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6. macOS 15.8.2 Breaks OpenGL (developer.apple.com)

244 points · 261 comments · by Audiophilip

macOS 15.8.2 breaks window-attached OpenGL contexts, leaving NSOpenGLView and NSOpenGLContext applications blank across Apple silicon and Rosetta, while CAOpenGLLayer and offscreen rendering still work; the issue persists in build 24H225, with developers using layer-based workarounds. [src]