Is it possible to make swap memory a higher priority than main ram on a macbook?

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onzabr2017-07-27 17:23:15

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onzabr, 2017-07-27 17:23:15

Recently in the system (Siera 10.12) errors began to appear, memtest gives a bunch of bads. The macbook pro itself (early 2014) does not provide for a ram replacement, since it is sewn into the board, and there are no Apple service departments in my city. Is it possible to make sure that swap memory completely (or at least partially, but with a higher priority) replaces the main ram?

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BVadim, 2017-07-27
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swap does not replace RAM, but is a temporary place to store data that is not currently in use. The processor still works only with RAM. When you need to access data that is in swap, they are copied to RAM, if it is not free, something unused is sent to swap to free up the required amount. swap and ram are two different entities, they cannot replace each other.