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corsa Author

Level 1

24 points

10.8.3 Forcing Discrete Graphics With Dropbox and others

I have a mid-2010 MacBook Pro, and under 10.8.2 most of my apps ran on the integrated graphics chipset.

Now with 10.8.3, apps including Dropbox, Transmit, Tweetbot, Growl, Reeder, and Bartender are forcing the usage of the discrete graphics card. There are a few more people on MacRumors noticing the same thing. The only one who posted what machine he had was also using a mid-2010 MBP.

I have tested on a brand new MacBook Pro Retina with 10.8.3, and those apps don't cause a switch to the discrete graphics card.

Is anyone else noticing apps forcing the discrete graphics mode in 10.8.3 that weren't in 10.8.2, and if so, what model of Mac are you using?

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3)

Posted on Mar 14, 2013 9:56 PM

118 replies

Mungo1

Level 1

9 points

Mar 15, 2013 10:51 AM in response to Mungo1

I'm using GFXCardStatus, Just force it to integrated for the time being.

Mungo1

Level 1

9 points

Mar 15, 2013 10:57 AM in response to corsa

http://cl.ly/image/1Q3h142c0F0u

Im on ver 2.1

It lets me, see screen shot.

Mar 15, 2013 3:04 PM in response to Stingray77

My MBP does not switch with Skype. (but I have

AMD Radeon HD 6750M:).

kavehv

Level 1

19 points

Mar 16, 2013 9:46 AM in response to corsa

In what deluted world is this called a "bug fix". I'd call it a regression.

Mar 16, 2013 10:06 AM in response to corsa

same problem here: after upgrading to 10.8.3, Dropbox and Fantastical enforce the discrete GPU. Quite annoying, since there's no way to switch to integrated without quiting these applications.

Cerebro

Level 3

564 points

Mar 16, 2013 1:14 PM in response to corsa

I see that Dropbox's support forums are, now, flooded with complaints about this, too (I was happy to contribute). Hopefully, someone will have a fix sooner, rather than later.

Mar 16, 2013 1:37 PM in response to aburger

For anyone submitting bug reports about this particular issue, my original Problem IDs are 12982714, 13082610, and 13119254. Feel free to include them in your reports.

Mar 17, 2013 9:23 AM in response to corsa

2010 mid MBP 371 have the exactly same problem here

Zoolook

Level 1

4 points

Mar 17, 2013 4:57 PM in response to corsa

I have mid 2010 MBP as well, and have the same issue with Drop Box and battery health stats. I contacted fiplab who told me this was a bug in 10.8.3 and they expected Apple to patch it.