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<blockquote data-quote="Randy B. Singer" data-source="post: 1899324" data-attributes="member: 190607">Well, two things...First, you're going to have to get over it.&nbsp; Because that ship has sailed and it's not coming back.&nbsp; While it was a nice feature when we had it, it can't be restored and there is nothing else that does the same thing. Clone making software hasn't gotten worse, Apple has made the Macintosh different.&nbsp; Switching to Time Machine still isn't going to get you what a clone gives you.&nbsp; Having a clone is still a uniquely valuable and important thing.Second, for all of the hand wringing and gnashing of teeth over this, it's probably all but a non-issue. Separate SSD's were becoming less and less long-lived, and slower, in order to make them less expensive.&nbsp; Apple remedied this by integrating high quality long term storage into the M1x chip package. I wouldn't be surprised if the only people who *ever* have an SSD problem with their M1x-based Mac are those who chose too small an SSD at the outset, and fill it up.&nbsp; Otherwise I expect the SSD's in M1x-based Macs to outlive the life of the rest of the computer.&nbsp; I strongly suspect that hearing about bricked M1x-based Macs due to having a dead SSD will be an incredibly rare event.Going around bashing the making of clones is just spreading FUD.&nbsp; You already have people giving up on making clones needlessly.&nbsp; That's a crime, in my view.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Randy B. Singer, post: 1899324, member: 190607"] Well, two things... First, you're going to have to get over it. Because that ship has sailed and it's not coming back. While it was a nice feature when we had it, it can't be restored and there is nothing else that does the same thing. Clone making software hasn't gotten worse, Apple has made the Macintosh different. Switching to Time Machine still isn't going to get you what a clone gives you. Having a clone is still a uniquely valuable and important thing. Second, for all of the hand wringing and gnashing of teeth over this, it's probably all but a non-issue. Separate SSD's were becoming less and less long-lived, and slower, in order to make them less expensive. Apple remedied this by integrating high quality long term storage into the M1x chip package. I wouldn't be surprised if the only people who *ever* have an SSD problem with their M1x-based Mac are those who chose too small an SSD at the outset, and fill it up. Otherwise I expect the SSD's in M1x-based Macs to outlive the life of the rest of the computer. I strongly suspect that hearing about bricked M1x-based Macs due to having a dead SSD will be an incredibly rare event. Going around bashing the making of clones is just spreading FUD. You already have people giving up on making clones needlessly. That's a crime, in my view. [/QUOTE]

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