2.2.1 - Aploader for Windows and Mac Apple has determined that a small percentage of MacBook Pro systems may exhibit distorted video, no video, or unexpected system restarts. For example if you set gfxCardStatus to Intergrated, then open VLC, and then close it, it will give a notification and switch to Discrete, and stay there until you switch back or set it to Dynamic Switching, in which OS X switches automatically to Integrated. The version of the Mac application you are about to download is 2.4.4. If you set gfxCardStatus to Integrated Only, it will set itself to Discrete after all dependencies are closed. Gfxcardstatus-2.3.zip and gfxCardStatus-1.7.5.zip are the most frequent filenames for this applications installer.
GfxCardStatus works fine with Mac OS X 10.7 or later.
GfxCardStatus 2.4.4 for Mac is free to download from our application library. The download is provided as is, with no modifications or changes made on our side. This Mac download was scanned by our built-in. That has always been the case, and is a lot easier to avoid (most app makers avoid frivolous use of Core Animation). Gfxcardstatus Free On Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite DL Czech download on MacOS 10.12 Sierra full latest version. Each download we provide is subject to periodical scanning, but we strongly recommend you check the package for viruses on your side before running the installation. CA in turn opens an OpenGL context, which 100% always enables the discrete GPU. So the last *remaining* cause for dGPU is when applications use OpenGL *or* Core Animation. Now that’s no longer the case! WHAT A RELIEF! The issue that Apple has fixed in 10.12.3 was that the mere existence of certain versions of certain frameworks ( without the app even opening any OpenGL contexts) marked the app as “needs dGPU”. The recompiled version linked somewhere in this thread is still recommended, however, because it contains bugfixes not merged into the abandoned official version. Previously, the only way to fix it was to re-compile it with newer frameworks. GfxCardStatus 2.3 (last official version): When Core Animation was removed from the app (in a private build), the application no longer required the discrete GPU.
Uses Core Animation, which is the cause of it.
MacOS 10.12.3 contains some fixes to Apple’s frameworks! There’s been a development on that front, so I’m writing to make you all aware. This is regarding the state of previous dual-GPU MacBook Pros again.