Description: This is the 6-language (English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish) quick start guide for Sonnet's eGPU Breakaway Puck Radeon RX 5500XT and eGPU Breakaway Puck Radeon RX 5700. This is revision A of this document.
If you are using macOS 10.14.6+, you can accelerate applications with the external GPU (if they support GPU acceleration)...
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Adobe Premiere and Apple Final Cut Pro automatically use the eGPU when appropriate. Do not select Prefer External GPU for these applications.
Some professional applications let you select the external GPU (or multiple GPUs) in their preferences.
macOS does not support disconnecting or powering off an eGPU during sleep. If you do so, your Mac will kernel panic. This is an issue that persists through at least macOS 11.2.3. Sonnet has reported the issue to Apple.