NVIDIA has released alternate graphics drivers for macOS High Sierra 10.13.0. These are separate from the drivers Apple ships as standard, and should be considered experimental. These drivers have been known to solve OpenCL issues with certain applications, as well as providing better native GPU power management for certain devices.
NOTE: These drivers are currently the only method to get full acceleration for GeForce GTX 1050, 1050 Ti, 1060, 1070, 1080, 1080 Ti, TITAN Pascal, and TITAN Xp 'Pascal' graphics cards and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750, 750 Ti, 950, 960, 970, 980, 980 Ti, and TITAN X 'Maxwell' graphics cards. There are no current Macs with these cards, so support is absent natively in macOS. As of macOS Sierra, nvdadrv=1 in config.plist under Boot Arguments is no longer working to initiate drivers.
Clover has been updated with a new System Parameter setting called NvidiaWeb. There's a new method for enabling the NVIDIA Web Drivers in the latest versions of Clover. It can be turned on and off by editing /Volumes/EFI/EFI/CLOVER/config.plist to add SystemParameters/NvidiaWeb. This takes the place of nvdadrv=1 boot flag, which will not work in macOS Sierra. Mount EFI Partition 2. Open /Volumes/EFI/EFI/CLOVER/config.plist with text edit, Xcode, or Plist Editor Pro 3. Edit as shown below: Code (Text): SystemParameters InjectKexts YES InjectSystemID NvidiaWeb 4.
Remove Boot/Arguments/nvdadrv=1 if necessary 5. Save and reboot For full information: Common Problems and Solutions: NVIDIA Drivers - Latest: Related. Big Note: With the 378.10.10.10.15.120 driver, you no longer need to change your SIP setting - just install normally. Update is accomplished in the same manner. However, you will get the error message shortly into the installing process; click continue to complete the installation and reboot. You're good to go.
The graphics drivers are built into the Mac operating system; updating to the latest OS release will install the latest drivers. Related Products. This article applies to 77 products. Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processors. Graphics for 3rd Generation Intel® Processors.
Therefore, the below procedures are no long need. I'll leave them for a while as a possible method to debug. Note: There are some problems installing the initial Nvidia drivers (378.10.10.10.15.114) for High Sierra (HS) 10.13.0. This was my solution to the kext install error and resulting black screen. In my initial HS installation, I used the System Definition iMac14,2, and I did not add/need any other graphics kexts (e.g. Lilu.kext, Shiki.kext, NVWebDriverLibValFix.kext, etc). Note: If you have the black screen and can't get into your HS system, then boot into the Recovery system.
Then, from the top menu: Utility Terminal. In the Terminal, remove the Nvidia drivers with the following Terminal commands. Cd /Volumes/yourHSdiskname/System/Library/Extensions/ rm -R GeF.
cd /Volumes/yourHSdiskname/Library/Extensions/ rm -R GeF. NVDA. cd /Volumes/yourHSdiskname/ sudo touch./Library/Extensions/./System/Library/Extensions/Reboot. For some reason, the above breaks audio. So, if you can get along without it while trying the below procedure, I'll tell you how to regain audio below. Installation Note: If you have install the first High Sierra 10.13.0 build and have the Nvidia drivers installed, see for the short method to update with the 10.13.0 Supplemental update.
I believe that method will also work with any HS 10.13.0 installer dated Oct 05, 2017 and newer. I am testing High Sierra on my Gene system with a NVMe and (temporary) a GTX 1060 with the SysDef iMac14,2.
HS was easy to install (over a GM installation), but when I went to install the Nvidia drivers.well, I experience the problems you all have had. Sudo touch /Library/Extensions/ /System/Library/Extensions/ Now, mount the EFI partition and change the SIP (CsrActiveConfig) setting back to 0x3 and NvidiaWeb setting to 'true'; Reboot; The update 'breaks' audio, so download and run toleda's audiocloverALC-130.sh script from:; Reboot again. You should be good to go! Unfortunately, the GTX 1060 has worst glitching upon wake up from sleep then it did in Sierra. As a result, this problem caused me to reboot since the usual fixes couldn't be tried.
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