They don't have FM radio in iPhones so they can sell Apple Music.
They cripple storage in devices so they can sell iCloud.
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M1 Mac Users Report Excessive SSD Wear
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They cripple storage in devices so they can sell iCloud.
I used Catalina, and the TBW is about 5 tb (since Nov2020). Maybe others factors affecting this behavior.
So his SSD failed after 4 months of usage. Ok now that is concerning....... everywhere I see (outside this forum), they say this issue is highly exaggerated.
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CoconutBattery provides only the most basic disk-related information, it is not for SSD diagnostic.
Better to use smartmontools or DriveDx - special tools for SSD health monitoring. These are the right tools for the job.
I wonder if the new IMAC,S will have removeable SSD,s in them?
Does anyone know?
There is loads of room in them ,to put a couple of SSD,s in here.
Does anyone know?
There is loads of room in them ,to put a couple of SSD,s in here.
Until its fixed, i suggest anyone concerned switches from Safari which seems to be a culprit in SSD Swap writes with its excessive website caching, to a browser such as the beta M1 Microsoft Edge with The Great Suspender, or a similar tab suspension extension, to suspend your background unused tabs and not write them to cache.
The problem with safari is that even running a limited number of open tabs at once doesn't matter as it will write closed tabs to cache anyway. So you could have just one tab open at all times and still have high cache writes.
Absolutely terrible browser design by Apple in this latest udpate.
The problem with safari is that even running a limited number of open tabs at once doesn't matter as it will write closed tabs to cache anyway. So you could have just one tab open at all times and still have high cache writes.
Absolutely terrible browser design by Apple in this latest udpate.
For comparison, DriveDx produced the following statistics today for my mid-2014 13" Retina MBP running Big Sur 11.2.2.
My machine has been in daily use since I purchased it new in August 2014 and the lifetime left of my SSD is being reported as 100%.
My machine has been in daily use since I purchased it new in August 2014 and the lifetime left of my SSD is being reported as 100%.
Just going to use mine as a Chromebook to keep the TBW low and prevent premature death. Still suspect Apple is using QLC considering how slow disk I/O is and the low endurance.
If you can postpone is better. If this only swapping issue in Big Sur, at least you wait until Apple release the fix. Purchase after fixing available will keep your TBW low / normal (because it’s not reversible).
It’s also dumb because constantly reading/writing to/from disk, whether the wear is a problem or not, represents a waste of computer capability and points to huge inefficiencies (all that disk activity wastes activity on the bus and CPU/ancillary chip bandwidth).
So if somebody's SSD fails on one of the new m1 machines, is Apple able to replace just the SSD? Is that component serviceable?
No. The whole motherboard has to be replaced because the SSD is soldered on the motherboard.
No. The SSD controller is part of the M1 chip. Only the flash modules are external and they are soldered directly to the motherboard.
It seems Big Sur really means Big Surprise. Looks like Apple knew something from the start ...
lol. Everyone would cancel Apple Music in a second if only they could tune FM radio...
It has shown up on Intel models as well. Some people even running Mojave say they have been affected so it's not exactly new but seems more widespread with both Big Sur and M1 hardware. It's not necessarily a bad design depending on how much more efficient it is in terms of speed, power and cost.
Most phones with FM use the headphone as an antenna. Remove the jack, remove the antenna.lol. Everyone would cancel Apple Music in a second if only they could tune FM radio...
So it's a bug that causes death-by-excessive-SSD-writing in a matter of months, but it's been a bug on MacOS going back years. 🤔