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Will using FileVault shorten the lifespan of an SSD?

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Mar 15, 20264685 views
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What are your thoughts on using an SSD with Apple's FileVault hard disk encryption? Will it shorten the lifespan? Will it decrease the read/write performance?

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Lifespan of the physical disk/drive FileVault 1 For the home directory, all files written to the SSD will be 8 MB (the default size of bands within a sparse bundle disk image). Whether writes of those 8 MB bands will cause more or less degradation, …

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