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Google Chrome has had on-and-off issues with graphics switching that still crop up pretty frequently. Other apps, like Google Chrome and Skype, do not. Experimental support for 2009 MacBook Pros with the 9400/9600 GPUs is also currently available. Certain apps like Parallels and VMware Fusion have good reasons for turning on the more power-hungry graphics. Note: only for 2010 MacBook Pros with Intel® Core i5/i7 processors and the NVIDIA® GeForce GT 330M GPU. Whenever an app needs the discrete video card.4 answers 2 votes: Steve Schow writes that he has abandoned further development - because there are better solutions.
GFXCARDSTATUS PRO
Automatic application updating - checks for, downloads and installs new Versions of gfxCardStatus automatically! Long story short, my 2011 macbook pro has the dreaded logic board issue. Tiny footprint - doesn't sit in your menu bar and hog RAM or CPU cycles Perhaps my only way around this is to not use those apps and find alternatives. gfxCardStatus v2.3 New in this version: Notification Center support Fixed the garbled screen issue that 2010 MacBook Pro users were seeing after switching to Integrated Only mode. It was my understanding that it should force any app to use the integrated gpu but apps that need the discrete gpu are still using it, like Chrome and Photos. Growl support - so you know right when the GPU switches I downloaded gfxcardstatus 2.4.4i (running High Sierra 10.3.3) and set it to use integrated only. Dependent Process list - see which applications are currently using the 330M, if it's the active GPU! gfxCardStatus by cody krieger gfx card status - cool little app that lets you know whats causing your computer to rev up the dedicated graphics card, allowing. Allows you to manually switch GPUs on demand! Automatically updates when the GPU switches, in real time Simple, clean "i" and "n" icons that signify Intel® HD Graphics, and NVIDIA® GeForce GT 330M graphics, respectively Editor: gfxCardStatus is an open-source menu bar application that keeps track of which graphics card your 2010 (and now 2009!) MacBook Pro is using at any given time, and allows you to switch between them manually.