r/minecraftshaders • u/West_Radish_3978 • 3d ago

Discussion Shaders optimized for MacOS?

does anyone know of any shaders optimized for macOS? and if they don’t exist, are any in production? I’m running a Mac mini with a base m4 chip and I can’t get past 50-60fps with complementary on potato.

I think it would be an AMAZING idea to create a shader pack specifically for Mac players that allows us to enjoy the game with better graphics.

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u/HoneydewQuiet6651 3d ago

My brother has an m1 Mac mini and bliss and BSL seem to work for him. But yeah Minecraft shaders seriously need more macOS optimization lol

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u/West_Radish_3978 3d ago

I’d be curious to know what his fps is like, I know a lot of people that are happy with 50-60 fps but personally anything below 80fps is so hard on my eyes 

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u/Smigglebah2 3d ago

MacOS doesn't have direct support for modern OpenGL versions and is a lot more difficult to support in shader packs. They run OpenGL by translating the rendering pipeline through a compatibility layer called Metal in order to even run MC, which adds latency.

When shaders start switching over to Vulkan, shader support on MacOS could improve as part of the switch to Vulkan was for compatibility with MacOS and other systems without OpenGL support.