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Estimating the remaining life of a Mac’s internal SSD

Making sense of the SMART indicators for NVMe SSDs, including all recent models fitted by Apple to Macs.

December 13, 2022 Macs, Technology

How to estimate an SSD’s working life

The life of an SSD should be more predictable than a hard disk. All you need is its TBW, and the total amount of data written to it so far.

December 5, 2022 Macs, Technology

Booting a Mac Studio from an external SSD, and what it doesn’t solve

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Creating the external bootable SSD, downgrading security and allowing kexts, then trying to install a kext on an external drive which must be ejected.

April 19, 2022 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Why M1 Macs don’t have full support for USB-C

M1 Macs don’t support SMART monitoring over USB-C, forcing us to choose between Full Security without SMART, or Reduced Security with SMART support.

April 10, 2022 Macs, Technology

Explainer: S.M.A.R.T. and disk health

Apple wants us to run our Macs at Full Security and not use third-party kernel extensions, but refuses to build S.M.A.R.T. access into USB in macOS.

April 9, 2022 Macs, Technology

Diving deeper into drive health: SMART utilities compared

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Want to keep an eye on your hard drive(s) and SSD? Worried that your SSD might need replacing? Here are some tools to put your mind at rest.

September 26, 2017 Macs, Technology

Building a cheap external SSD: USB 3 or Thunderbolt? 2 – USB 3

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Could a £15 case really let my bargain 750 GB SSD perform at its best?

July 21, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Monitoring SSD wear and ageing

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Two free tools to check how long your SSD, including those in Fusion Drives, is likely to last.

June 7, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

How long will the SSD (in my Fusion Drive) last?

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How long will the SSD in your Mac last before it fails? Some seem to be going to an early grave. Is yours?

June 3, 2016 Macs, Technology

Checking your drives with DriveDx

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How much is the data stored on your Mac’s drives worth? DriveDx is a utility which could save you from that loss.

March 3, 2016 Macs, Technology

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