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1 HN user recommended this in 2018, in one comment.
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I used the Sintech ST-NGFF2013-C adapter[0] which I think I ordered from eBay and a Samsung 970 EVO 1TB[1]. I have a MacBook Air (11-inch, Early 2015). I used this tool kit[2].
You _must_ upgrade the Mac to High Sierra or Mojave before doing this. The upgrade to High Sierra upgrades the boot firmware adding NVMe support. I made sure my Mac was upgraded and had a time machine backup. I then installed the new SSD, booted from a USB flash drive with the Mojave installer, formatted the drive with Disk Utility, then restored from the Time Machine backup. More details here[3].
I've had it installed a couple weeks and don't have any issues with it. Sleep, hibernate, everything works perfectly. No crashes. It may be a little warmer when in heavy use, but I'm not sure. I can't say if it's affected battery life because I'm not mindful about how long the batter lasts. I also didn't run any performance testing on the old drive or new, but I didn't notice any changes.
[0] http://eshop.sintech.cn/ngff-m2-pcie-ssd-card-as-2013-2014-2...
[1] https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07BN217QG/
[2] https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0743CK4SF/
[3] https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/287644/do-macbooks...