Is there a BIG PROBLEM with the M1 Mac SSDs? Could You Be Affected?

There have been some M1 Mac owners claim that they’ve already seen massive amounts of data both read and written to their internal drive, and this is slowly killing the SSD. It seems that swap memory is potentially the main culprit, although there are several other explanations and reasons as to why these issues are a hot topic right now. In this video I want to cover these claims and also try to look at some possible explanations.

The twitter thread:

M1 Mac SSD update…

Apple, this is NOT okay. Especially as the internal SSD isn’t replaceable. The machine is just a bit over 2 months old. pic.twitter.com/xqlSMjxwTa

— Longhorn (@never_released) February 13, 2021

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00:00 Explaining the Issue
00:58 Massive Amounts of Data Being Written
02:44 What’s Causing This?
03:39 Potential Explanations For The Issue
06:07 What Should You Do?

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