If you have a new Mac, you probably think it will take years and years, but some new, disturbing data suggests that this may not be the case. More than a few users report that SSDs on new M1 and Intel Macs may be overused by the system, which may cause them to wear out sooner than usual.
Twitter user @never_released started a thread that shows a report of an M1 Mac with very high write scores for a computer that is only two months old. This led to other M1 owners leading the same report, and many also found excessive use, including Macworld columnist Dan Moren.
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Twitter Compared to Moren, its 2017 iMac records about 2.15 terabytes of data written every month for 14 percent of its life cycle, while the new M1 MacBook covers nearly 6 TB and loses 1 percent over its life expectancy. It may not seem like much, but if you extrapolate in the same amount of time, your MacBook’s SSD can be used 30 to 40 percent during the same period. Moren’s machine has 16 GB of RAM, so the usage may be even higher for machines with 8 GB of RAM.
Other users have reported that Macs with Intel processors behave just as strangely, with report a user a whopping 33 percent use after just 7 months.
SSDs are preferred over traditional hard drives because they are much faster, but SSDs have a limited lifespan. Every time you write to it, an SSD is weakened, and eventually the disk will have problems and will probably need to be replaced. However, it is supposed to take a few years before MacOS distributes the script over an SSD to extend its life. Based on these readings, this can happen much sooner than expected.
To see your disk usage, you can download DriveDx, which offers a free two-week trial. More advanced users can explore their healthcare using smartmon tools and Terminal.
It is possible that there is an error in the reporting tool, but it is more likely that macOS is doing something to the SSD to cause these spikes. If so, this is a concern because the SSD drive on most new Macs cannot be used by the user and it costs hundreds of dollars to replace it. Either way, it’s clearly a software issue that could be fixed with a future MacOS update, but it’s still to come as a bug or a bug.
We & # 39; ve contacted Apple for comment and will update this story when we hear it.
Update 2/24: Added more information about the issue and to check your SSD usage on your Mac.