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![]() I particularly like OSX so I have bought some macs, even knowing Apple is lame this way. A year or two later and they couldn't use any of the latest software, which all required the new OS, which their computer couldn't use. They used it for a couple years and then Apple upgraded the OS in such a way that their mac could not use the new OS. I remember once about 20-25 years ago my sister had purchased one of the early macs. Apple hasn't cared about backwards compatibility in general, for decades. Those are your three available fixes (that don't involve changing to a newer computer): Switch VP9 60fps to H264 30fps, and avoid super high-res videos, and try rebooting Sierra. I've also noticed another Sierra issue new since 10.12.2: Sometimes the OS gets sluggish due to low graphics card RAM (very noticeable when watching videos) and a reboot fixes it. It can be fixed by swapping the resolution menu for those videos to 1080p or 720p. And certain videos are still a bit stuttery (but it's rare). ![]() For example, 4K video cannot be decoded by a MacBook Pro 2010. Still having stutter means there's most likely too much bitrate for your graphics card to decode on certain videos. That codec change fixes the two main causes of stutter (VP9 and 60 FPS videos). Which allows the video decoding to be hardware-accelerated even on MacBook Pro 2010s. If Stats for Nerds shows a H264 codec in Google Chrome, then you've successfully changed from VP9 to 30fps H264. Note: Use "avc1.77.30" for compatibility with iOS versions 3.0 to 3.12. Note: Use "avc1.66.30" for compatibility with iOS versions 3.0 to 3.1.2. Is gfxCardStatus still a viable option to force the autimatic switching to be off? Because the little that I've looked into it, it seems like it used to be the perfect easy way to do it, but now it maybe is longer in development? Or only works on older Macbooks? If gfxCardStatus is not an option, are there any other easy to do methods to accomplish this? And will the effects from doing so harm the Macbook over time? Any info would be appreciated.H.264 Baseline Profile level 3.0: "avc1.42001e" or "avc1.66.30". Only the graphics card being on and drawing more power to use the display or whatever causes my fans to noticably spin up really at all. So yes, that does contribute to the computer getting hotter and maybe using the fans more often, but using the thing as a normal laptop, when I know the dedicated graphics card is not on, it is perfectly silent, how I want. (yes this part is my fault): but minor water damage in the past has made the left fan in the Macbook not function. Because of the autimatic switching of the graphics, the non integrated graphics card is used 100% of the time a monitor is plugged in, and the problem is, this makes it super likely that my fans will spin up a bunch with just the most basic of apps open (terminal mostly, and chrome, thats pretty much it). I use my Macbook with an external display quite a bit, and doing so is literally the only time where I have a problem with the graphics card. ![]() The backstory: I would like to force integrated graphics only on my 2018 Macbook Pro 15" (basically never use the dedicated radeon graphics card, if there are no major consequences).
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