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Hmm the bt/wifi module is interesting, though expensive. If you go for a random off the shelf bt it's going to be a lot of trouble, if this is the original it will save a lot of hassle.

The striped sata ssds are overkill though. Same for the mirrored spinny disks, raid is not backup and you're better off with time machine to an external disk or one of the online backup services.

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I use an orico BT-104 dongle and have working handoff, iMessage, etc. Wasn't a hassle at all, just plugged it in.

iMessage was actually a bit more work because you need to generate a "serial" for your clover config, otherwise it'll generate a new one on every boot.

Yeah but if i manage to find your dongle anywhere, are you sure it hasn't been updated to have a different chip inside? That's the common problem with usb dongles for bt or wifi.

You can do it for much cheaper if you buy the adapter and the board seperately ebay search for "BCM94360CD" turned up both bits. $80 total with the broadcom piece shipping from China.

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