punch myself in the nuts for even thinking about it.

[@gabrielneelthayil7236]

Instructions Unclear.

[@snwbrdn777]

Vivek Joseph K then PC manufacturers decide that mimicking Apple helps the bottom line and start soldering ram to motherboards...

[@ethancotton1549]

@Vivek Joseph more like builds a windows gaming computer for the same price as a mac, but with 1000 times more power.

[@T3CHEVOLVED]

this channel is interesting, ive done a few repairs that you have done on this channel. great work you do

[@jayrutherford8924]

There’s no doubt sometime before he started this “hold my beer” was said!!!

[@haroonraza6900]

Amazing! Guys you have no idea how this guy did Reballing right infront of your eyes with a simple heat blower in professional reballing they use Infraded heat Beam Concentrated only on one chip and it costs like 1500 dollars. It really needs courage to do this job. It is not easy as it seems. Personally i have done reflowing on GPUs of Playstation but 70% times i fail. Much respect for this guy! I am amazed!

[@andrejtazberik5222]

It actually doesn't seem easy at all

[@bskull3232]

What reballing? He used an already prepared RAM chip. He didn't reball anything.

[@billhart9832]

Is the air ticket to Shenzhen and visa worth it? Depends how far you're flying. There you can get ANYTHING upgraded, memory on iPhone too. Helps if you speak Mandarin. Lucky me, I lived in China for 10 years and now from Bangkok for $188, may be time to upgrade my golf clubs too.

[@siavoshkasravi398]

Don't be too sure he hasn't really failed.

[@michaelnedd200847]

I waned to upgrade my mid 2013 MacBook Air RAM, after watching 3 minutes of your video, I changed my mind. thank you.

[@milagrinafernandes4654]

I am among this 1.4 million viewers who cannot remove all screws of logic board and connectors and can fit them back. So cant think about this RAM upgrade myself. I am also happy to watch this video on my Macbook Air with 8GB RAM :-) Appreciate the talent of the technician.

[@operadesigns]

Great job with a nearly impossible job! Great soldering skills. How do you know which resistors to replace? I couldn't do the first 7 minutes of this video, but I definitely would have cleaned the CPU/heatsink and put on some decent paste while it was off. Awesome video!

[@mareaziphotos315]

So you’re telling me there’s NO way? Thankyou 😂😂

[@mikpineda]

He changed apple ram: AUTOSUBSCRIBE. LOL

[@VitallyZilber]

Or she? ;)

[@DanielBrownsan]

I'd say this process is somewhere between 8 and 9 BILLION times more complicated than I ever imagined it might be with an almost limitless number of things that can go wrong.

[@judal58]

everything was perfect until i saw that you dont remove the old thermal paste and put the heatsink again

[@rewatechnology2008]

Yes, you are quite right. Thanks for the reminding, we will keep improving.

[@iberico8174]

REWA Technology such a nice and honest answer! You're doing a really amazing job.

[@MajinBacon]

Lets be real here, new paste isn't going to change anything and it's still going to be a space heater.

[@PatrickPecoraro]

Not if you replace the original paste with liquid metal, people are seeing 20 degree drop in CPU temps.

[@brannoninhd2249]

Patrick Pecoraro unless you do it wrong and mess up your board. There's a risk with using liquid metal

[@Radrodman]

This is some AMAZING work. Very trained professionals. Keep it up!

[@TranThe-nc5gp]

This is actually working. I tried it by myself. thanks

[@rewatechnology2008]

We are glad that it can be helpful for you guys :)

[@RubberDuc]

Just curious, why remove the sealing adhesive around the camera chips?

[@ucchao]

Can I upgrade the MacBook Air 11" (Early 2015) to 16GB ram?

[@dexterandrada]

Very impressive skill, awesome steady hands, and you make it look easy. Good job!

[@rewatechnology2008]

Thanks for your kind support!

[@twobimmers]

I appreciate this video for keeping me from getting the idea that I could actual do this out of my head

[@javiertorres9114]

😂 I had to go straight to the comment section after the first 2 minutes of this. This guy has my respect.

[@livesimplyandhumbly]

"Quick"? Yes, with my skills, a quick way to destroy my Macbook. Please, offer this service.

[@doctorcatnip2551]

This is one of the craziest videos I’ve ever seen.

[@fernandopeixoto2368]

Can you place the direct link where I can find the four modules of 4gb for macbook pro early 2015?

[@leealtman]

Thanks - though I thought it would be more difficult than this. Now I cant wait to receive my screwdriver set for Christmas to get started!!

