Check macbook ssd health how to#
In this article, you’ll learn how to set up the Terminal so you can install and run smartmontools.
It runs in the Terminal, the command-line interface for the Mac that you’ll find in the Utilities folder inside Applications. It’s not a typical app with an icon that you double-click to launch and menus and windows you navigate. To gain insight into the health of your SSD, you can use a software tool called smartmontools, which taps into the Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) system that’s built into SSDs. There is a catch with smartmontools, though. So even if you have a brand new M1 Mac, you might want to check on your drive’s health from time to time. Most recently, users started noticing that new M1 Macs and some Intel-based ones are showing advanced wear after just a few months of use, a troubling sign that could cause drives to burn out years before expected. While it usually takes a really long time to wear out an SSD-likely far longer than you’ll keep your Mac-problems can arise. Since the SSD is such a vital part of your Mac, it’s a good idea to keeps tabs on its health. But there’s one thing you may not know about SSDs: They wear out over time. If you have a newer Mac, it likely uses a speedy solid-state drive to store files, apps, music, videos, and a lot of other important stuff.
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