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Choose from a total of 50GB, 200GB, or 2TB. You can even share the 200GB and 2TB plans with your family. Your storage is upgraded immediately, and your monthly payment date reflects the purchase date for your plan. If you upgrade from one paid plan to another, we'll cancel your existing plan and charge you the prorated cost* of your new, larger plan.
UPDATE - After three weeks, I'm still really impressed with the M1 MacBook Air/8 Core CPU/8 Core GPU/512 SSD/8GB RAM. My updated plea: MAKE SURE YOU GET AS MUCH MEMORY & STORAGE AS YOU CAN AFFORD. SPECIAL ORDER ONE TO YOUR PROJECTED FUTURE NEED! Upgrading to 2TB of storage on the 13 and 15-inch MacBook Pro models is now $200 cheaper, while upgrading to 4TB on the 15-inch MacBook Pro is $400 cheaper. SSD upgrade pricing for the MacBook Pro. The proper way for MacBook Air expand storage is to upgrade MacBook Air SSD to a larger one. That is, you can replace MacBook Air SSD with a new and larger one especially when you want to save more.
You're billed every month for your storage plan unless you downgrade or cancel your plan. Each month you'll get an email to remind you of your upcoming payment.
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Apple One
Macbook Pro Upgrades
With Apple One, you can choose a subscription plan that includes 50GB, 200GB, or 2TB of iCloud storage. If you need more iCloud storage, you can buy more for a total of up to 4TB.
Learn more about your iCloud storage and Apple One.
Upgrade your iCloud storage from any device
Whether you're on an iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, or PC, upgrading your iCloud storage is simple. Choose your device below and buy more in just a few quick steps.
How to upgrade on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
- Go to Settings > [your name] > iCloud > Manage Storage or iCloud Storage.
- Tap Buy More Storage or Change Storage Plan.
- Choose a plan.
- Tap Buy and follow the onscreen instructions.
If you're on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iOS 14 or iPadOS 14 or later, tap here to upgrade your iCloud storage.
How to upgrade on your Mac
- Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click Apple ID. If you're using macOS Mojave or earlier, you don't need to click Apple ID.
- Click iCloud.
- Click Manage in the lower-right corner.
- Click Change Storage Plan or Buy More Storage, and choose a plan.
- Click Next and enter your Apple ID password.
How to upgrade on your Windows PC
- Open iCloud for Windows.
- Click Storage.
- Click Change Storage Plan.
- Choose a plan, then click Next.
- Enter your Apple ID password, then click Buy.
Learn more
- When you buy more iCloud storage, your upgrade is billed to the Apple ID that you use with iCloud. See or change your Apple ID payment information.
- If you reach or exceed your iCloud storage limit, just buy more storage or make space available. You get 1GB of free storage with web-only access to iCloud.
- With Apple One, you can bundle your iCloud storage with Apple Music, Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, and more for a low monthly price. Learn how to sign up for Apple One.
- Discover what iCloud backs up.
- If you have more space in iCloud than you need, you can downgrade or cancel your storage plan at any time.
* We'll charge you the cost of the higher-tier plan minus the prorated cost of your previous plan.
The cost to have Apple upgrade the RAM on your base-model 13-inch MacBook Pro has just doubled, and it's not too outlandish to expect the Cupertino-based computer pioneer to do this for other Apple computers.
First spotted by MacRumors, Apple silently increased the price of the upgrade without any official statement, bringing the price to upgrade the RAM of the lowest cost model of the 13-inch MacBook Pro to $200 from $100.
Other countries are also seeing the doubled price tag, such as in The United Kingdom where the RAM upgrade price went from 100 to 200 Pounds Sterling, and in Germany where it has risen from 125 to 250 Euros.
This now-doubled RAM upgrade will bring your entry-level 13-inch MacBook Pro to 16GB of RAM is just one of several options available to buyers when purchasing the laptop on Apple's online store. Other selections include upgrades to the computer's storage, CPU (processor), both of which have retained their price tags for now.
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This price hike is unusual, even for Apple. It's odd not only because it is an increase, where it's usually a decrease, but mainly because the 13-inch MacBook Pro just released this month.
Can I Upgrade the RAM on my MacBook Pro?
Unfortunately, most newer Apple computers don't allow you to upgrade the RAM yourself. Modern MacBook Pro and MacBook Air models have the RAM soldered to the motherboard.