You'd have to pull off a lot of porting or shimming work to get Blender to work with the more-modern Metal APIs that Apple actually supports now. Cycles X actually dropped OpenCL altogether, so you can only run it on Nvidia GPUs right now.

AFAIK, the UI is OpenGL based, Cycles renderer only supports OpenCL or CUDA, and so on. Blender relies on a lot of technologies Apple has either deprecated or never supported.It's not impossible but you will need to jump over a few hurdles. If you felt so inclined you could port it over yourself but you'll also need macOS to actually build iPad software. The M1 isn't necessary to run Blender earlier iPads could have also run a hypothetical port. Possibly, you'd have to talk with the Blender developers to figure that one out. Thank you for reporting spam and other rule-breaking content. If you have any suggestions regarding subreddit or community improvements, you can message the moderators at any time. Exceptions may be made and the final say goes to the moderators. Self-Promotion is prohibited unless posted and presented as self-promotion, and only in the General Discussion Thread.Out-of-topic content or content that isn't directly related to iPads will be removed.Any request to remove MDM or otherwise break into devices will be removed.Jailbreaking talk goes in /r/jailbreak, sideloading talk goes to /r/sideloaded.Posts soliciting the purchase, sale or donation of iPads, Apple Store credits, or UDID registrations are better suited to Craigslist or other sites.'Title-only' posts aren't allowed either. Simple photos of an iPad don't deserve their own post unless they showcase a third-party accessory, same goes for simple yes or no questions. We expect links and self-posts to foster discussion, and to have substance.'What Should I Buy', simple TechSupport questions and Apps requests will only be allowed in the What Should I Buy and Discussion & Tech-Support threads, respectively.A moderator will have the final say on whether or not a post is low quality/effort or not. We feel like you know what low-quality/effort posts are. No low-quality/effort posts (iPad in a box, memes, meta.).Do not discriminate, abuse, or otherwise disrespect other members, groups, or minorities. Pictures, discussion, rumors, news, iOS, hardware, and more about the company out of Cupertino.Īsk any questions you may have in the Discussion & Tech-Support thread, in the What Should I Buy thread, on AppleHelp, or on Discord.

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