# Blender Slow on new Mac

**URL:** <https://blenderartists.org/t/blender-slow-on-new-mac/1355590>\
**Category:** Technical Support\
**Created:** [January 19, 2022, 6:45pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/blender-slow-on-new-mac/1355590 "2022-01-19T18:45:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![3DToni](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/3dtoni/32/1287947_2.png) [@3DToni](https://blenderartists.org/u/3DToni)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2022, 7:45pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/blender-slow-on-new-mac/1355590/2 "2022-01-19T19:45:19Z")

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The Blender 3.0 version no longer works with OpenGL. You have to wait for the new Blender version for Metal. It is currently under development and will most likely be released in (March?). Until then you can only render with the CPU.

Also check out this very long thread 🙂

> [@Mac: M3 - \*Hardware accelerated RT (Part 1)](https://blenderartists.org/t/mac-m1-m1-pro-m1-max-and-blender/1264658):
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> Apple: The Apple M1 chip takes our most versatile, do-it-all desktop into another dimension. With up to 3x faster CPU performance. Up to 6x faster graphics. And our most advanced Neural Engine for up to 15x faster machine learning. Get ready to work, play, and create on Mac mini with speed and power beyond anything you ever imagined. Nov 2020 I am MacUser and BlenderUser. And I have a HP PC with Nvidia for Blender. But now M1 from Apple is here, what will the Blender programmers do? 13.12.202…

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