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Re:M1 Mac owners are experiencing high SSD writes over short... by ARandomerDude on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @07:59PM (#26245252)
> Not sure what to make of the power cycles stat either. It's mostly plugged in at my desk.

I wonder if that's a battery charge cycle metric. Anyone know?

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Re:M1 Mac owners are experiencing high SSD writes over short... by 0x426577617265 on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @08:08PM (#26245340)
It's how many times the drive is powered on/off.
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Re:M1 Mac owners are experiencing high SSD writes over short... by boardwaalk on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @08:05PM (#26245305)
It's not. My MBP (non M1) has 28,891. The battery would be dead as a doornail. I imagine MacOS just has the ability to put the SSD to sleep when idle.
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Re:M1 Mac owners are experiencing high SSD writes over short... by ztjio on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @08:48PM (#26245617)
It does, and it is also configurable in Energy Saver in System Preferences.
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