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by hermanzegerman 106 days ago
Not if you're powerusing it like in the Article and relying heavily on Swap.

Also there are countless reports of bricked M1 8GB MacBook Airs that are bricked because the SSD used up it's write cycles

https://youtu.be/0qbrLiGY4Cg?si=mjKn2oLjqAb36hPU
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havaloc 106 days ago
That's not what the video insinuates.
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hermanzegerman 106 days ago
Yes you're right. I meaned a different video, but I can't find it right now. I've looked it up, and back then MacOS had a bug which exacerbated that issue. Here is an article

https://www.macrumors.com/2021/02/23/m1-mac-users-report-exc...

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windowsrookie 106 days ago
You originally stated "Also there are countless reports of bricked M1 8GB MacBook Airs that are bricked because the SSD used up it's write cycles"

Do you have a source for these "countless bricked SSD's"?

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hermanzegerman 106 days ago
Here was the Video I meant back then.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MZuv4TIjk-I&pp=ygURZGVhZCBNYWN...

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