[@jub8891]

i like how apple makes things like upgrading RAM so simple!

[@handsomehippo]

Great to see. This is mostly for rework profesionals. After Equipment, materials, time and probable destruction of MacBook even your average techie woudn't think its cost effective. But still good to see people with skills doing it.

[@messiraju3053]

My Macbook air shows the same configuration as shown in the end of the video. The configuration still shows 4x2 = 8 Gb RAM. Did you change the RAM or upgraded the RAM? Or it is just a fake video where you could not manage to make it work after all that effort?

[@jackf1684]

A ton of people are talking about how they can't do this but nobody is talking about how they glossed over the "BIOS restore" process.

[@Gzelix]

Great vid gents! I will give it a try to upgrade from 4 to 8 gb, but where do I get larger RAM chips?

[@jeffersonribeiro1669]

Thanks I did followed your video and it worked! :D

[@janesysp3888]

Jefferson Ribeiro hahaha

[@epasko5713]

then you rule above all of us, not worthy, still working?

[@ienobik4414]

Thats one helleva process for ram upgrade. Wasn't expecting lab work. That counts me out.

[@jeremylegendre7452]

Is it possible for you to show us how you upgraded the "bios" to reflect the upgrade?

[@amelbermudez908]

Has anyone tried to do this job yet? Also does anyone know where I can purchase the RAM chips, Thank you!

[@JianAddelle]

hi, where do you get the ram chips

[@moonmothh]

You were really about to attempt this. How'd that go?

[@siddharthbagal165]

Everyone: "You cant change the RAM on Apple Laptops" REWA: "Hold my beer"

[@kalaiarasan2429]

Can I upgrade my 2015 MacBook Air to 16GB RAM, presently am running with 8GB RAM

[@specy_]

THE THERMAL PASTE

[@AnuragsharanTG]

Another big fan here :)

[@rewatechnology2008]

Thanks, another big fan.

[@AWDTH1111]

I have a better chance of building a diy spaceship and flying to Mars than I do without fucking something up with this.

[@ringoffire0]

Starting from 1:56 why were the QR code, Bar Code, and various Sealing Adhesives removed? And why weren't they reapplied?

[@charlessale409]

I have a theory: these contain certain adhesives that would react/burn when heated by the hot air device.

[@ringoffire0]

@@charlessale409 Yeah, but shouldn't they be reapplied AFTER when he was finished?

[@BaddaBigBoom]

Absolutely beautiful presentation.

[@maktry]

I went through all these steps, by I end up with 2gb instead of 8gm.

[@kengarcia3834]

LOL!

[@OstapBrehin]

RAM modules with the wrong capacity?

[@itsGuy]

At 3:30 when they were soldering the tin to the pad, I couldn't help but notice only 3/4 of the pad got solder, the rest was missed. Is this done on purpose or an oopsie?

[@nizarsami2432]

I watch this video time ago, I thought it's impossible to do, but after watching few videos about microsolder, this video became really easy to do. Thank you for sharing the Knowlege.

[@christianebuka560]

Rewa is the best among others👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@DP-99]

Hi.. i just simply love your videos.. please make a video on how to add chips on an incomplete iPhone logic board.. please!

[@Killerspieler0815]

+Sanaa ul Rehman - YES ! The consumer has to more & more rework this company´s bad decisions (caused by unlimited iGreed )

[@faridddody1415]

I love the company work and iwanna work with them in the future

[@yhonicoalamch5351]

this guy is an artist

[@bemorewantless]

Do you offer this service? I wish I could send in the logic board of my 2012 MacBook Air! 2GB, so sad. lol

[@RinaldoJonathan]

they don't.

[@natees5284]

Make a friend that works in REWA ;) then yes, it will get done.

[@hello-everyone765]

wow. very difficult to do this.

[@fatihyildiz316]

After upgrade storage from 128 GB to 1 TB. Okay i got this. Time to upgrade memory. But wait a minute. This is insane bro! Keep it up great work!

[@yukinoryu]

Simple DIY... just could ruin my Mac so many times. Respect for you!

[@superdaddys69]

Wow, thats just piece of cake! Thank you Apple for this Genius engineering 😂😂😂

[@12sdhungel]

Big fan of you channel 😉😉

[@yogisurfers]

Informative other than the `bad sound`. Best way to upgrade ram is by Logic board higher spec swap; a slightly cheaper High risk learning opportunity is via chip swap. (I did this for mine)

[@Apple.Repair]

REWA, thank you for your video and guides, do I need to change or update firmware as well?

