Folding Forum

I’ve installed the OpenCore package on a couple of my older Macs and successfully used the v8 folding client on them. This allows your Macs to update to newer OS’s — I’ve patched older machines to Sonoma and Ventura without issues. The OpenCore package is fairly mature at this point, and doesn’t req...

Thanks, Joe.
I had my machines working on beta units earlier this year, and I did wonder if they were being credited correctly.
So I’m glad to hear they’re back in the black, if that’s the case.

I’m not one to complain, but my account (and perhaps ThomasMyers’ account) were suddenly credited with hundreds of WU’s worth of points. :shock: I don’t know if this was to fix previous unaccounted-for WUs or bonus points, or simply an accounting error. Or maybe someone used mistyped user credential...

Currently running the v7 client on an old 2011 MacBook Pro running OS X Lion 10.7.5 (Core i7). I’m pretty sure this is the oldest Mac OS that will fold. I’ve folded using every macOS release since Lion on iMacs using the v7 client, and I’m currently running v8 beta on a MacStudio w/Ventura. I’ve nev...

I have a intel 2019 MacPro, with 12core xeon W processor, and I am only seeing ppd of 43044, with the cpu set at 23. Does is that normal? I have a passkey in the client. Definitely looks low to me...I get about 60K ppd on a 2014 iMac 3.5 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5. Check your FAHControl settings.

Thanks, calxalot. I appreciate the option to run local on MacOS (Ventura 13.2.1). I’m back to using Safari for folding control.
I downloaded and installed the latest beta from the given link, and it picked up where the previous version left off, no problems.

Wondering if v8 can run on M1 or M2 cores natively? Also, along the same lines, what about GPU support on Apple silicon? Probably too much to ask at this time, and maybe not worth the effort— though I’d love to get some GPU work out of this platform. Thanks for all the hard work on keeping this proj...

Very late reply, but Yes, you’re right it’s low for some reason. Of course it varies per project. I’ve seen a high of 300kppd on some WUs. Generally closer to 200 on average lately. This is specifying cpu:8 to prioritize the performance cores, as suggested by calxalot above. Running 24/7 here in the...

Thanks for your reply regarding the use of a passkey. I was able to sort this out; I thought I had been receiving bonus points, but now that I am using a proper passkey I have seen a huge uptick in my PPD. Still, 220 kppd seems unlikely for most WUs. The best I’ve seen so far is about 160kppd on one...

Do you have a passkey? I think someone reported getting over 220 kppd on an M1 Max. Something odd here... I’ve been folding (off and on) since 2005. If I click on my oldest running machine, it shows a 32 digit INTEGER number in the passkey field, which I had subsequently copied to each new machine....

With cpu:16 and a passkey for bonus points, you should see up to 8x the ppd of an M1 mini. That will vary a lot. My M1 mini saw 60 to 120 kppd depending on WU assigned. Usually 83k. A late followup to this topic. Following the suggestion above, on a Mac Studio with the 10 core M1 Max: After folding...

Steve, I run FAH on an old MacBook, just because I can.
Running Mac OS X Lion 10.7.5 (11G63) and Client version 7.6.9 on a measly 1.83 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo.
Still crunches on some of the smallest work units.