Thanks to recent developments in the community and great work from @asentientbot and the Moraea team, we've made great progress on GPU Acceleration support.
| GPU Acceleration |
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Hardware Support
- NVIDIA Tesla: 8XXX-3XX
- NVIDIA Fermi: 4XX-5XX
- NVIDIA Maxwell: 9XX
- NVIDIA Pascal: 10XX
- ATI TeraScale 1: HD 2XXX-4XXX
- AMD TeraScale 2: HD 5XXX-6XXX
- Intel 5th Generation GPUs / Ironlake (1st Gen Intel Core)
- Intel 6th Generation GPUs / Sandy Bridge (2nd Gen Intel Core)
Note that these patches are in active development and there are many issues, some listed below:
Current Issues with Acceleration Patches
Sequoia issues
| Issues |
Reporter |
Severity |
Priority |
Potential Fix |
| Frozen gallery and no thumbnails on Photos app |
EduCovas |
High |
High |
Downgrade to Sonoma |
| Tiled windows feature doesn't work |
EduCovas |
Moderate |
Moderate |
Use a third party app |
| New Metal rendered wallpapers doesn't work |
EduCovas |
Moderate |
Moderate |
Requires Metal API |
| inverted colors on selected window screenshots |
EduCovas |
Moderate |
Moderate |
Downgrade to Sonoma |
| Broken background on Weather app |
EduCovas |
Moderate |
Moderate |
Downgrade to Sonoma (WeatherUI requires Metal API) |
Sonoma+ issues
| Issues |
Reporter |
Severity |
Priority |
Potential Fix |
| Show desktop shortcuts not working |
EduCovas |
Moderate |
Moderate |
Downgrade to Ventura |
| Cycle through windows shortcut not working |
EduCovas |
Moderate |
Moderate |
Downgrade to Ventura |
General Issues
| Issues |
Reporter |
Severity |
Priority |
Potential Fix |
| Graphics switching broken on dual GPU machines |
DhinakG |
Moderate |
Moderate |
Unknown, use gSwitch for manual switching |
| DRM content won't play in Safari, TV and Music |
EduCovas |
Moderate |
Unfixable |
Use a third party browser (Hardware decoding unavailable on non-Metal GPU drivers) |
| Stage Manager non-functional |
Mykola |
Moderate |
Moderate |
Unsupported on non-Metal (incompatible with 10.14.6 SkyLight) |
| AirPlay display unstable |
MykolaG |
Moderate |
Moderate |
Unknown |
| Broken Maps (incl. Find My, Places) in Monterey and newer |
Mykola |
Moderate |
Moderate |
Downgrade to Big Sur (Monterey VectorKit requires Metal) |
| Strange Window corners on HiDPI |
Mykola |
Moderate |
Moderate |
Unknown |
| Broken top bar in fullscreen on Chromium browsers |
ParaDoX1994 |
Moderate |
Moderate |
Fixed in Chrome Canary |
Resolved Issues
| Issues |
Reporter |
Severity |
Priority |
Potential Fix |
Tile full screen windows feature doesn't work on Sonoma |
EduCovas |
Moderate |
Moderate |
Resolved with macOS Sequoia |
Dock disappears after changing screen resolution |
EduCovas |
Moderate |
Moderate |
Resolved with f8a3d57 |
Unresponsive buttons in Catalyst apps on Sonoma |
EduCovas |
Moderate |
Moderate |
Resolved with 54c56e2 |
Menu Bar font color not changing even with Beta Menu Bar enabled |
EduCovas |
Moderate |
Moderate |
Resolved with 54c56e2 |
Black Interface Elements on certain Sandy Bridge Macs |
PatrickBK |
Moderate |
Moderate |
Resolved with 0.6.8 |
Wake from sleep distorts heavily on 11.3 Beta 1+ with AMD/ATI TeraScale 1 |
Mykola |
Resolved |
Resolved |
Resolved with 0.6.6 and MacOS Ventura |
Kernel Panic on Wake for Nvidia 8000 series and AMD/ATI TeraScale 1 GPUs |
Mykola |
Resolved |
Resolved |
Resolved with 0.6.6 |
Control Center Sliders Broken |
ASentientBot |
Resolved |
Resolved |
Resolved with 0.4.3 |
Forced Software Cursor |
ASentientBot |
Resolved |
Resolved |
Resolved with 0.4.3 |
Shifted/missing icons |
ASentientBot |
Resolved |
Resolved |
Resolved with 0.4.3 |
Erratic Colours on ATI TeraScale 2 GPUs |
MykolaG |
Resolved |
Resolved |
Resolved with 0.4.2 |
QuickLook Dismiss and Expand button missing |
neogomo |
Resolved |
Resolved |
Resolved with 0.4.3 |
Keyboard Backlight broken |
Mykola |
Resolved |
Resolved |
Resolved with 0.4.3 |
Automatic Dark/Lightmode not working |
ASentientBot |
Moderate |
Moderate |
Resolved with 0.4.4 |
Catalyst apps quoting after 1200 seconds |
MykolaG |
Moderate |
Moderate |
Resolved with 0.4.4 |
VNC Broken for legacy Tesla 1.0 and TeraScale 2.0 |
vale21 |
Moderate |
Moderate |
Resolved with 0.4.5 |
Bluetooth Connect Button not showing in Ventura Settings |
Mykola |
Moderate |
Moderate |
Resolved with 0.6.3 |
Emoji Picker Dismisses without pasting |
MykolaG |
Moderate |
Moderate |
Select emojis with arrow keys, resolved with 0.6.3 and macOS Ventura |
MenuBar with Reduce Transparency broken |
MykolaG |
Moderate |
Moderate |
Resolved in Monterey |
Menu Bar Blur and Selections |
ASentientBot |
Moderate |
Moderate |
Resolved with 0.6.3 |
Menu Bar white font on light wallpapers |
EduCovas |
Moderate |
Moderate |
Resolved with 0.6.3 |
Can't press Done in Widget Settings |
EduCovas |
Moderate |
Moderate |
Resolved with 0.6.3 |
Photo Booth Black Screen in Monterey |
MykolaG |
Moderate |
Moderate |
Resolved with 0.6.6 |
Thanks to recent developments in the community and great work from @asentientbot and the Moraea team, we've made great progress on GPU Acceleration support.
Hardware Support
Note that these patches are in active development and there are many issues, some listed below:
Current Issues with Acceleration Patches
Sequoia issues
Sonoma+ issues
General Issues
Resolved Issues
Tile full screen windows feature doesn't work on SonomaDock disappears after changing screen resolutionUnresponsive buttons in Catalyst apps on SonomaMenu Bar font color not changing even with Beta Menu Bar enabledBlack Interface Elements on certain Sandy Bridge MacsWake from sleep distorts heavily on 11.3 Beta 1+ with AMD/ATI TeraScale 1Kernel Panic on Wake for Nvidia 8000 series and AMD/ATI TeraScale 1 GPUsControl Center Sliders BrokenForced Software CursorShifted/missing iconsErratic Colours on ATI TeraScale 2 GPUsQuickLook Dismiss and Expand button missingKeyboard Backlight brokenAutomatic Dark/Lightmode not workingCatalyst apps quoting after 1200 secondsVNC Broken for legacy Tesla 1.0 and TeraScale 2.0Bluetooth Connect Button not showing in Ventura SettingsEmoji Picker Dismisses without pastingMenuBar with Reduce Transparency brokenMenu Bar Blur and SelectionsMenu Bar white font on light wallpapersCan't press Done in Widget SettingsPhoto Booth Black Screen in Monterey