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Introduction

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 and Big Sur - Samsung Evo 960, Adapter.
  • MacBook Air 2018 and forward - will not work, No removable drive

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 and Big Sur - Samsung Evo 960, Adapter.

MacBook Air 2018 and forward - will not work, No removable drive

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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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