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Can the magnet of the macbook charger damage my ssd? (alien.top)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Is it possible? Iwant to store them near eachother. Same pocket.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

no

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

no

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Old school hard drives used magnetic discs to store data. Modern SSDs don't use magnetism to store data. It's safe.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

What do they use actually

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

A whole lot of teeny tiny semiconductor switches that can be set to on or off. I'm oversimplifying. Google it if you're curious.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

If it is an SSD and you are sure of that, it won't be a problem. SSDs store informatin without having to have power applied and in the form of tiny physical changes of the storage which can only change with electricity and is not affected by magnetism. TLDR, it will be fine, especially if the SSD has a metal enclosure.