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macOS? More like mac-woe-ess: Google Chrome slip-up trips up SIP-less Apple Macs

Ozzard
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Re: Audio and Video Software Users...

I do a fair chunk of AV work (on PC, luckily, so I don't run into this problem). Audio and video processing are both notoriously power-hungry - video more than audio, but try running lots of effects on lots of audio channels and you'll eat a lot of cycles very easily. So essentially all the pro-level audio and video suites use GPU acceleration, and the higher-end ones can use multiple GPUs. Take a look at BlackMagic's Da Vinci Resolve (https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/uk/products/davinciresolve) for one such video suite.

The GPUs built into most Macs aren't great. Luckily, there's long been good external connectivity on Macs to add an external GPU (eGPU) or two. Apple even support this and sell their own eGPUs. See https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT208544 for the currently supported list... I'll wait...

... it's a bit crap, isn't it? ATI/AMD cards only, for example. Nothing nVidia is even supported. So you end up having to add custom device drivers into your OS kernel to support any sane eGPU at any sane price. Which means modifying the kernel. Which means disabling SIP.

So that's why the AV community are some of the most likely to disable SIP.

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