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Title: How to check your Intel and M1 Mac’s SSD health using Terminal Post by: HCK on February 26, 2021, 04:05:16 pm How to check your Intel and M1 Mac’s SSD health using Terminal
<article> <section class="page"> <p>If you have a newer Mac, it likely uses a speedy solid-state drive to store files, apps, music, videos, and a lot of other important stuff. But there’s one thing you may not know about SSDs: They wear out over time.</p><p>Since the SSD is such a vital part of your Mac, it’s a good idea to keeps tabs on its health. While it usually takes a really long time to wear out an SSD—likely far longer than you'll keep your Mac—problems can arise. Most recently, users started noticing that new M1 Macs and some Intel-based ones are showing advanced wear after just a few months of use (https://www.macworld.com/article/3609096/apple-silicon-m1-macbook-mac-mini-ssd-read-write-excessive-data-terabytes.html), a troubling sign that could cause drives to burn out years before expected.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3609512/how-to-m1-intel-mac-ssd-health-terminal-smartmontools.html#jump">To read this article in full, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: How to check your Intel and M1 Mac’s SSD health using Terminal (https://www.macworld.com/article/3609512/how-to-m1-intel-mac-ssd-health-terminal-smartmontools.html#tk.rss_all) |