what is the tbw for an apple ssd

what is the maximun tbw for any mac

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 15.1

Posted on Sep 28, 2024 1:50 PM

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Posted on Sep 28, 2024 2:05 PM

It is not published. All you can do is maintain a backup and if the drive fails, then replace it. In most cases the Controller will fail before the drive fails and the TBW does not take that into consideration.

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Sep 28, 2024 2:21 PM in response to smidgeondutchrabbit

Isn't it approximately 300 times the size of the SSD with companies like Samsung, Hynix, Toshiba etc? But those numbers are misleading, because they only apply to an emtpy SSD, i.e. when it's 90 percent full, it's only a tenth of this. Also, with 8 GB those swap files can be plentiful. As I only use my Mac for music, I disabled Spotlight completely, because that writes so much. And with Apple Intelligence it is bound to get even more. Plus, when the internal SSD is broken, you can't even boot from an external one with Mac Silicon.

Sep 28, 2024 2:17 PM in response to smidgeondutchrabbit

Just adding to the good advise of @MAc Jim ID


Most Apple Computer that Qualify for macOS 15 Sequoia have the Internal SSD Drive Soldered to the Logicboard as is the Unified RAM


In that specific case. if the SSD were to fail.


Sorry, the entire logicboard would require replacing


On Apple Silicon machines, not even having a Bootable Clone Drive will allow the computer to function


macOS Sequoia is compatible with these computers


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