"kernal_task" writes huge amounts of data!

Hey,

just checked Activity Monitor and saw "kernel_task" has written almost 60 GB of Data since this morning(about 10 hours or so) and some other tasks 40 GB (total of 104 GB) . I only did some browsing, played Minecraft and created some graphics in Vectornator. Is this stressful/normal for the ssd? I'm worried

I am german btw but hopefully someone can help me here

Thanks :)

MacBook Pro (2017 – 2020)

Posted on Jul 2, 2023 02:43 PM

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ABBar

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Posted on Jul 2, 2023 08:23 PM

This is normal for Apple Silicon Macs. My M1 MacBook Air often writes over 1TB a day, so 104GB isn't anything to worry about.

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ABBar

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Jul 2, 2023 08:23 PM in response to developer241

This is normal for Apple Silicon Macs. My M1 MacBook Air often writes over 1TB a day, so 104GB isn't anything to worry about.

Barney-15E

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Jul 2, 2023 06:37 PM in response to developer241

It's responsible for running almost everything, so it might show a lot.

I have about 13 GB--mostly Fusion 360.

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