Comment by lynndotpy

Wow. I haven't even had this laptop for two weeks, and it's written 311 GB.

    === START OF SMART DATA SECTION ===
    SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED

    SMART/Health Information (NVMe Log 0x02)
    Critical Warning:                   0x00
    Temperature:                        27 Celsius
    Available Spare:                    100%
    Available Spare Threshold:          99%
    Percentage Used:                    0%
    Data Units Read:                    1,318,438 [675 GB]
    Data Units Written:                 608,401 [311 GB]
    Host Read Commands:                 19,089,015
    Host Write Commands:                9,721,576
    Controller Busy Time:               0
    Power Cycles:                       129
    Power On Hours:                     7
    Unsafe Shutdowns:                   6
    Media and Data Integrity Errors:    0
    Error Information Log Entries:      0

For comparison, my most recent Linux install (Pop!_OS 22.04) on a fresh hard drive, is at 800GB read and 1.2GB written over a four month period.

I am very concerned for the longevity of this Mac.