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Overview Today Apple releases Mojave 10.14, one year after the launch of macOS High Sierra 10.13 with eGPU support. We have been following the development of this latest version since WWDC18. During the past six months Apple made significant progress by narrowing their focus to Thunderbolt 3 Macs and select AMD Radeon graphics cards. Support for true hot-plug, internal display acceleration, and multiple eGPUs are the highlights of Mojave 10.14 release for eGPU users. While these are welcome improvements, Apple excludes users with older Macs and/or Nvidia graphics cards. There's no sign Apple will ever extend eGPU support to Thunderbolt 1 and 2 Macs. Nvidia and Apple remain on unfriendly terms.

Fortunately the developers of our community, and have continuously engineered workarounds to keep many Mac users in the game. Boot Camp mode to run Windows shows minor progress however. Does the release of Mojave mean your Mac is ready to adopt external graphics technology? Your particular configuration holds the answer.

2016 15 Macbook Pro with 4x eGPUs in Mojave 10.14 Native Support If you have a Thunderbolt 3 Mac computer, you're in luck because this is the platform on which Apple has been building eGPU support. All you'd need is a MacOS-certified AMD Radeon graphics card + eGFX enclosure pairing that fits your needs and budget. There are a handful of solutions that come ready-to-go with a graphics card such as the 570, Gigabyte,. As of fall 2018, these are Thunderbolt 3 Macs that have native eGPU support in MacOS 10.13.4 and newer.

2018 15 Macbook Pro Error 12 on RX 580 eGPU & Error 43 on Pro 555X dGPU Microsoft has done Apple a huge favor with Windows 10 Spring Update. Version 1803 introduced Windows Hybrid Graphics that allows the external GPU to work with a discrete GPU for internal display acceleration. This is beneficial for Mac computers because Apple firmware has a tendency to disable the Intel-integrated GPU in favor of the AMD Radeon discrete GPU. Without an active iGPU, AMD XConnect and Nvidia Optimus can't leverage eGPU acceleration to the internal display.

As seen in the Graphics Settings of Windows, you can set your preference for a given software or game to use the higher-performing external graphics card. 2018 15 Macbook Pro Gtx 1080 Ti Egpu Graphics Settings Closing Thoughts Mojave 10.14 has shown positive progress for eGPU Mac users.

Hot-plug capability, internal display acceleration, and multiple eGPU support can truly transform an ultra-portable MacBook Pro into a powerful workstation. Our community remains committed to providing eGPU support for Nvidia and older Thunderbolt Mac users. We're also hopeful Apple will improve its Mac firmware to make eGPU in Boot Camp a more straightforward process. Posted by: tsakal Thanks for the update. Did you upgrade from HS or Mojave beta? Can you please inform us if fcp x works and if eGPU is used for rendering and exporting? I am using MBP 13 2015 /tb2 with mojave latest beta and everything works smoothly.

I however use fcp x 10.3 works perfectly with the egpu. I upgraded from High Sierra. FCP (I tested 10.4) works with eGPU for rendering/exporting after checking 'Prefer External GPU' checkbox in 'Get Info'. I wasn't able to use for this, only the finder checkbox. Screenshots of GPU activity: Before setting egpu: After: BruceX test time went from about 108 seconds before to 77 seconds after. FYI, I was able to make the built in display no longer black by simply uninstalling the AMD drivers that Bootcamp installs. So, Windows thinks it's an unknown display adaptor but it seems to work fine regardless.

I do not use it for any display acceleration instead using an external display with my Titan X. But it works fine for having a web browser, YouTube, etc up on the laptop display while gaming or what not on the external display. Edit - Clarification, I didn't use DDU or anything only went through the standard Windows uninstall programs and removed the AMD stuff. Posted by: maceditor Uninstalling the drivers isn't necessary.

Just disable it in the Device Manager and it should do the trick. Then one can enable easily on the go. Problem solved!

Disabled the dGPU, rebooted and it works! Both display work. Booting with the disabled dGPU and an unplugged eGPU is possible, too. Unfortunately hotplugging is still not working, showing the same error again.

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(BSOD, ks.sys being the cause) Interestingly it is not possible to change the resolution of the internal display 🤨. Posted by: Maximus Guys, any of you use razer synapse on macos? Is it functional on mojave, only thing holding me back right now I have a Razer Naga Chroma I use in boot camp and macOS, alongside my which can be RGB configured in windows only (tho you can sort of cheat and configure it in parallels by connecting it's usb device to the VM). Before Installing Mojave I ran the uninstaller and completely removed synapse.