[@n.shiina8798]

just 1 question.. why would you remove the adhesive on the un-touched chips? i don't think that's necessary

[@okekung1]

I think. He worry about adhesive melting during remove RAM IC by air gun.

[@thewebruler3977]

Yes, you are exactly right

[@Tyranosaurus_Xer]

Adhesive on chip wont melt into liquid, they just going to brittle, but if he not remove the glue, he might have higher chance to break solder pads on the motherboard, the pads will stick to the glue

[@zakaylusawliya5712]

Rewa, next challenge: can you upgrade MacBook air cpu to a RYZEN??? Dun Dun DUNNNN!!! O.O

[@yange8807]

nope, next challenge: can Rewa soldering a GTX1080 into a MacAir

[@rubeng9649]

No lol. You would need a completely different motherboard and Apple doesn't make Ryzen macbooks

[@King_of_sentinels]

Do I really have to change the resistor? Because i don't have it😅

[@n3rdoutmedia]

I could watch these videos all day! Only if I had the money and a plane ticket to take the training classes.

[@hokutonokenny]

If you're in the US, here's a channel for you-- kzbin.info

[@Cubebass]

At first i was like: WOW SO I CAN ACTUALLY UPGRADE THE RAM!! Then I was like: ...meeeh 8 gigs are fine

[@OstapBrehin]

Some CPU (like in old MBA) can't handle more than 8 gigs.

[@huroners]

absolutely subscribe!

[@typicallucas]

I would attempt this but I can't find a supplier of these memory chips. I called like 10 computer repair places and they all said "it's impossible to replace them memory" sad but it looks like this laptop is going straight to laptop heaven

[@andreb2786]

I gave up around 1 min and half, and I came to see the comments to feel a bit better with more ppl feeling the same.

[@WonderTracks]

Well... That's never going to happen! Good to know. ;-)

[@Mr_ToR]

7:21 'we need to change the BIOS and restore' ??? what do you mean by that? There is no BIOS on the intel macs. There was an Open Firmware at one point but that's long ago. Do you mean EFI, NVRAM or PRAM maybe ???

[@sieghail86]

Tonguç Endem i dont even understand your geeky language

[@aqib2000]

There is an EFI Bios son.

[@PatrickPecoraro]

EFI and Bios are two separate technologies. Macs run an EFI.

[@oscars7948]

Symantex Nazi

[@stephenshepherd348]

Patrick Pecoraro Different technologies with the same purpose. Windows use UEFI or Legacy. Apple do use EFI but its still the systems Bios. Windows use an interface (Standard UEFI/BIOS) apple chose to keep it hidden under a console in EFI so the user cant trubleshoot.

[@gerhardprins1412]

Apple: No, you can't upgrade the ram. Just buy a better one. REWA: Hold my beer.

[@geraldbatoctoy5865]

Hi, how was the performance of the laptop after upgrading the ram?

[@michobebemckawi]

Quick Question for REWA: Can this be done to the extend of 16Gb of Ram ? As we do not have official "maximum Ram" for those boards. Thank you for the great work

[@amdintelxsniperx]

It can support 16 gb however . finding the chips is hard abd two expensive

[@Larsbor]

next time upgrade the processor

[@sonuyadavaffriya]

If i am able to this on my own then i will open my reair shop itself 😂😂

[@katbone1369]

This guy is Magician!!!

[@christrites4251]

Wow, I don’t think Apple could have made that more complicated if they tried!

[@nikolyayakimenko6986]

каеф пойду покупать маки, перепаивать им память и толкать с наценкой xD

[@dilangoldrent119]

It's fascinating! You're a hardware wizard!

[@MarcelKoerts]

Just got in touch with my second blue monday of the year watching this... From hope to depressoin in .15sec. Kudo's for REWA Tech for the amazing job :-).

[@ehapi1]

Can I upgrade to 16GB of RAM？

[@rewatechnology2008]

Which model?

[@ehapi1]

11inch Macbook air Mid-2013，now I have 8GB of RAM, Can I upgrade to 16GB of RAM？ Thank you.

[@roarkeven]

Did you try?

[@eonnogard8753]

Same question, a1370 model 11" late 2011

[@yange8807]

Keep me update pls, same 11inch mid 2013, i want 16 gig too OMG

[@lilsalazar6535]

*FUCKING HELL*

[@Trick-Framed]

This is so simple. I'm ashamed I haven't done it yet. Thank you.

[@rewatechnology2008]

Thank you. Madam. It's very kind of you to say so. We will keep up our work.