OpenGL 2.1, sould be 4.1

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OpenGL 2.1, sould be 4.1

I have a MacBook Pro mid 2014 13-inch, basically stock, running Big Sur 11.6.3 at the moment of writing this.

The official table of supported OpenGL versions says I should have GL 4.1 support, but all I can get on my machine is 2.1. Is there any way to enable 4.1 or update to it?

Thanks for any replies.

Link to the tables:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202823

Edit:

I know OpenGL is deprecated, but as to my understanding these versions should still be supported.

I do not intend to move to Metal any time soon as to the nature of my projects, so please do not recommend it to me :).

Posted on Feb 12, 2022 12:35 PM

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etresoft

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Feb 12, 2022 6:35 PM in response to TheTirea

What do you mean by "see and use"?

OpenGL is a crazy API. I can totally see why Apple dumped it.

Try these instructions: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19865463/opengl-4-1-under-mavericks

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TheTirea Author

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Feb 12, 2022 1:50 PM in response to etresoft

The max version that I can see and use at the moment is OpenGL 2.1. I have read that I should somehow be able to switch to the Core profile, which would have the version 4.1, but I was not able to do that.

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TheTirea Author

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Feb 13, 2022 2:15 AM in response to etresoft

So what actually was causing my issue was that I created a GLFW window BEFORE I set the window hints. That meant that the OpenGL profile was not being switched.

Thank you so much for your answers, the thread on StackOverflow definitely helped.

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etresoft

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Feb 12, 2022 1:10 PM in response to TheTirea

What do you mean by "all I can get on my machine is 2.1"?

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TheTirea Author

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Feb 12, 2022 2:59 PM in response to TheTirea

So, I have found this application called GLView on the App Store. This tells me that 4.1 IS actually supported in the Core profile, but I still don't know how to actually use this profile.

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