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Apple Releases macOS High Sierra 10.13.4 With eGPU Support, Business Chat in Messages, and More

This is the most painless High Sierra update I've had. Clicked update in the app store, had breakfast, and when I came back everything was back to where I left it. No log in needed. Oh, and I was coming from 10.13.2 because my MBP refused to update to 10.13.3.

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makinao said:
This is the most painless High Sierra update I've had. Clicked update in the app store, had breakfast, and when I came back everything was back to where I left it. No log in needed. Oh, and I was coming from 10.13.2 because my MBP refused to update to 10.13.3.

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Only 30 minutes for me... no issues :D

Camelia
 
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zorinlynx said:
It's a whole one more click when you log into sites. Big deal? Also if you have multiple accounts on a site it's nice to be able to choose which one rather than have one filled in and have to clear the field to choose the other one.
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To me it is a big deal and a step backwards yes. Introducing an additional step into a UI function is never a good thing and certainly not a step forward. At the very least, the user should be able to select which behavior they prefer.
 
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Update on my 2011 mini hung up about 15 minutes in with a box saying could not install this version on this machine, behind that box was another box with a lot of lines of what looked to be comments, or code or ???? There was a box saying to restart and I did that and about 25 minutes later the install completed, build # (17E199)
Weird.
 
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This update destroyed my APFS formatted boot drive on my mid 2011 Mac mini. I’m now in the process of doing a reinstall from scratch. It wanted to do an internet install of Yosemite but I rebooted from an image of Sierra and am now in the process of rebuilding everything from backups.


This sucks!
 
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Update (via Ethernet) took ~30min. First time I ever remember an update making the fans roar and MBPro hot. After updating opened some applications and then restarted. No issues so far. Snappier? Maybe......Also: only one reboot. 2017 MBP with TB.
 
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Stella said:
eGPU allows you to use more powerful GPUs than the bargain basement ones Apple supply with their laptops.

Will be great for VR and other intensive GPU uses.
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But my question is what exactly is allowed? Is it like a regular PC where I can stick in any cheap gaming GPU like a GTX 660 and expect to get the full power and drivers support?
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Dgopo said:
It wasn't released until now. It was still being tested. I believe this is the actual release. It stated on their website under High Sierra that eGPU Support *Spring 2018.
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Ah ok. So it's the RX580 and certain other AMD GPUs only, and with limited support. IDK if you can drive a monitor with an eGPU or if it just accelerates OpenGL, OpenCL, and Metal.
 
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Blowback said:
Update (via Ethernet) took ~30min. First time I ever remember an update making the fans roar and MBPro hot. After updating opened some applications and then restarted. No issues so far. Snappier? Maybe......Also: only one reboot. 2017 MBP with TB.
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Then my fans are broken because I did not hear them roar :eek::oops::confused:

Stella said:
eGPU allows you to use more powerful GPUs than the bargain basement ones Apple supply with their laptops.

Will be great for VR and other intensive GPU uses.
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What about Nvidia Macbook Pro???

Came
 
Norbs12 said:
The eGPU is a pleasant surprise.
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Not if you were using an ogpu setup on High sierra with a TB 1 and TB 2 machine....Apple all but killed these machines and not allowing them support with this ****** update
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fairuz said:
What's good (edit: sorry, "what's good" is slang for "what's the situation") with eGPUs? I thought they added support a while ago but never heard much. Is it the exact same as having an internal GPU?
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No. Honestly if you have to ask, you won't value it.
 
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mario-64 said:
To me it is a big deal and a step backwards yes. Introducing an additional step into a UI function is never a good thing and certainly not a step forward. At the very least, the user should be able to select which behavior they prefer.
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They have done this as it is a security risk for your information to just be tossed into any form on any page without you asking. Malicious sites can capture your auto filled login/password without you clicking submit.
 
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skippermonkey said:
Does it support eGPUs with Nvidia cards?
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Most likely not, excluding hacks. The eGPU dev kit always used the AMD RX580. I saw somewhere that a few other AMD cards supported natively in macOS, but I forget where.

Nvidia cards don't even work properly as internal GPUs. Yes, I have a 660 in my Mac Pro, but it's glitchy and only receives updates from Nvidia directly. Same with my brother's 1060.

Update: eGPU.io has way better info than any of us will, haha. Here they list which cards; they're all AMD: https://egpu.io/external-gpu-macos-10-13-4-update/
 
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