: It isn't just for internal SSDs. Lifespan also monitors supported Thunderbolt and external USB storage, as well as removable media like CFast and CompactFlash cards.
: Most durable, often reaching 100,000 cycles.
: You can check your drive's health status at any time with a single click in your macOS Menu Bar. Micromat Lifespan 1.0.2
Lifespan is a streamlined Menu Bar application for macOS that monitors the remaining useful life of flash-based storage devices. Unlike standard hard drives that might fail mechanically with audible clicks, SSDs tend to wear out silently over thousands of write cycles. Lifespan tracks these cycles and provides a clear, simple percentage of how much "life" is left in your drive. Key Features and Capabilities
Monitoring Your Mac's Soul: A Guide to Micromat Lifespan In the world of modern computing, your data is only as safe as the flash memory it sits on. While Solid State Drives (SSDs) are incredibly fast, they have a silent, built-in "time of death" determined by how much data they can write before the memory cells wear out. : It isn't just for internal SSDs
: Higher density but lower endurance, around 3,000 cycles.
: Runs on both Intel-based Macs and Apple Silicon (M-series) Macs. : You can check your drive's health status
Every write to an SSD—whether you are saving a photo, downloading a movie, or just browsing the web (which creates cache files)—contributes to the wear and tear of its NAND flash cells. Different storage technologies have varying lifespans: