
Follow the steps below to check the health of SSD internal storage on Mac. Stellar Data Recovery Professional for Mac accurately monitors the temperature, performance, and health of Mac’s SSD and provides alerts on a real-time basis to the user. Further, you can use the software to recover data in case of SSD failure and data loss.

Stellar Data Recovery Professional for Mac offers Stellar Drive Monitor feature that you can utilize to check the SSD’s health status. But if it’s showing Failing, you should immediately take a backup before replacing the SSD. status is showing Verified, your SSD is in good health. If you can’t find your internal drive, click View > Show All Devices.status will appear in the disk information overview. If you select the correct drive, S.M.A.R.T. The drive is generally represented as Apple SSD SM0256G Media, while the partition is indicated as Macintosh HD. Note: You must select the drive and not the partition on your Mac. Select your SSD drive from the list in the Left Sidebar.


The issue has been reportedly resolved by introducing macOS 11.4 on the M1 Macs. This is a setback for any M1 Mac user as the SSD lifespan will be diminished. Moreover, with such a pace of SSD use, the 256 GB internal storage would last for only six months or less. These usage stats of M1 Mac SSD reflect that the SSD usage on M1 Mac has even surpassed that on an Intel Mac. Hector Martin, a senior developer, has claimed in his tweet that the internal SSD usage on his MacBook Pro 2 TB 16 GB model has gone to 3%. Similar enthusiasm was shown with the M1 chip but users, later on, reported excessive wear of SSD in a short usage span. Although, it yet remains to be practically proven. With the introduction of the M1 Max chip that according to Apple is the world’s most powerful chip for a Pro Notebook, users are thrilled with expectation of enhanced performance.
