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[GUIDE] Building a Mac mini beast with NUC8i7BEH

Overview

This guide derives from @Rehabman's [Guide] Booting the OS X installer on LAPTOPS and [Guide] Intel NUC7NUC8 using Clover UEFI (NUC7i7Bxx,NUC8i7Bxx,etc) but the procedure has been simplified in order to provide a quick guide to install Mojave on the NUC8i7BEH.

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Specs

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Preparation

BIOS settings

BIOS setup can be accessed by mashing the F2 key while booting up. It will get you to the main BIOS setup screens. To start, choose "Load Defaults" (choose from the menu or press F9 in the BIOS setup).

Then change:

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Installation

Option 1: GUI (recommended)

Option 2: Command-line

Note: If you get an error that says "This copy of the Install macOS Mojave.app application is damaged, and can’t be used to install macOS", then open up a terminal and set the date to March 3rd, 2019 at 00:00 with date 030300002019

Post-installation

Clover EFI

Fixing Continuity

Wi-Fi/Bluetooth Adapter

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Scheme

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IPEX1 Antennas

The original antennas on NUC are using IPEX4 connector while the BCM943602CDP is using IPEX1. Thus, I completely removed the original ones and replaced them with four IPEX1. However, it's worth mentioning that the quality of the signal drops after the replacement (for both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth).

Continuity Activation Tool (C.A.T)

To enable conitinuity, you must have an invaild serial number (meaning never been used by other Macs), for detailed information, please check Generating invaild serial number from hackintosher. If everything is ready and yet you still cannot have AirDrop and Handoff, please try C.A.T to activate continuity.

FRC Reverse Proxy

Frp is a fast reverse proxy to help you expose a local server behind a NAT or firewall to the internet. As of now, it supports TCP & UDP, as well as http and https protocols, where requests can be forwarded to internal services by domain name. For example, with Frp, VNC port (5900), SSH port (22), and FTP port (445) on Macs behind a NAT, can be exposed to the public. Therefore, a user can have access to Screen Sharing, File Sharing remotely.

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