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gSwitch for Mac

macOS status bar app that allows control over the gpu on dual gpu macbooks.

By CodySchrank. Free and open source, MIT licence.

Get it with OpenDMG View source on GitHub

This app is no longer maintained by its developer. It still installs, but it will not get updates.

gSwitch at a glance

Version
1.9.7
Released
27 April 2020
Download size
11 MB
Works on
Apple silicon and Intel
Licence
MIT
Category
Menu Bar and Notch
Developer
CodySchrank
GitHub stars
919

About gSwitch

macOS menu bar app that allows control over the gpu on dual gpu macbooks

How to install gSwitch on a Mac

  1. Get OpenDMG. It is a free app store for open source Mac apps. Download OpenDMG.
  2. Search for gSwitch and press Get. OpenDMG downloads version 1.9.7 from CodySchrank's own GitHub release.
  3. Open it. The download is checked against its SHA-256 fingerprint and its signature is checked on your Mac before it lands in Applications.

Updates to gSwitch show up in OpenDMG and install with one button. No account is needed.

Prefer to do it by hand? The developer's file is on GitHub: gSwitch.zip (11 MB).

What is new in gSwitch 1.9.7

Fixed bug caused by swifty beaver that would crash gswitch if the user had an old version of xcode installed.

Updated French and German translations. 
Updated Russian translations thanks to @kikudjira. 
Added Spanish translations thanks to @rauldzmartin

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