![]() ![]() It seems that the logging interval (1 sec) was too quick for the iCloud sync - at least that is my inexpert diagnosis. In Activity Monitor I could see that cloudd was responsible for 10-times higher writes than anything else (240GB in one day). The M1 mini had a program called TG Pro set to log temperatures to a file saved in My Documents, which in turn is in iCloud Drive. The interesting twist is that I uncovered what seems to be a bug of sorts. On the other hand, the 32GB RAM means that the MBP rarely touches swap. The Intel MBP has had Big Sur since its public release and has had heavier use (VMs, bootcamp, FCP). With DriveDX, the mini shows 26.9 TBW the MBP only 3.7 TBW. I did some digging and comparison between my M1 mini (arrived 10 November 16GB/1TB) and my Intel MBP (arrived 9 June 32GB/1TB). I'm of course not dismissing that there could be a bug in MacOS (given the recent track record of messy bugs in MacOS, I'd totally believe it), but I do think, given the number of people I've seen throwing numbers around at various places, especially that comment section on MacRumors, it would be reasonable to figure out if the numbers we are all using are any good in the first place. Like what is their definition of a drive power cycle? What does "power on" imply for power on hours (are they counting active usage of the drive only)? Either way it's hard to trust them without further insight into what they are and how they actually work. And somehow despite one drive apparently having substantially more usage, both drives still somehow are relatively close in terms of terabytes written (which, from my understanding, is how SSD manufacturers like Samsung actually measure wear).Īt the very least, I think it's reasonable to say that these numbers are either wonky or that they might not mean what folks think they mean. Factoring in when I got my new laptop, suddenly the daily usage for my old one would have to have been something like 12-13 hours a day every day for the 4 years I used it daily. For two of those six years I was mostly using a new laptop and for a couple years prior I only used this old laptop maybe a couple hours a day max. On my 2014 MBP on the other hand smartctl says I have over 20000 power on hours for 6 years, or something like 9 hours a day. On my 2 year old MBP smartctl shows I have 856 power on hours, which is definitely low for two years. Something is funky with the power on and power cycle numbers. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |