SMART Status [ Internal SSD ]

[idregal]

Hello, I would like to know if you guys having the same status on your Internal SSD? While looking at the info using Disk Utility shown that the SMART Status is Not Supported but on the System Information - Storage - the status is VERIFIED

Wondering what does it mean by Not Supported?

I just bought this Macbook Pro 14" M1 Pro a week ago, thanks

 

[leman]

You can use https://www.smartmontools.org/ to check the status of the internal SSD.

 

[maflynn]

Here's mine, odd that its giving me an unknown for map type when its basically out of the box, stock setup, but the SMART status is showing verified

 

[idregal]

You can use https://www.smartmontools.org/ to check the status of the internal SSD

I have visited the link you provided and go to Download section and done step 1 (install OSX/Darwin something) and turns out I'm confused now LOL

Is there any easier way? Thanks

 

[idregal]

Here's mine, odd that its giving me an unknown for map type when its basically out of the box, stock setup, but the SMART status is showing verified

View attachment 2103048

Have you checked on "Disk Utility" then choose the (i) menu on the top right? Thanks

 

[maflynn]

Ok, so Disk Utility is showing Not Supported - strange. Since we're getting conflicting results, i.e., System Report vs. Disk Utility, I'd say its a bug/issue with Disk Utility.

 

[idregal]

Ok, so Disk Utility is showing Not Supported - strange. Since we're getting conflicting results, i.e., System Report vs. Disk Utility, I'd say its a bug/issue with Disk Utility.

hoping it's just a bug.. haha, thanks for the responses m8 cheers

 

[leman]

I have visited the link you provided and go to Download section and done step 1 (install OSX/Darwin something) and turns out I'm confused now LOL

Is there any easier way? Thanks

Yes, you can install homebrew (https://brew.sh/) and then run the following commands in your terminal

brew install smartmontools
sudo smartctl --all /dev/disk0

Command line is easier than people think. Just do things one at a time and pay attention to messages on the screen. Good luck

 

[idregal]

Yes, you can install homebrew (https://brew.sh/) and then run the following commands in your terminal

brew install smartmontools
sudo smartctl --all /dev/disk0

Command line is easier than people think. Just do things one at a time and pay attention to messages on the screen. Good luck

Hi, I think I have successfully installed homebrew and then run the commands as captured and attached...?
tons of thanks in advance

 

[leman]

Hi, I think I have successfully installed homebrew and then run the commands as captured and attached...?
tons of thanks in advance

You are almost there! The answer to your problem is actually in the screenshot you posted

That's why I wrote "and pay attention to messages on the screen" But don't worry, I've been teaching UNIX command line for over a decade now and probably only about 5% of people notice this first time.

 

[idregal]

You are almost there! The answer to your problem is actually in the screenshot you posted

View attachment 2103289


That's why I wrote "and pay attention to messages on the screen" But don't worry, I've been teaching UNIX command line for over a decade now and probably only about 5% of people notice this first time.

Hi, many thanks for your help, currently I have successfully made it works, but may I know what is "Available Spare Threshold" means?

 

[leman]

Hi, many thanks for your help, currently I have successfully made it works, but may I know what is "Available Spare Threshold" means?

According to this document it seems to be a threshold of how much spare storage can be used before the SSD is allowed to take more time completing operations (at least that's how I interpret "
asynchronous event completion may occur"). But this is weird, as on Apple SSDs this threshold is set extremely high. Usual values I've seen are rough 5-10%. Maybe it's just a placeholder value that Apple doesn't care about, or maybe Apple uses more conservative controller algorithms to increase the SSD endurance.

At any rate I wouldn't worry about it. Assuming Apple provided information is correct the main indicator of interest should be "Available Spare". You can use that and the Data Units Written to get a basic bearing on how much life you can expect out of your SSD.