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• 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: 6 days 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: 17 days 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: 26 days 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: about 1 month 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: about 1 month 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: about 1 month 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 2 months ago

• frequent lag on mac mini (late 2014)

  What OS is it running? Does Disk Utility report an issue? How about DriveDx? Source: about 2 months 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: 2 months 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: 3 months 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: 3 months ago

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

  Check your hard drive with this: https://binaryfruit.com/drivedx. Source: 3 months 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: 3 months 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: 3 months 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: 4 months 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: 4 months ago

• External HDD not mountable until First Aid repair

  Scan it using DriveDx, the drive may be on the verge of complete failure. Source: 5 months 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: 6 months ago

• Macbook Pro M2, SSD failures, and irrational fear

  If you wanna keep track of your SSD life and see for yourself, download DriveDx. It's a really cool tool to see all stats of your drive. I gotta say though given the robustness of current SSD's, your SSD life will probably not change for quite some time. After all, mine only went down about 1% per year. https://binaryfruit.com/drivedx. Source: 6 months ago

• Backups fails in Time Machine, SuperDuper, Recovery Mode.....

  You can test the internal along with the external storage using DriveDx. Source: 7 months ago

• Mac 15 inch Mid 2012 suddenly running very very slow

  Have you checked for issues with the storage volume using either Disk Utility or DriveDx? Source: 7 months ago