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ssd life

  1. B

    SSD Writes for M1 Max MBP 16

    I have an M1 Max MBP 16 with 64GB of ram - 4 TB SSD. This laptop is almost a year old ( will be in 2 months ). Figured I'd post my usage records just for information and to ask, are the SSD writes normal? This laptop is used all day long. For most of the day this is how my memory utilization...
  2. TheSynchronizer

    A list of tweaks & fixes to try if you're experiencing high SSD writes on M1

    A list of tweaks/fixes to try to fix excessively high writes on M1 Originally all suggested by me in ssd swap - high usage of Terabytes Written, doing these has reduced my M1 daily SSD write from ranges of 350-500GB to 25-50GB, while maintaining the same heavy workflows and not losing any...