NVIDIA CUDA driver update for OSX 10.13.1

I got here looking for how to make Premiere Pro CC faster. I have this iMac config:

It's now March 14, 2018, and both CUDA and NVIDIA have updates for this year. I basically followed alphaae 's post on Dec 4, 2017 3:29 PM (just 2 up before this post), and at the end made my way to the current UPDATES

Follow STEPS 1 and 2, then Restart

STEP 3: Nvidia's Driver Manager

March 2018 Quicklink: Download NVIDIA, GeForce, Quadro, and Tesla Drivers

How to search for a newer driver, for you folks in the future:

DRIVERS > All Nvidia Drivers >

and for the PRODUCT TYPE all the way to LANGUAGE, you have to figure yours out (I know didly shiz but I came up with this for MY configuration below):

Hit Search, then Download your update.

* Take note of the encircled "NVIDIA CUDA Driver for MAC" as this is how I got the latest driver in step 4 below.

Restart

Step 4: Download the latest CUDA version

March 2018 Quicklink: NVIDIA DRIVERS Quadro & GeForce macOS Driver Release 378.10.10.10.20.109

And again for folks in the future:

Please look at the screenshot above.

First, you had to download the NVIDIA driver that's why you filled out that form. Now you're trying to download the NVIDIA CUDA driver, so even though it's on the same page, it goes to a different link. 

Restart

Step 5: Now this is where it differed for me. My Nvidia CUDA still shows "Update Needed" after following all the steps above, but this time I clicked the "Install CUDA Update" button which is visible, and it updated itself. 

I restarted again and no more annoying red "Update Required", and on top of that, CUDA is now available on my Premiere Pro!

(File > Project Settings > General > Renderer)

LASTLY, I haven't tested PPro yet, so I can't say if there was a significant change in speed and rendering, I just wanted to the get this out before I forget. Good luck!

@travelfox

Hey, everyone, I think I may have found something that works.

Here's the original error I was receiving.

After 2 chats with Nvidia and 1 with Apple, both which proved unhelpful, and almost a full days worth of work to fix the issue. I think I may have found something that works. Here are the steps I took to fix my CUDA and Nvidia graphics card issue.

I have a Mid 2014macbook pro with NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M graphics card.

STEP 1. UNINSTALL THE MACOS CUDA DRIVER

Navigate and delete all CUDA existing native drivers and related components installed on your Mac (by right-clicking at Finder on the dock and selecting "Go to folder...":
- /System/Library/Extensions/CUDA.kext
- /Library/Frameworks/CUDA.framework
- /Library/LaunchAgents/com.nvidia.CUDASoftwareUpdate.plist
- /Library/PreferencePanes/CUDA/Preferences.prefPane
- /System/Library/StartupItems/CUDA/
- /Developer/NVIDIA/CUDA-5.0
- /usr/local/cuda
(Some of those will be empty and it's normal)

(note: when I deleted my I had a CUDA-7.0 in my startup. If you can’t find a file you may have to search for it with your “spotlight” search to find it.)

RESTART YOUR MAC

STEP 2. CLEAN OUT ALL CUDA SETTINGS

Some of the CUDA extensions and files can still be hiding in your machine so you must also delete the extensions just in case.

To do so I downloaded an app called CleanMyMac 3 that was recommended by another forum with this problem.

There is a full version you can purchase but I just used the free version.

In CleanMyMac select “Extensions” and then search for “CUDA”.

After searching I found 3 additional CUDA files that I deleted. CleanMyMac also found an extra extension that was associated after I deleted those extensions that were associated with CUDA. I had to restart the app to find this additional extension.

I also removed CUDA from my system manager in preference from my mac to get all traces of CUDA off my system that I knew of. 

RESTART YOUR MAC.

STEP 3. DOWNLOAD NVIDIA’S DRIVER MANAGER

This is the newest Mac Nvidia driver software for mac that was released on 12-1-17 and install.

http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/127529/en-us

RESTART YOUR MAC

STEP 4. DOWNLOAD CUDA VERSION 9

Download the latest CUDA mac drivers and install.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/macosx-cuda-9.0.222-driver.html

RESTART YOUR MAC.

STEP 5. ENJOY CUDA

After doing all these steps I no longer have an error message in my CUDA preferences asking to update to the latest version and I also have CUDA rendering back in my Adobe Media Encoder for use with Premier and After Effects.

Hope this helps you guys out.

I found out a lot of this info by searching through this forum so big thank you to all the guys in that forum who troubleshooting these issue for me. To check out the forum check out this link.

https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/1025945/cuda-setup-and-installation/mac-cuda-9-0-driver-fully-compatible-with-macos-high-sierra-10-13-error-quot-update-required-quot-solved-/1

Yeah. I also see this warning. How can it be removed.

Hi Rick,

Did you ever get this working correctly?

I do a lot of editing with Premier and AE and the inability to use Cuda when editing is a pain. Would you have any step by step instructions and locations where to download the drivers and software?