Ensure NVMe Compatibility with MacBook Air SSD Replacement

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Introduction

This guide will help guide you to an NVMe drive that will work in your MacBook Air.

Green indicates no issues

Yellow indicates you may have kernel Panic issues on wake from hibernation

Red indicates no workable option available using non apple pin formatted drives

What you need

Step 1 Check Compatibility

MacBook Air Late 2010 - Working - High Sierra, Catalina, M2 Samsung Evo 860, Adapter
MacBook Air 2011 - Unknown
MacBook Air 2012 - Unknown
MacBook Air 2013 - Unknown
MacBook Air 2014 - WD_black 500 + Sintech adapter, running MacOS Big Sur
MacBook Air Early 2015 - WORKING- Mojave 10.14.3 to Big Sur 11.0.1- Crucial P1 SSD NVME, Adapter.
MacBook Air 2017 - WORKING - High Sierra, Catalina 10.15.3 - Samsung Evo 960, Adapter.
MacBook Air 2018 and forward - will not work, No removable drive