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efore looking for software solutions, ensure you’ve got ample free storage space and run hardware diagnostics to check your Fusion Drive in particular. or TechTool Pro also look at “wear” in the SSD component of a Fusion Drive. Memory used in that has a fixed number of times it can be erased and rewritten before it stops working. Fusion Drives with small SSDs, less than 100 GB, which are used intensively can wear out in less than their anticipated 10–year life, then require replacement.

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