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• IronWolf Pro RAID FAILING: "Reallocated Sector Count" 16 ??

  Application Website : https://binaryfruit.com/drivedx. Source: 5 months ago

• why do i need to long press the power button to turn on my mac

  Try running a software like DriveDx. Check the SSD writes in total (TBW). Older SSDs are still good for about 100-200 TBW, depending on their capacity. Source: 10 months ago

• How do you get the SSD manufacturer name and total written data in mac mini m2 pro?

  DriveDx has a 10 days trial version, which can provide plenty of information about the status of your SSD, including manufacturer serial number and total data written. Source: 11 months ago

• iMac 2015 - FUSION DRIVE - SSD FAILURE

  This won't help your current situation, but there's an app called DriveDX that monitors your disk health and pre warns you of failures. Source: 11 months ago

• Slow MacBook Air 2018

  Battery health can impact performance. Is kernel_task running away in Activity Monitor? Does DriveDx report any issue with the SSD? No license is necessary for a basic scan. Source: 11 months ago

• iMac late 2009 acting weird

  Given it's so old, either a faulty hard drive, or failing GPU as it's a common issue on this model. You can check the drive health with DriveDX. Source: 12 months ago

• I think something is wrong with diskarbitrationd on my Mac Studio

  The latest version of macOS Ventura is 13.3.1. You also may want to try running Disk Utility First Aid on the drive or DriveDx to see if there’s an issue with it. Source: 12 months ago

• My iMac is acting up. I had it UPGRADED to a full SSD instead of a fusion drive which died and I figured it should be even BETTER than it was before but with the newest version of macOS that I have on it (Monterey), it's just not working well (getting slow). I don't know what to do. Any thoughts?

  You get get the free trial of Drive DX and see if anything stands out:. Source: 12 months ago

• Does Applecare cover an SSD replacement on a 2020 m1 MacBook Pro if the ssd dies completely?

  I’m not a heavy Windows user, so I don’t know what that is. If you’re looking for something more friendly, there’s DriveDx: https://binaryfruit.com/drivedx. Source: almost 1 year ago

• Activity monitor disk writing question

  You can find the total using smartmontools. An alternative if you want something more user-friendly is DriveDx. Source: about 1 year ago

• frequent lag on mac mini (late 2014)

  What OS is it running? Does Disk Utility report an issue? How about DriveDx? Source: about 1 year ago

• macOS freezes with USB drives plugged in.

  No it’s not automatically excluded. But if the Mac becomes unresponsive while the drive is connected you may need to run Disk Utility or DriveDx to diagnose the volume. Source: about 1 year ago

• Any ideas on how to restore speed function on slow Macbook pro 13"

  Since you’re familiar with Activity Monitor, look in the CPU tab and sort the processes by usage. If you aren’t sure what is at the top of that list, running MalwareBytes is worth a shot. You can also use Disk Utility or DriveDx to check the internal storage. Source: about 1 year ago

• MacBook Pro (Intel, 2020) randomly "freezing"

  Perform First Aid on your internal storage, and run DriveDx to have insight on any pre-fail conditions the disk may be showing. Source: about 1 year ago

• Apple Music (formerly iTunes) won't play a full MP3

  Check your hard drive with this: https://binaryfruit.com/drivedx. Source: about 1 year ago

• 2016 12” MacBook 512gb storage, booting up with question mark icon — Disk Utility shows odd info, what can I do?

  I learned about DriveDx some months back, I plan on installing it on each Mac I own going forward just to keep an eye on things. Source: about 1 year ago

• Why am I using so much RAM literally nothing is open except for finder. This is right after restarting.

  Gotcha. I really don’t think numbers that low are anything to worry about, but if you’re concerned about SSD usage, you can get smartmontools or (if you prefer a GUI) DriveDX. Source: about 1 year ago

• MacBook Pro Slow

  Have you checked memory and CPU usage within Activity Monitor? Does Disk Utility report any issues if you run First Aid? How about running Etrecheck or DriveDx? Source: about 1 year ago

• (12.1, 2020 M1 MacBook Air) Question about Activity Monitor

  Did you toggle the Show All Disks? The SSD could be in pre-fail status. If you can boot normally, you can use DriveDx to check how it’s doing. Source: about 1 year ago

• External HDD not mountable until First Aid repair

  Scan it using DriveDx, the drive may be on the verge of complete failure. Source: over 1 year ago

• Late 2020 Mac Mini M1 256GB (Micron vs Hynix LPDDR4 8GB Ram)

  By the way… I also was trying to find out which of the 2 Mac Mini M1’s had the better SSD Health and also which had the least amount of “On Time” and “Power Cycles”. Took a bit of searching but found an app that you can download and run vs going the other route (Terminal and a bunch of other steps) and it gives you quite a bit of info including what I mentioned above and also highest/lowest temp Mac has reached,... Source: over 1 year ago