SSD almost full

[marenta]

Hello!

Will a ssd drive like the one in the new MacBook Pro 15" 2016, get slower when it's almost full? Say 30 GB free space on a 1TB drive..

Kind regards

Marenta

 

[Qwe9203]

Hello!

Will a ssd drive like the one in the new MacBook Pro 15" 2016, get slower when it's almost full? Say 30 GB free space on a 1TB drive..

Kind regards

Marenta

Yes. You need to leave a bit more of a buffer room.

 

[CoastalOR]

It would be better to have 10% free space, about 100 GB for a 1 TB drive.

 

[blairian89]

Hello!

Will a ssd drive like the one in the new MacBook Pro 15" 2016, get slower when it's almost full? Say 30 GB free space on a 1TB drive..

Kind regards

Marenta

Yes, it will likely slow down. 10-20% is a good amount of buffer space that should keep you from noticing a slow down.

 

[jksu]

can try apps like cleanmymac and/or photosweeper to remove duplicates.
and use the cloud or external drives for photos and music

i did that but have gone gradually from 128 ->256 -> 512 ssd drives in my mba/mbps

 

[Bryan Bowler]

It will not slow down to the extent that a spinning drive will....

 

[blairian89]

It will not slow down to the extent that a spinning drive will....

This is also a true statement. SSD's run way faster than the old spinners do in all aspects; slowdowns will be less noticeable but they still occur.

 

[marenta]

This is also a true statement. SSD's run way faster than the old spinners do in all aspects; slowdowns will be less noticeable but they still occur.

Cool, does that apply to newer pcie based ssd's too?. I mean, any difference in slow down compared to a regular 2,5" ssd?

/marenta