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Intense use results in M1 mini down.
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You should really calm down, it's not helping you to solve your problems or to think rationally about what's going on.
I'm not sure that your self-diagnosis of a failing SSD is correct. You mention the problems began after a few hours of "file rearranging, deletion, and consolidation". Did you mess around inside the Library folder of your user account? While it's harder for users to accidentally use the Finder to damage macOS installations than it used to be, it's definitely possible to damage stuff inside a user account, and it's also possible for the effects to look something like what you're seeing.
But I also want to point out that if we assume your diagnosis of a failing SSD is correct, taking it out of one computer and putting it into another wouldn't be much help. I've tried to recover data from failing HDDs and SSDs before. They don't magically get more cooperative when you rehome them. This should be a lesson in why, if your data is important to you, you must always have a backup. There is no such thing as a perfect storage device which will never fail. Nor do they always fail gracefully enough to give you some time to get data off before they go completely unresponsive. Never assume that your data is safe if you have only one copy of it, on only one device. Never!
Also: "It won't stand up to day upon day of use, PERIOD, EVER, ESPECIALLY creative video and audio use. What false advertising." That's a crazy conclusion to draw from one isolated failure.
Hardware failures happen. If I buy a thousand rackmount servers designed to support 24/7/365 max load, and start doing just that thing with them, I'm going to see some failures in less than a year, just about guaranteed. Should I conclude that the hardware manufacturer was lying and go on an angry rant? If it's one or two machines, nope. There is no such thing as perfect hardware, it all has a chance at having manufacturing defects which get past the screening processes.
If your mini's SSD is really dying, you got unlucky. If there's some reason to believe they're dying at an extraordinarily high rate, get out the pitchforks, sure, but until then calm down.
I'm not sure that your self-diagnosis of a failing SSD is correct. You mention the problems began after a few hours of "file rearranging, deletion, and consolidation". Did you mess around inside the Library folder of your user account? While it's harder for users to accidentally use the Finder to damage macOS installations than it used to be, it's definitely possible to damage stuff inside a user account, and it's also possible for the effects to look something like what you're seeing.
But I also want to point out that if we assume your diagnosis of a failing SSD is correct, taking it out of one computer and putting it into another wouldn't be much help. I've tried to recover data from failing HDDs and SSDs before. They don't magically get more cooperative when you rehome them. This should be a lesson in why, if your data is important to you, you must always have a backup. There is no such thing as a perfect storage device which will never fail. Nor do they always fail gracefully enough to give you some time to get data off before they go completely unresponsive. Never assume that your data is safe if you have only one copy of it, on only one device. Never!
Also: "It won't stand up to day upon day of use, PERIOD, EVER, ESPECIALLY creative video and audio use. What false advertising." That's a crazy conclusion to draw from one isolated failure.
Hardware failures happen. If I buy a thousand rackmount servers designed to support 24/7/365 max load, and start doing just that thing with them, I'm going to see some failures in less than a year, just about guaranteed. Should I conclude that the hardware manufacturer was lying and go on an angry rant? If it's one or two machines, nope. There is no such thing as perfect hardware, it all has a chance at having manufacturing defects which get past the screening processes.
If your mini's SSD is really dying, you got unlucky. If there's some reason to believe they're dying at an extraordinarily high rate, get out the pitchforks, sure, but until then calm down.
There is a reason you get warranty. Electronics can break.
It seems you have a defective machine so stop whining and get it fixed.
As for your mac mini not having the ports you want/need, you knew that when you bought it so grow up and stop complaining. A newbie account with a rant like this seems to point at a millennial with a displaced sense of entitlement. Stop crying and man up!
It seems you have a defective machine so stop whining and get it fixed.
As for your mac mini not having the ports you want/need, you knew that when you bought it so grow up and stop complaining. A newbie account with a rant like this seems to point at a millennial with a displaced sense of entitlement. Stop crying and man up!
Computers fail. In fact, around 5%-10% computers will likely fail in the first couple year of use. Your case of a broken computer is not any different from any other case of a broken computer and it definitely not a sign of widespread systematic issues. M1 machines have been out for over a year now. If there were a systematic problem we’d know it by now.
So - stay calm, get extended warranty and plan ahead financially. These things happen.
Not sure where I said I was panicking. This is def the most condescending forum available on the net. I came here about ten years ago and got the identical blowback, but, hey, it was fun, and buh bye. Let's all compute!
I may be proven wrong in my initial assessment. It was a stunning few moments. I'm glad I could share and move on now from a bad time.
I have no idea whether you are panicking, but your post was completely over the top and not constructive in any way. As said before, computers fail. This is a reality of the industry. You can’t make far reaching conclusions about reliability or quality of a product just because your specific individual unit has developed a problem.
Wait, the computer is only four months old? Well, aren’t you covered by standard warranty then? Why all the drama.
Yes I am covered. There likely was too much drama. I thought the SSD was dying or had died, and conflated to some stories about large amounts of M1 SSDs going wrong, and thought I was screwed for good. We'll see how it goes, but prob should've let the boil roll longer before sharing.