{"id":15857,"date":"2012-12-01T08:03:57","date_gmt":"2012-12-01T14:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=15857"},"modified":"2014-05-22T13:27:08","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T18:27:08","slug":"more-memory-a-faster-mac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/15857-more-memory-a-faster-mac\/","title":{"rendered":"More Memory = A Faster Mac"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-13408\" title=\"stopwatch\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/stopwatch.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/stopwatch.jpg 200w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/stopwatch-87x120.jpg 87w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/stopwatch-138x190.jpg 138w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/stopwatch-87x120@2x.jpg 174w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Everything is better when it\u2019s faster: cars, amusement park rides, food. Well, maybe not food. But the point is, when things are faster, it leaves more time for you to spend on more important things. Unfortunately, your computer isn&#8217;t always able to deliver the maximum speed it\u2019s capable of. Working with large images in Photoshop,\u00a0converting music and movies for your favorite device, even simple tasks like scrolling in Word \u2013 these can all take much longer than they should.<\/p>\n<p>But lucky for you, one of the easiest ways to bring more speed into your life is by <strong>adding more RAM to your Mac<\/strong> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/memory\/OWC_Test_Lab\">and no one has that covered better than OWC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To find out how you can turbo-boost your Mac, all you need to do is <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/shop\/Apple_Upgrade_Guide\/Model_ID\">find out your machine&#8217;s Model ID<\/a>. 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Working with large images in Photoshop,\u00a0converting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":13408,"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":[119,4,3766],"class_list":["post-15857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-benchmarkingperformance","category-tech-tips","category-testing-lab"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.2 (Yoast SEO v20.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>More Memory = A Faster Mac<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"One of the easiest ways to turbo-boos your Mac is by adding RAM.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, 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