Crypto Mining on Mac's: Forum

val3rie wrote: ↑Tue Jun 22, 2021 8:24 am ok, thanks, so if i want to mine ETH with my Mac I can only do it with Bootcamp?
i've been using Xmrig but it's only using CPU...and i want to use my GPU

only windows mining software can use the GPU?

Unless you have an ARM Mac

Tried enabling CUDA in XMRig/6.12.2 clang/12.0.5 under macOS Big Sur on a MacBook Air (M1, 2020). It does not compile for us. XMRig shows the Apple MacBook Air M1 GPU as: #0 n/a Apple M1 1000 MHz cu:8 mem:1024/10922 MB opencl-xmrig-apple-arm-m1-macbook-air.png * OPENCL #0 Apple/OpenCL 1.2 (May 8 202...

Tried enabling CUDA support in XMRig/6.12.2 clang/12.0.5 for macOS 11+, Apple M1. This is on a MacBook Air (M1, 2020) running macOS Big Sur 11.4. Not working in this version, getting: * CUDA disabled (dlopen(libxmrig-cuda.dylib, 1): image not found) * CUDA disabled (dlopen(libxmrig-cuda.dylib, 1): i...

New thread to track installing Windows ARM directly to an Apple machine (non-virtualizing and NOT using Parallels, Virtual Box, etc.) Until Windows releases an official retail version of Windows ARM, we will check feasibility of installing it directly to Apple's new ARM computers and support for App...

val3rie wrote: ↑Mon Jun 21, 2021 6:47 pm what about Mac intel?

The Intel version for Mac is no longer compatible with the newer macOS systems as I understand. The build is custom to ARM and M1. Not saying it's not possible, but you can use it in Boot Camp. Drivers in Windows will be better anyway I think.

val3rie wrote: ↑Mon Jun 21, 2021 5:55 pm So it's not possible to mine with xmrig using the GPU?

Not technically. However, there's a new mining pool that allows you to mine any coin with with CPU. See our post viewtopic.php?f=4&t=101

Hi, happy to have stumbled on this forum specialized in mining with Mac! I have a Mac Pro / 16 core / AMD Radeon Pro Vega II Duo 32 Go / 96 go RAM I’ve been trying to find out how to mine ETH using my GPU, but I’m not sure to quite understand how from this post… Since yesterday I’ve been starting t...

Anyone run into this before mining ripple with XMRig? error: "A payment tag is required for mining to your address! please get it from your exchange or wallet provider and add it after your address, separated by a ":" symbol: XRP:YourAddress:YourPaymentTag.YourWorkerName", code: ...

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Those are impressive results! Do you mind commenting on whether your results have been consistent since your last post? Also, what are your thoughts on the future of mining (will this Mac Pro setup still be profitable overall)? All I'll say is wait for the new Mac Pro's and Mac Mini's (ARM). There ...