Q. What Memory and Drives fit my MacBook?

Posted on February 13, 2012 by quill

There have been a number of different MacBooks, and three different types of RAM have been used in them.

The MacBook started with the White and Black Lexan polycarbonate machines. Then in later 2008, Apple switched to an alumninum unibody design like the MacBook Pro for the 13″ MacBook.

Confusingly, a year later they switched the aluminum MacBook 13″ to being named a MacBook Pro, and reintroduced a 13″ white Lexan polycarbonate MacBook, then in 2015 the MacBook name was resurrected for a 12″ very stripped down aluminium version.

Lists of RAM and drive compatibility for all Macs

Model/ Identifier CPU/ Speed/ Screen/ Date/ Designation RAM Type/ Speed Maximum RAM Hard drive/ SSD
MacBook
MacBook1,1		 Core Duo 1.83 GHz 13″ (White, Early 2006, MA254LL/A, A1181, EMC 2092) DDR2-667 MHz SODIMM 2 GB (2x1G)
Battery		 2.5″ SATA HD
2.5″ SATA SSD
MacBook
MacBook1,1 		Core Duo 2.0 GHz 13″ (White, Early 2006, MA255LL/A, A1181, EMC2092) DDR2-667 MHz SODIMM 2 GB (2x1G)
Battery		 2.5″ SATA HD
2.5″ SATA SSD
MacBook
MacBook1,1		 Core Duo 2.0 GHz 13″ (Black, Early 2006, MA472LL/A, A1181, EMC2092) DDR2-667 MHz SODIMM 2 GB (2x1G)
Battery		 2.5″ SATA HD
2.5″ SATA SSD
MacBook
MacBook2,1		 Core 2 Duo 1.83 GHz 13″ White, Late 2006, MA699LL/A, A1181, EMC2121) DDR2-667 MHz SODIMM 4 GB (2x2G) 3.0GB usable
Battery		 2.5″ SATA HD
2.5″ SATA SSD
MacBook
MacBook2,1		 Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz 13″ (White, Late 2006, MA700LL/A, A1181, EMC2121) DDR2-667 MHz SODIMM 4 GB (2x2G) 3.0GB usable
Battery		 2.5″ SATA HD
2.5″ SATA SSD
MacBook
MacBook2,1		 Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz 13″ (Black, Late 2006) DDR2-667 MHz SODIMM 4 GB (2x2G) 3.0GB usable
Battery		 2.5″ SATA HD
2.5″ SATA SSD
MacBook
MacBook2,1		 Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz 13″ (White, Mid 2007) DDR2-667 MHz SODIMM 4 GB (2x2G) 3.0GB usable
Battery		 2.5″ SATA HD
2.5″ SATA SSD
MacBook
MacBook2,1		 Core 2 Duo 2.16 GHz 13″ (White, Mid 2007) DDR2-667 MHz SODIMM 4 GB (2x2G) 3.0GB usable
Battery		 2.5″ SATA HD
2.5″ SATA SSD
MacBook
MacBook2,1		 Core 2 Duo 2.16 GHz 13″ (Black, Mid 2007) DDR2-667 MHz SODIMM 4 GB (2x2G) 3.0GB usable
Battery		 2.5″ SATA HD
2.5″ SATA SSD
MacBook
MacBook3,1		 Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz 13″ (White, SantaRosa, Late 2007) DDR2-667 MHz SODIMM 6 GB (4G +2G)
Battery		 2.5″ SATA HD
2.5″ SATA SSD
MacBook
MacBook3,1		 Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz 13″ (White, SantaRosa, Late 2007) DDR2-667 MHz SODIMM 6 GB (4G +2G)
Battery		 2.5″ SATA HD
2.5″ SATA SSD
MacBook
MacBook3,1		 Core 2 Duo 2.2 13″ (Black, SantaRosa, Late 2007) DDR2-667 MHz SODIMM 6 GB (4G +2G)
Battery		 2.5″ SATA HD
2.5″ SATA SSD
MacBook
MacBook4,1		 Core 2 Duo 2.1 GHz 13″ (White, Penryn Early 2008) DDR2-667 MHz SODIMM 6 GB (4G +2G)
Battery		 2.5″ SATA HD
2.5″ SATA SSD
MacBook
MacBook4,1		 Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz 13″ (White, Penryn Early 2008) DDR2-667 MHz SODIMM 6 GB (4G +2G)
Battery		 2.5″ SATA HD
2.5″ SATA SSD
MacBook
MacBook4,1		 Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz 13″ (Black, Penryn Early 2008) DDR2-667 MHz SODIMM 6 GB (4G +2G)
Battery		 2.5″ SATA HD
2.5″ SATA SSD
MacBook
MacBook5,1		 Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz 13″ (Aluminum Unibody, Late 2008 MB466LL/A, A1278, EMC2254) DDR3-1066 MHz SODIMM 8 GB (2x4G)
Battery		 2.5″ SATA HD
2.5″ SATA SSD
MacBook
MacBook5,1		 Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz 13″ (Aluminum Unibody, Late 2008 MB467LL/A, A1278, EMC2254) DDR3-1066 MHz SODIMM 8 GB (2x4G)
Battery		 2.5″ SATA HD
2.5″ SATA SSD
MacBook
MacBook5,2		 Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz 13″ (White, Early 2009, MB881LL/A, A1181, EMC 2300) DDR2-667 MHz SODIMM 6 GB (4G +2G) 2.5″ SATA HD
2.5″ SATA SSD
MacBook
MacBook5,2		 Core 2 Duo 2.13 GHz 13″ (White, Early 09, MC240LL/A, A1181, EMC 2330) DDR2-800 MHz SODIMM 6 GB (4G +2G) 2.5″ SATA HD
2.5″ SATA SSD
MacBook
MacBook6,1		 Core 2 Duo 2.26 GHz 13″ (White Unibody, Late 2009, MC207LL/A, A1342, EMC 2350) DDR3-1066 MHz SODIMM 8 GB (2x4G) 2.5″ SATA HD
2.5″ SATA SSD
MacBook
MacBook7,1		 Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz 13″ (White Unibody Mid-2010, MC516LL/A, A1342, EMC 2395) DDR3-1066 MHz SODIMM 8 GB (2x4G) 2.5″ SATA HD
2.5″ SATA SSD

The Rebooted MacBook Early 2015 and 2017 models (USB-C) are not upgradeable

Note that the A#### numbers and the EMC numbers alone are not definitive, they can be shared between machines that take different RAM.

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4 Responses to Q. What Memory and Drives fit my MacBook?

  1. Marc Morin says:
    February 3, 2018 at 8:38 am

    I have a MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014) 2,8 Ghz Intel Core i5
    8 Go 1600 Mhz DDR3
    SN: CO2NROM5G3qK

    Can I get more RAM for this MacBook ?

    Reply
  2. Paul Bowen says:
    August 23, 2020 at 2:16 pm

    Hi – Do you have the 8 GB (x2) memory upgrade to 16 GB for my laptop –

    MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012)
    Processor – 2.9 GHZ Dual Core Intel i7
    Intel HD Graphics 4000 1536 MB
    Memory – 8 GB
    1600 MH2 DDRS

    I understand the machine only has two memory slots for original 8GB total – but can be upgraded to 16 GB? Can you help?

    Many thanks!! Paul

    Reply

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