So what happened? I'd guess buggy firmware, as that seems to be the achilles heel on SSDs, but that is purely uninformed guess.
But they could update firmware. Must be more serious.
MacBook Air Flash Storage Drive Replacement Program
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#12We also recommend backing up your data on a regular basis until you receive a replacement drive. Why stop there? With tools and services like Time Machine, Carbon Copy Cloner and Crashplan, there's no excuse not to maintain a backup. As evidenced by this page, shit happens .
And where is it implying that you can stop backing up after the replacement? Are you so dense or literal-minded that you need everything spelling out for you? "do not dry your pets in this microwave".
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#13We also recommend backing up your data on a regular basis until you receive a replacement drive. Why stop there? With tools and services like Time Machine, Carbon Copy Cloner and Crashplan, there's no excuse not to maintain a backup. As evidenced by this page, shit happens .
And where is it implying that you can stop backing up after the replacement? Are you so dense or literal-minded that you need everything spelling out for you? "do not dry your pets in this microwave".
How about the part where it says:
>> until you receive a replacement drive
Re: MacBook Air Flash Storage Drive Replacement Program
#14We also recommend backing up your data on a regular basis until you receive a replacement drive. Why stop there? With tools and services like Time Machine, Carbon Copy Cloner and Crashplan, there's no excuse not to maintain a backup. As evidenced by this page, shit happens .
And where is it implying that you can stop backing up after the replacement? Are you so dense or literal-minded that you need everything spelling out for you? "do not dry your pets in this microwave".
until you receive a replacement drive
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#16We also recommend backing up your data on a regular basis until you receive a replacement drive. Why stop there? With tools and services like Time Machine, Carbon Copy Cloner and Crashplan, there's no excuse not to maintain a backup. As evidenced by this page, shit happens .
I keep two backups, one onsite through Time Machine, one offsite using BackBlaze. After initial set up the maintenance time on them is about 2 minutes a month to check they've been running properly, total cost is a cheap external drive and $5 a month.
Not backing up in 2013 is just irresponsible.
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#17Can someone tell me how I can determine if my machine is affected if I don't have an OS X install? I've only got Debian available.
It seems this is a hardware problem so, there is a risk of you being affected, if you bought your MBA "between June 2012 through June 2013".
Do you have OS X available? It says there is a software upgrade that checks for broken SSD's.
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#18Can someone tell me how I can determine if my machine is affected if I don't have an OS X install? I've only got Debian available.
Maybe try: lspci -v
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#19It says the update will check to see if you're affected (need a replacement) and just update the firmware if not. Mine seemed to update the firmware without issue...
Good job I was planning on replacing it with a 3rd party bigger drive as soon as I can save up (turns out 128GB was never going to be enough...)
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#20SSD's are not there yet, if you ask me. I've been running on a custom SSD on my Mac mini, with restarts required once daily after crashing (mostly due to chrome). A dozen friends of mine also had a buggy experience with SSDs. They are super fast, I mean. But not so reliable at this point in time.
Will I go back to a HDD? Probably not. HDD is really good for backing up stuff, but for speed, SSD's are unmatched. There's no icon-bouncing each time I click on an app in the bottom menu of my mac. Even a restart a day is totally worth it for me :D (Just kidding, don't fucking downvote me)