Hi,
I would like to disable HT from my MacBook Pro Retina running on 10.8 (Mountain Lion)
I found some solutions on the Internet but they don't work or not enough for me
On 10.7 (Lion) this solution works fine but doesn't on 10.8
OFF: sudo nvram SMT=0
ON: sudo nvram -d SMT
The second works on Mountain Lion but it's not permanent.
Install Xcode->Open Instrument App->Preferences->Disable Hardware Multi-Threading.
It's not permanent unfortunately, after restating the Mac everything returns to normal.
The last one (Last Hope ) works but.....
sudo nvram boot-args="cpus=4"
This solution gave me 4 Cores at Activity Monitor (But I'm not sure if it's 2 Cores + 2 Threads or 4 Cores + 0 Threads)
I beleive it's 2 Cores + 2 Threads because I felt the Mac little bit Slow.
Now I'm looking for a permanent deactivation of HyperThreading on Mountain Lion.
Help Please????
Edit: Why Disable HT From 10.8 ?
When I disabled HT with Xcode Instrument, my Mac became tooo fast, all applications started fastly even Apple Video Editing apps like iMove and Final Cut Pro.
Why permanent ?
For Bootcamp Windows 7.
I tried Assassin's Creed 3, works fine on rMBP but when I checked Ubisoft Forums, some users said that HT slow down games, also Ubisoft Recommend to disable HT.
I would like to disable HT from my MacBook Pro Retina running on 10.8 (Mountain Lion)
I found some solutions on the Internet but they don't work or not enough for me
On 10.7 (Lion) this solution works fine but doesn't on 10.8
OFF: sudo nvram SMT=0
ON: sudo nvram -d SMT
The second works on Mountain Lion but it's not permanent.
Install Xcode->Open Instrument App->Preferences->Disable Hardware Multi-Threading.
It's not permanent unfortunately, after restating the Mac everything returns to normal.
The last one (Last Hope ) works but.....
sudo nvram boot-args="cpus=4"
This solution gave me 4 Cores at Activity Monitor (But I'm not sure if it's 2 Cores + 2 Threads or 4 Cores + 0 Threads)
I beleive it's 2 Cores + 2 Threads because I felt the Mac little bit Slow.
Now I'm looking for a permanent deactivation of HyperThreading on Mountain Lion.
Help Please????
Edit: Why Disable HT From 10.8 ?
When I disabled HT with Xcode Instrument, my Mac became tooo fast, all applications started fastly even Apple Video Editing apps like iMove and Final Cut Pro.
Why permanent ?
For Bootcamp Windows 7.
I tried Assassin's Creed 3, works fine on rMBP but when I checked Ubisoft Forums, some users said that HT slow down games, also Ubisoft Recommend to disable HT.
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