# Where is the option to enable Metal?

**URL:** <https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/where-is-the-option-to-enable-metal/115723>\
**Category:** Mac\
**Tags:** mac\
**Created:** [January 6, 2021, 7:32pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/where-is-the-option-to-enable-metal/115723 "2021-01-06T19:32:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Akash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/akash/32/475465_2.png) [@Akash](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Akash)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 7:32pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/where-is-the-option-to-enable-metal/115723/1 "2021-01-06T19:32:44Z")

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> [@Is Rhino 7 usable with M1 Macs?](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/is-rhino-7-usable-with-m1-macs/115634/13):
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> We don’t have metal enabled by default so you should be using the same OpenGL code as V7 uses.

Hi  
Looked around the WIP everywhere I could think of, searching for the option to Enable Metal .  
[including the Advance tab in Pref.]

Thanks a lot  
Akash

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**Author:** ![stevebaer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/stevebaer/32/473567_2.png) [@stevebaer](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/stevebaer)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 7:39pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/where-is-the-option-to-enable-metal/115723/2 "2021-01-06T19:39:10Z")

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There are no settings yet. We’ve been working on metal for months, but still have quite a bit more to do before I would consider it as something you should even try. Don’t expect anything to be faster or even better looking as we are in the stage of just trying to get the display to look correct right now.

If you really don’t care and just need something to play with, the command is “TestMetal”