Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
for Hardware 2.0
| August 26, 2021 — 18:12 GMT (19:12 BST)
| Topic: Hardware
What data do you have on your Mac right now? Of that, what isn’t backed up?
What would you do if it was gone?
If everything is green, you’re OK. Keep up with your backups and you should be in good shape.
If everything isn’t green, you need to drop everything and get your drive replaced as soon as possible.
These are the ones I find worth keeping an eye on. Life Percentage Used and Data Units Written will increase over time as the drive is used, but Media and Data Integrity Errors and Critical Composite Temperature Time problems are signs of immediate problems.
Critical Composite Temperature Time also highlights how keeping the SSD cool can help prolong its life. As already mentioned, SSDs are much more reliable than HDDs, but the one thing that I find dramatically shortens their lifespan is overheating.
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Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
for Hardware 2.0
| August 26, 2021 — 18:12 GMT (19:12 BST)
| Topic: Hardware