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\"\"A little over a month ago, OWC Andy told us about a phenomenon occurring with some Mac Pros<\/a>, wherein the Memory Slot Utility window would appear at startup, even if a user hadn\u2019t upgraded their memory recently. In the same article, he also described how to temporarily resolve the problem.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, \u201ctemporary\u201d is the key term here; every time a software update was released, you\u2019d have to re-do the process until Apple resolved the problem. It was hoped that this would be resolved with the release of OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion.<\/p>\n

As it turns out, the problem still exists with Mountain Lion. Once you install the new OS, the Memory Slot Utility once again makes unneeded appearances. Luckily, the resolution remains the same as outlined in OWC Andy\u2019s original article<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A little over a month ago, OWC Andy told us about a phenomenon occurring with some Mac Pros, wherein the Memory Slot Utility window would appear at startup, even if a user hadn\u2019t upgraded their memory recently. In the same article, he also described how to temporarily resolve the problem. Unfortunately, \u201ctemporary\u201d is the key […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":13844,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"class_list":["post-14645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-tips"],"yoast_head":"\nRandom Mac Pro Memory Slot Utility Popup Returns in 10.8<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A little over a month ago, OWC Andy told us how to fix the Memory Slot Utility window appearing at startup. for 10.8, the resolution remains the same.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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