Most users complaining about this issue are reporting figures of 2-3% usage, as seen on threads on the MacRumors forum and the LinusTechTips forum. But this rapid rate of use slashes that reliable life to less than two years. In theory, the SSDs in Apple's M1 MacBooks should guarantee reliable use for around five years. Compared to equivalent retail SSDs from Toshiba (who supplies the SSDs inside the MacBooks), that's equivalent to 10% of its total warrantied TBW. ![]() In the case of the tested Macs seen in these threads, one Mac Mini user claimed to have written 165TB of data in just two months of use. This is a somewhat complex procedure that requires downloading a third-party app, so we don't recommend you try it yourself unless you're a very confident user. ![]() Mac power users have been checking how many bytes their MacBooks' SSDs have written by using an app called Smart Monitoring Tools, via the macOS Terminal.
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