Instead of GenSMBIOS, can I copy values from a real Mac, clone the drive onto my hackintosh, and have my software think it's still on the old Mac?

I'm wondering if I can do this, because I have software on an old Mac mini that is licensed to the hardware, and can only be activated on Yosemite and down (due to SIP being introduced in El Capo).

I'm currently working on a Yosemite installer for an AMD Ryzen rig, so that I can install and activate this software on Yosemite, and then afterwards upgrade to a later macOS, but I don't think it'll work, as a couple of kexts require 10.13 or later.

This makes me wonder if I could simply clone the drive in my mini (which runs 10.13.6), mod the EFI partition with OpenCore, spoof the hardware info, and - poof - have the software still work.

Is this possible? And if so, where can I find the hardware strings to use?

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