OS X Mavericks has not yet been released however the OS X Mavericks Developer Preview is Beta Software and with the exception of changes to Localizations in gfxCardStatus it appears there hasn't been other work on gfxCardStatus in over 9 months so even though the gfxCardStatus requirements show OS X Lion (10.7) or newer and 2008-2012, 15-17" dual-GPU MacBook Pro, I'd venture to say that gfxCardStatus may not work properly in the OS X Mavericks Developer Preview and since it appears core development hasn't moved in over 9 months that gfxCardStatus may also not work properly in the OS X Mavericks when it is released. Ok Today I tested the version 2.4. My testing was further supported by the fact when I plug in my 27" Thunderbolt Display while gfxCardStatus is set to Integrated Only, whether or not the Virtual Machine is running, the Thunderbolt Display stays dark until I select either Discrete Only or Dynamic Switching as it requires the use of the Discrete GPU. I'm using VMware Fusion 6 under OS X 10.8.3 and when I set gfxCardStatus to Integrated Only that is what's being used while running a Virtual Machine! I based my original reply on the fact that gfxCardStatus reports that Integrated Only is what's being used and the analysis of sampling of the vmware-vmx process is not showing any calls to the GeForceGLDriver until I select either Discrete Only or Dynamic Switching. My VM guest OS is currently mostly idle, and it is reporting hefty 50+ energy impact. On Mavericks, when you open Activity Monitor, it still reports vmware-vmx process as using "high performance" discrete graphics. If you want BootCamp / Windows installed, it's much more complex.Virtualpboy wrote: I have gfxCardStatus 2.3 installed and it doesn't seem to prevent VMWare Fusion 6 (or 5 for that matter) from using discrete graphics at all. I'm working on some (not-yet-stable) tweaks that get it up to 8hrs with lower battery lifeĩ. smoothly but VLC already runs smoothly on computers with only integrated graphics. Battery life is still okay at best - 4hrs or so. MacOS Macbook Pro Battery / Discrete Graphics Card Issues in 10.8.2. ![]() Boot into OS X after installing Ubuntu and use gfxCardStatus to switch to your integrated card, then reboot into Ubuntu and run Intel Linux Graphics installer - that's all it really took for me to get integrated graphics :)Ĩ. ![]() Install GRUB (using standard install, and onto the same partition as Ubuntu) and rEFInd, and boot the EFI version of GRUB using rEFIndħ. Make another OS X partition at the end of your disk if you want an OS X recovery partition (they can only be immediately after an OS X partition)Ħ. Format a thumb drive then use unetbootin to make the thumb drive (if it doesn't work google "ubuntu thumb drive install mac" and follow the instructions)ĥ. Get the right version of gfxCardStatus (I've uploaded one for anyone that wants it - it's at )ģ. I did some more research into it, and it's better in every single way.Ģ. ![]() Hey, I've done some more research and trials and got it to work!!! :)ġ. I've got a pretty complex multi-boot system here's the output of diskutil list in OS X:Ĥ: Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP 180.1 GB disk0s4ħ: Microsoft Basic Data SHARE 4.0 GB disk0s7Ĩ: Apple_HFS Mac Recovery 14.6 GB disk0s8ĩ: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk0s9ĭisk0s0 is GPT (with hybrid MBR set up for BOOTCAMP), s1 is EFI, s2 is my primary OS X partition (with rEFInd installed as a boot picker), s3 is the OS X 10.10 beta, s4 is BOOTCAMP, s5 is Ubuntu 14.04, s6 is swap for Ubuntu, s7 is a shared storage FAT partition, s8 is another OS X partition for repairs and so I can have an OS X recovery partition (they have to immediately follow an OS X partition), and s9 is that recovery partition. If I could get that on Ubuntu, I would switch to it as a primary OS! On OS X going integrated-only shoots battery life above 8hrs with browsing or reading. Has anyone had success getting 14.04 and the HD4000 to coexist? As of the latest version intel graphics installer does run but I can't get it to switch to the integrated card :( I've seen some other forums on this and tried every single suggestion they no longer work with 14.04 and the SMC firmware upgrade. battery life since only the NVIDIA card will run. In OS X, only the HD4000 is active it can be forced to run using gfxCardStatus for Mac and certain apps (like games) activate it. ![]() one of them is a high-performance NVIDIA 650M and the other an intel HD4000. I have a mid-2012 retina macbook pro and it has two graphics cards. I am on Yosemite 10.10.1 I also have FileVault enabled, so I am seeing the broken discrete graphics right from the start when I am prompted for my password, long before any driver from hard dis can. Hey! I'm (like two minutes) new to being on the Ubuntu forums, but I have a decent bit of Ubuntu knowledge. gfxcardstatus 2.3 complains it can't switch to internal graphics because there is an external display connected (not true), 2.2.1 just doesn't work.
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