Aug/2016

Test speed for apple drives – Black Magic

Maybe you ask yourself why your mac not running well like the first time you bought it…

apple speed test drive black-magic

If your mac 4-7 years old, probably the hard drive should be replaced by new one.

Usually, drives can be work 8 years, but after several years they are frazzled and have issues.

Run Drive test

go to itunes appstore:

Click on > Download Free > than Install

Enter you apple ID (Free acount)

there are 2 kind of speeds! Read & Write.

Read = the drives reading, loading the OS X, softwares, etc….

Write = the speed of your drive when you copy new files into your mac.

Compare your results to new drives!

mac models 2007-2010 – new drive have 100mb/s (read), 95mb/s (write)

models 2011-2014 – 150(R), 140(W)

models 2015-2016 – 160(R), 150(W)

models 2007-2010 have 200-230(R) and 150(W)

models 2011-2014 have 450(R) and up to 250(W).

models 2015-2016 have 750-1000mb read & write (retina models, mac pro – black).

if the drive lost 10-15% your drive ok
if 20-30% you sould start thinking about it (if your drive is sata, upgrade to SSD)
if 40-50% you need to replace soon (few months)
if you drive lost 70% or more (work on 30-40mb/s read) need to replace immediately. you DATA at risk. use time machine backup now!

we hope “black magic” software help you to understand the status of your drive.

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