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Best WiFi USB dongle for Mac Pro (early 2009)?

I want to add WiFi to my early 2009 Mac Pro, mainly so I can use AirPlay and AirDrop

I'm guessing the easiest way to achieve this is with a USB WiFi dongle?

My router is a BT Home Hub 4 and there's also an Airport Express (one of the earlier ones that plugs direct into the mains socket, not like the current model on a cable) in range.

Please ease can anyone suggest a suitable WiFi dongle that will work with this setup?

Mac Pro (early 2009)-OTHER, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)

Posted on Jul 17, 2015 10:46 PM

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Johnb-one

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Jul 23, 2015 2:34 PM in response to Robin Johnson

thanks thats good to know. I didn't know that AirPlay worked on Ye Older Mac Pro's. I am glad to hear that you found a work around and that everything

(at least for WiFi) is okay. I don't know beans about Logic Pro 9, but yes, apparently it doesn't play nicely with Yosemite. your hardware that you plugin/use has to support Yosemite as well. I'm with you on this one. If what you have works fine with Mavericks, and you like it, and can't see any good reason to upgrade to Logic Pro X, then stick with what you have and what you know works well. No sense upgrading if it's going to cause you nothing but trouble, just for the sake of upgrading.... kinda learned that lesson when I tried to get my wifi working and extended in 10.10 Yosemite, plus other stuff which I won't go into here. Not good. Now all fixed in 10.10.4 but had to be patient, wait, and take the advice of others who had gone before me...

John B