Title: This was a discussion when M1 macbooks were launched, and Apple supposedly addressed it in an OS update (macOS 11.4).<p>But I&#x27;m seeing really high read&#x2F;write numbers. I&#x27;m aware that SSD lifespans are long and TBW spec is pretty generous. Still, compared to my linux machines, this seems extraordinarily high.<p>On my newish M1 MBA, with the latest updates, with barely any use, 98%+ sleep, I&#x27;m seeing about 3 to 5 GB reads per day and 2 to 4 GB writes per day.<p>Latest report from smartctl.<p>----------------------------------------------------<p><pre><code>    === START OF SMART DATA SECTION ===
    SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED
    
    SMART&#x2F;Health Information (NVMe Log 0x02)
    Critical Warning:                   0x00
    Temperature:                        27 Celsius
    Available Spare:                    100%
    Available Spare Threshold:          99%
    Percentage Used:                    0%
    Data Units Read:                    716,195 [366 GB]
    Data Units Written:                 616,232 [315 GB]
    Host Read Commands:                 9,108,273
    Host Write Commands:                6,947,397
    Controller Busy Time:               0
    Power Cycles:                       95
    Power On Hours:                     5
    Unsafe Shutdowns:                   11
    Media and Data Integrity Errors:    0
    Error Information Log Entries:      0</code></pre>
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M1 Air 16GB 1TB.<p>Is this normal?
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