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I don't understand the storage on this MacBook Air M1 version, like it's just 8GB and what is the 256GB SSD means? thank you

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 11.5

Posted on Oct 4, 2021 10:10 PM

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Posted on Oct 4, 2021 10:18 PM

micachu07 Said:

"storage: I don't understand the storage on this MacBook Air M1 version, like it's just 8GB and what is the 256GB SSD means? thank you"

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For Clarification:

256GB is the Storage Capacity (256 billion bytes of data). It is best to keep 40GB of that free, so that the hard drive does not fail due to full-storage.

SSD is the Hard Drive (Sold State Drive) (does not spin - has no moving parts).

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