CUDA Preferences
CUDA Preferences is a System Settings preference pane for macOS that allows users to configure and monitor NVIDIA CUDA (Compute Unified Device Architecture) settings when an NVIDIA GPU is connected to the Mac. It provides interfaces for GPU selection, memory management, driver settings, and performance monitoring. This component is installed alongside the NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit and is primarily used by researchers, machine learning engineers, scientists, and developers who rely on NVIDIA GPUs for compute-intensive workloads on macOS.
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1 suggestionCUDA Preferences is a preference pane that integrates directly into macOS System Settings; it is not a standalone app and cannot be updated separately. The component is installed and updated as part of the NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit installer. To ensure you have a native Apple Silicon build of the CUDA Toolkit (which will include the native CUDA Preferences pane), download and run the latest CUDA Toolkit installer from NVIDIA's official developer website. Note that as of mid-2026, NVIDIA's official CUDA support for macOS is limited — NVIDIA formally ended CUDA driver development for macOS after version 11.2, released in 2021. If you are running an Intel Mac with an eGPU, you may be using an older CUDA build that is Intel-only. If you have an Apple Silicon Mac, native CUDA support through NVIDIA is not available through the standard toolkit; you may need to explore alternatives like Metal Performance Shaders (Apple's built-in GPU compute framework) or third-party tools. Before investing time in CUDA updates, verify with NVIDIA whether your specific GPU model and macOS version have ongoing support, as this will affect whether the component will work after macOS 28 removes Rosetta 2 in September 2028.
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