On your Mac, you can use Terminal to see the amount of data you’ve written to your drive.
- Install HomeBrew
- Install smartmontools using the following command
brew install smartmontools
List disks
diskutil list
List disk SMART information
sudo smartctl --all /dev/disk0
You will get something like:
![](https://blog.faltutech.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Screenshot-2023-03-29-at-10.11.08-AM-1024x908.png)
Windows doesn’t have a built-in way to check the amount of data you’ve written to disk, so you must instead turn to a third-party application. I use CrystalDiskInfo, a free program that’s easy to use.
Cheers and Peace out !!!