Apple has reportedly signed drivers for both AMD and Nvidia eGPUs, finally enabling them to work on Apple Silicon Macs.
Tiny Corp announced in an X post that Apple has approved the software, allowing users to pair Nvidia external GPUs with their Macs for AI and LLM processing. The company noted that installing the drivers is now so simple that “a Qwen could do it.”
If you have a Thunderbolt or USB4 eGPU and a Mac, today is the day you've been waiting for! Apple finally approved our driver for both AMD and NVIDIA. It's so easy to install now a Qwen could do it, then it can run that Qwen… pic.twitter.com/daUsyBHh1W
— the tiny corp (@__tinygrad__) April 1, 2026
Tiny Corp first successfully tested an eGPU on Apple Silicon back in May 2025. With Apple’s official support, users no longer need workarounds such as disabling System Integrity Protection (SIP) to make the hardware function.
Jowi Morales for Tom’s Hardware:
Tiny Corp is the company behind the tinybox, an AI accelerator built around four high-end GPUs… At the moment, the company is selling the red v2, which is powered by four AMD 9070XTs and costs $12,000, and the green v2 Blackwell, which costs $65,000 and has four RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell GPUs. It’s also planning to launch the exabox in 2027, which will come with 720 RDNA5 AT0 XL GPUs to deliver around 1 exaflop of computing power for around $10 million.
High-end Apple computers recently became popular with the rise of AI agents like OpenClaw…
This custom driver seemingly did not come from the GPU maker, though, with Tiny Corp seemingly working on it on its own. Subsequently, this means that the driver is designed for running AI LLMs and not for gaming, surely disappointing people who don’t want to own two different PCs for work and entertainment. Nevertheless, this is still a game-changer for people working with artificial intelligence, as they could now potentially do training or inference (with some limitations) without needing a dedicated AI supercomputer like Tiny Box.
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I have an Intel Mac mini at work with an AMD PCI eGPU, so this will make a Mac upgrade more useful.
I gotta say that the entire Mac line is only a few models, so why would this take six years to figure out? Even the Mac Studio, the usb in / out and Ethernet network speeds were an issue until recently. These people earn high salaries.
but first, the kill the Mac Pro. The main use for the PCI slots is multiply GPUs. Is apple really this clueless ?
This smells like misinformation. I’ll believe it when I see it in action.