LTT video suggestion - folding on Apple Silicon Macs

[kasdashd]

I'd love a BOINC and Folding@Home on Apple Silicon Macs video, cause even if using Rosetta 2, there are about a dozen working projects, with almost a dozen more working through a Parallels Windows 11 VM.

 

And performance is mostly excellent, with especially the Mac Mini and Mac Studio being very compelling options for folding.

 

And also, most Mac users might not even know or think about using their Mac for folding, so tons of unused compute power potential there.

[Alex Atkin UK]

53 minutes ago, kasdashd said:

I'd love a BOINC and Folding@Home on Apple Silicon Macs video, cause even if using Rosetta 2, there are about a dozen working projects, with almost a dozen more working through a Parallels Windows 11 VM.

 

And performance is mostly excellent, with especially the Mac Mini and Mac Studio being very compelling options for folding.

 

And also, most Mac users might not even know or think about using their Mac for folding, so tons of unused compute power potential there.

I don't think its recommended to be doing accuracy critical work like Folding using something like Parallels and natively only the CPU is supported, at least for F@H.

 

No idea about BOINC, the many different projects just make it all too complicated to get involved with.

[kasdashd]

6 minutes ago, Alex Atkin UK said:

I don't think its recommended to be doing accuracy critical work like Folding using something like Parallels and natively only the CPU is supported, at least for F@H.

 

No idea about BOINC, the many different projects just make it all too complicated to get involved with.

Might no be recoommended, but it works fine for me, and the video could just focus on the native BOINC projects, like Asteroids@Home, Einstein@Home, and PrimeGrid.

[Black_Mage]

I tried running Folding@home on my M2 Pro Mac Mini. It ran ok, but a lot of performance was left untouched because it didn't utilize the GPU cores. I was disappointed. The upside is that using an Apple Silicon Mac is a very power-efficient way to contribute.