So I think Mac owners fall into four categories: I'm not sure if this applies to all Macs after 2012, but I'd suspect so. Install macOS 10.14 Mojave on Mac Pro (Mid 2010) and Mac Pro (Mid 2012)
There are two issues here, the first is for Mac owners, the second is about what one of the biggest companies in the world (Apple) is aiming to do about graphics technology, and how it affects end users.īottom Line for Mac Owners: if you have a Mac (Mac Pro, Mac Book etc etc) and want to upgrade it, then you will lkely be loking at updating the OSx as well as some components.Īs the following link explains, if you want to update anything newer than a Mac Pro 2010 and upwards past High Sierra, you need a GPU that is Metal capable. We await further developments, but if you have an Nvidia graphics card and it isn’t on Apple’s approved list then it’s another reason not to upgrade to macOS Mojave just yet.Forgive me if I have missed a discussion on this, but when I search for Metal or related on the Forum, I don't find much. It is very unclear why Nvidia are choosing to blame Apple for the non-appearance of web drivers for the macOS Mojave release when they were able to release them for the macOS High Sierra release within 24 hours and there is a growing frustration amongst Nvidia users at the lack of macOS Mojave drivers for their latest Nvidia graphics cards.
However earlier Nvidia graphics cards like the Nvidia's Quadro K5000 and GeForce GTX 680 do support Apple’s Metal framework and as Apple states in their support document are compatible with macOS Mojave. MacRumors reported that they followed Nvidia’s advice but that “Apple has yet to respond to multiple requests for comment”.īecause macOS Mojave now requires a graphics card that supports Apple’s Metal graphics framework, the newer Nvidia graphics cards such as the GeForce GTX 1080 are not compatible with Apple’s latest operating system 10.14. MacRumors challenged Nvidia about the situation and an Nvidia spokesperson told them "while we post the drivers, it's up to Apple to approve them". If you do upgrade to macOS Mojave then Nvidia say to expect degraded rendering and performance. This also affects any external GPUs that use Nvidia graphics card released after the end of 2013. If you own a mid 2010 or mid 2012 Mac Pro with a 2014 or later Nvidia graphics card this means you should not upgrade to macOS Mojave 10.14, even if you wanted to. This is especially relevant here for some Mac Pro cheese-grater owners who wants to upgrade to macOS Mojave. With previous macOS releases they were usually out within 24 hours. Over 5 weeks after Apple released 10.14, new macOS Mojave compatible Web drivers are still not available for Nvidia graphics cards that were released after the end of 2013.
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