Because there is a huge thread now, it’ll be hard to read what is discussed about this issue and what has helped.
TL;DR: Update to 11.4 Big Sur as soon as you can to solve the SSD issue.
As many are already aware (and to those who are new to this issue), the problem was largely fixed by macOS 11.4 — I highly encourage everyone, especially those with M1 macs, to update to the latest OS as soon as you can.
There is a general consensus amongst Reddit and MacRumors users that 11.4 has quietly addressed the issue.
An AppleInsider article has recently reported the following:
“an AppleInsider source within Apple, not authorized to speak on behalf the company, told us that it was a data reporting error within the tools used to report SSD wear.
According to that source, it was not believed to be an actual hardware issue with the SSD, nor were the SSDs aging notably faster than prior because of RAM swap or other reasons.”
and then:
“Now that same source has told AppleInsider that the issue has been fixed in the latest release of macOS. AppleInsider can also now independently confirm that macOS 11.4 is reporting proper uptime statistics as well, where it was not previously.
TL;DR: Update to 11.4 Big Sur as soon as you can to solve the SSD issue.
As many are already aware (and to those who are new to this issue), the problem was largely fixed by macOS 11.4 — I highly encourage everyone, especially those with M1 macs, to update to the latest OS as soon as you can.
There is a general consensus amongst Reddit and MacRumors users that 11.4 has quietly addressed the issue.
An AppleInsider article has recently reported the following:
“an AppleInsider source within Apple, not authorized to speak on behalf the company, told us that it was a data reporting error within the tools used to report SSD wear.
According to that source, it was not believed to be an actual hardware issue with the SSD, nor were the SSDs aging notably faster than prior because of RAM swap or other reasons.”
and then:
“Now that same source has told AppleInsider that the issue has been fixed in the latest release of macOS. AppleInsider can also now independently confirm that macOS 11.4 is reporting proper uptime statistics as well, where it was not previously.