maurizio277 wrote:
Thanks. I do not have any problem, yet. My iMac is 1 year old and my MacBook Air is 3 months old. Of course I am not worried....
Respectfully, it appears you what to advert problem which is commendable.
Pursuing this way of thinking is akin to " following a rabbit down the a rabbit hole " - you will never catch it.
Problems do not need to looked for. They will find you soon enough.
I was just curious since I read all those posts and seen some videos where they discuss estimates of life for SSD.
Suggest disregarding the Social Media sites in regards to SSD Drives.
At Best they are only one person writing with out any Technical Basis
In the 20 years of using Apple Laptops and Desktops, I have had only two hardware issues.
The first was the very first Intel Based 15" Laptop where the Video Card failed and the second was when I ( my actions ) fried the LogicBoard. That was on the first Fan-less MacBook 12" when running it to a HD TV via HDMI for hours on end
Is the total of "MB written since first purchase of Mac" kept somewhere and available with the appropriate tools or through some terminal command? Just to have an idea....
I am not sure there is any Third Party Application or Terminal command that can capture the Full History of the number of Read / Writes that have occurred to the Internal Drive
For that specific answer, I have put out a message to " My Go To " hardware expert to have look at this.
If were are fortunate, they will make an appearence in your question and perhaps offer some additional insights