{"id":43967,"date":"2018-03-19T11:36:58","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T16:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=43967"},"modified":"2018-03-20T09:48:08","modified_gmt":"2018-03-20T14:48:08","slug":"upgrade-tips-4-know-your-limitations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/43967-upgrade-tips-4-know-your-limitations\/","title":{"rendered":"Mac Upgrade Tips Vol. 4 &#8211; Know Your Limitations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RrDr0fbogTo\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Join Chris in this fourth installment of this video series as he provides sage advice to those upgrading their computers for the first time. And be sure to check out <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/43065-mac-upgrade-tips-vol-1-dont-panic\" target=\"_blank\">Part 1<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/43458-mac-upgrade-tips-vol-2-back-up-your-data\" target=\"_blank\">Part 2<\/a>&nbsp;and <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/43709-mac-upgrade-tips-vol-3-do-your-research\" target=\"_blank\">Part 3<\/a> of the series.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To find out which upgrades are available for your Mac, check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/upgrades\/\" target=\"_blank\">My Upgrades Tool<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join Chris in this fourth installment of this video series as he provides sage advice to those upgrading their computers for the first time. 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