I installed the new version from razer's website after installing mojave. There was an additional step of going to the security & privacy control panel in system preferences, going to accessibility and putting a check next to rzdeviceengine. This is due to new whitelisting preventing unapproved software from interacting with the UI subsystem. It works (for me) as well as it did in High Sierra. The DPI settings and button mappings do not match between windows and macOS, so I immediately put the mac synapse offline. Additionally, it does not normally configure or detect my naga til I open the MacOS Synapse window and unplug and plug in the mouse after logging in. If I do not do this it uses the default dpi and button mappings.

I have read horror stories about the razer driver causing issues on mojave during login for certain razer devices but aside from the above mentioned quirks its been fine for me.

All graphics driver updates come from Apple in macOS software updates so you really shouldn’t need to update them manually (the one exception is the Mac Pro which is the only Mac model to have user upgradeable graphics cards). I absolutely wouldn’t recommend doing this unless you know what you’re doing and confident in your ability to do so (that’s my disclaimer – if everything goes catastrophically wrong I cannot be held responsible). Even if you’re confident about updating manually think before you do it, is it really necessary? Apple optimise macOS and update the drivers themselves to deliver the most stable, safe operating environment for your Mac.

Warning – Ever since updating to macOS Sierra 10.12 and the current 10.12.1, NVIDIA’s drivers are causing my Mac to kernel panic. If you choose to update PLEASE understand what you are doing and how to reverse it. This isn’t happening to everyone who updates but I’ve had others tell me it’s also happening to them. I suspect it has to do with the automatic graphics switching in 15″ MacBook Pros so you could try disabling this in System Preferences. If you’re inquisitive like me, and want to know which driver version your Mac is currently on from Apple, follow. If you are unable to boot your Mac to the desktop after installing this update you can roll back to Apple’s driver by doing a NVRAM reset. To do this make sure your Mac is off.

Turn it back on and immediately hold down the following keys – CMD, Option (the Alt key), P, R. Keep them held down until you hear the startup chime for the second time then let go. Apple have a support page about NVRAM here – Manual update Instructions:.

Go to and select Quadro as the Product Type. Under the Product dropdown select one of the specific Mac ones, doesn’t matter which. Under the Operating System dropdown select which version of macOS you are using. Under Recommended/Beta select All:. Click on the most recent driver that appears below the search field. You’ll be taken to the download page. Note that only a few specific Mac Pros are officially supported.

At the bottom of the Release Highlights tab you’ll see a list of the Macs supported in beta. If your Mac is not listed there, there will be no point in you performing this update:. Download and install the update. You’ll be prompted to restart your Mac. Once restarted you should see a new little NVIDIA Driver Manager icon in the menu bar:.

And in System Preferences you will see a new icon at the bottom: If you have a MacBook Pro and it has started suffering from since using the NVIDIA driver then disable automatic graphics switching in System Preferences. This will prevent your Mac switching back to the Intel graphics when it needs less graphics power. I’ve found that this stops the kernel panics.

It will mean that your battery will drain faster as more power is required for the NVIDIA GPU though. If after reading this you are only getting the option for Windows drivers on NVIDIA’s site then you are not following the instructions properly. Please click on the links I have provided and choose exactly what I have listed in the drop down fields. Any and all feedback is welcome. I currently have the NVIDIA Quadro K5000 for Mac.

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I attempted to manually update the driver earlier today. The download and installation went rather smoothly, and upon restarting I attempted to run NVIDIA Driver Manager. The program froze and I gave it a few minutes before attempting to force quit. That’s when it happened. A rather loud crackling sound began coming from the back of my iMac. I checked to see what could be the cause and I immediately noticed my iMac was overheating. Before I could shut it down to let it cool off, a single spark came from the back of my iMac.

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Just seconds later, there were flames. My iMac was on fire. I ran into the kitchen to grab our fire extinguisher and fortunately was able to put out the flames. Luckily, no real damage was done to my iMac. I contacted Apple Support and they prompted me to contact NVIDIA’s support service. I was surprised to hear from the support service that this was already a known issue with Apple products in particular, although they said it was uncommon.

I am currently looking more into this issue. I advice all Mac users to be cautious when updating your drivers. I will update this if any new information arises.