![]() Is gfxCardStatus still a viable option to force the autimatic switching to be off? Because the little that I've looked into it, it seems like it used to be the perfect easy way to do it, but now it maybe is longer in development? Or only works on older Macbooks? If gfxCardStatus is not an option, are there any other easy to do methods to accomplish this? And will the effects from doing so harm the Macbook over time? Any info would be appreciated. Only the graphics card being on and drawing more power to use the display or whatever causes my fans to noticably spin up really at all. So yes, that does contribute to the computer getting hotter and maybe using the fans more often, but using the thing as a normal laptop, when I know the dedicated graphics card is not on, it is perfectly silent, how I want. (yes this part is my fault): but minor water damage in the past has made the left fan in the Macbook not function. Because of the autimatic switching of the graphics, the non integrated graphics card is used 100% of the time a monitor is plugged in, and the problem is, this makes it super likely that my fans will spin up a bunch with just the most basic of apps open (terminal mostly, and chrome, thats pretty much it). If you force integrated graphics in GfxCardStatus, Mac OS X (up to Yosemite at least) doesnt allow you to use multiple monitors (even though the built in Iris Pro can do it). Automatically updates when the GPU switches, in real time. After further continued testing it appears that most users suffering from the OS X BSOD ‘Superbug’ can only use the ‘Integrated only’ option once after which, upon restart of the machine, selecting the ‘Integrated only’ option again, results in a unusable garbled display. ![]() Features: - Simple, clean 'i' and 'n' icons that signify Intel HD Graphics, and NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M graphics, respectively. gfxCardStatus is an open-source menu bar application for OS X that allows users of dual GPU MacBook Pros to monitor the status of, and switch between said. I use my Macbook with an external display quite a bit, and doing so is literally the only time where I have a problem with the graphics card. gfxCardStatus is a free menu bar application that keeps track of which graphics card your MacBook Pro is using at any given time. I would like to force integrated graphics only on my 2018 Macbook Pro 15" (basically never use the dedicated radeon graphics card, if there are no major consequences). ![]()
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