NVIDIA CUDA Driver for High Sierra...?

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NVIDIA CUDA Driver for High Sierra...?

Does Apple have drivers for CUDA? I had downloaded them from NVIDIA, but then was having major issues with my iMac restarting in the middle of graphics-intensive processes (video editing, rendering, etc.). Then, at the advice of people on this forum, removed the NVIDIA drivers. However, how I am getting and error where I open my software that I do not have compatible CUDA driver. Doesn't High Sierra claim to support this? This is the only reason I didn't update past High Sierra.

Does Apple provide a driver for this?

iMac Line (2012 and Later)

Posted on Oct 17, 2019 9:32 AM

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Kurt Lang

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Oct 17, 2019 9:37 AM in response to MManfredi

No, there are none. Sierra was the last version of the Mac OS where Apple okayed CUDA drivers. Due to (from what I've read) some sort of dispute between Apple and NVidia, CUDA drivers for High Sierra and later have never been verified/okayed by Apple.

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MManfredi Author

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Oct 17, 2019 9:57 AM in response to Kurt Lang

Thanks for the reply.

So in that case I might as well just pass High Sierra and go to Mojave (I have too many apps that wont run on Catalina.)? If indeed the NVIDIA driver is what is causing my system to restart randomly?

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dot.com

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Oct 17, 2019 10:18 AM in response to MManfredi

You can get video drivers for various mac OS versions at for some graphics boards at https://www.tonymacx86.com/nvidia-drivers/ -- select the driver for the correct mac OS build and click the download icon (last column on the right of window). I could not find the mac drivers on nvidia web site so not sure what happened to them. You can download CUDA drivers for Mac at https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/cuda/mac-driver-archive/

A friend is using a GTX 1050 (version 387.10.10.10.40.130) on High Sierra on a MacPro at the moment, along with CUDA 418.163, and there are some issues (problems with sleeping), but not sure if it's the nvidia drivers or another High Sierra issue.

Good luck...

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Kurt Lang

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Oct 17, 2019 10:09 AM in response to MManfredi

I think I know which drivers you downloaded. I tried them with High Sierra on a 2010 Mac Pro with an upgrade card installed. They just don't work.

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