Crypto Mining on Mac's: Forum

Just to update the thread... I finally got my Mac and eGPU mining, but running Windows via Bootcamp. I probably spent 30-40 hours trying before success (and MANY installs!). I ended up going back to Windows 10 1809 (which I originally had running years back). This might be specific to my eGPU (Black...

Yeah, I'm looking forward to seeing what they (Apple) do with it! I really hope we see eGPU support coming back into the picture as well. And, for me, they need to add a HDMI-in or something to that thing. I can't have a single-use monitor in my setup, so the iMac remains a no-go (I've owned one in ...

Thanks for giving it a try and confirming it isn't just me/my setup. I also had both boot protections disabled. I'm connected to Ethernet, but I'm not sure how it would have all the appropriate drivers. Maybe that mini/minimal type Unix has all the basic drivers? I'm just a bit surprised in how it g...

Here's a screenshot of the NiceHash OS boot attempt...
It just sits forever like this, doesn't allow any interaction, etc.

It would be nice if Apple would help one of the crypto miners in incorporating Metal, so we could get some good native GPU mining going. That would make quite a splash for Apple and Metal in the news as well, I'd think. It would also make for a bunch of happy Mac users.

I'll try to boot again tomorrow and take a photo. No, it doesn't allow any input, it's just froze. Yeah, I figured it should work, but for some reason, it just won't boot. I was expecting maybe it wouldn't see the eGPU as being the issue I'd have to solve, but instead, I never even made it that far....

I have a 2018 Mac mini (6-core i7) with a Blackmagic eGPU (AMD RX580). So far, I've been completely unsuccessful getting anything mining on it. I've tried several of the apps and several command line miners, but nothing seems to be able to see the eGPU. I've also tried Parallels/Windows, and like yo...