[SCRIPT] Accelerate All Applications On eGPU - macOS 10.13.4+  

@mac_editor

You're a legend thanks 

macOS 10.15.2 Catalina:

I used   set-eGPU   but there is no active flag.

Hello I would like a help, I have an imac 5k 2017 with Catalina + sonnet + RX580 installed, I used p set-egpu to speed up the applications, but I noticed that it was slower, Adobe was really bad, and my machine was slow using the card external video, I wonder if I did something wrong?

Recently used the guide from the below link. Goal was to use terminal to manually accelerate specific applications using an EGPU. Accidentally denied permissions. Anyone know how to fix this? Thanks!

https://github.com/mayankk2308/set-egpu#post-install

@max_gold, https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/342710/reset-all-mojave-app-permissions

Should work on Catalina too. I also responded to your issue on Github with this link. 

@mac_editor, Thank you!!

@mac_editor I think I found an easier way to set eGPU preferences and. I opened a new issue on github:

https://github.com/mayankk2308/set-egpu/issues/19

I'll also paste the details here:

If you ever decide to optimize this script, I suggest you take a look at this PLIST file:
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices/com.apple.LaunchServices.plist has a collection named "LSeGPUIsPreferred".
Opening this collection we see a list of all app bundles.

For each app bundle we have two items. "Item 1" is a number.
Prefer eGPU Selected = 3
Prefer eGPU Not Selected = 2

I think this would be the safest way to modify this via a script and also allow backing up this file if needed.

Example PLIST as XML:

The "data" field is BASE64 encoded.

I hope this helps.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>LSeGPUIsPreferred</key>
<dict>
<key>com.apple.BluetoothExplorer</key>
<array>
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<integer>3</integer>
</array>
<key>com.apple.Notes</key>
<array>
<data>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</data>
<integer>3</integer>
</array>
<key>com.apple.DVDPlayer</key>
<array>
<data>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</data>
<integer>3</integer>
</array>
<key>com.mowglii.ItsycalApp</key>
<array>
<data>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</data>
<integer>3</integer>
</array>
<key>com.apple.Safari</key>
<array>
<data>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</data>
<integer>3</integer>
</array>
</dict>
</dict>
</plist>

Thank you for this.

.... great work and a very well written script piece of code. 🙂 

I really needed this for some of my video editing software.

Executed flawlessly....

PayPal donation SENT!!! 😉 

ps: I'm running OSX Catalina.

Do I need to do anything to update this script software to any current version if there are changes?

Thanks... 🙂