Hello everyone,
As the title suggests, I’ve been using Brave for nearly 5 years now and have never had any problems. However, since a recent update (between August 28 and September 2, I think), I feel like the browser is starting to slow down on YouTube and on certain sites like Strava or GPX Studio, which display a warning message saying “WebGL is required to view the map,” even though I never had any issues before.
As for my computer’s specs, I have a 2014 MacBook Pro running OCLP with Sonoma 14.8.3.
I have an integrated graphics processor: a 2.2 GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 with Intel Iris Pro 1,536 MB and 16 GB of DDR3 RAM.
I want to clarify that before the dates mentioned, I had no issues.
I tried using ChatGPT for help; it ran a few commands in the terminal but couldn’t figure out how to fix the problem, even though it thinks it has identified the cause.
What I did: reset the settings, tested with other browsers (Chrome didn’t work, but Safari did). Also, on https://webglreport.com/, its indicated that “This browser supports WebGL 1 and 2, but it is disabled or unavailable.”
It gave me a command to force graphics acceleration via the CPU rather than the graphics card (it worked, but the Mac was about to take off).
Thanks for any help !
Here is some command it gave me :
system_profiler SPDisplaysDataType
Graphics/Displays:
Intel Iris Pro:
Chipset Model: Intel Iris Pro
Type: GPU
Bus: Built-In
VRAM (Dynamic, Max): 1536 MB
Vendor: Intel
Device ID: 0x0d26
Revision ID: 0x0008
Metal Support: Metal 2
Displays:
Color LCD:
Display Type: Built-In Retina LCD
Resolution: 2880 x 1800 Retina
Framebuffer Depth: 24-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Automatically Adjust Brightness: No
Connection Type: Internal
system_profiler SPDisplaysDataType | grep -E “Chipset Model|Metal|Vendor|Device”
Chipset Model: Intel Iris Pro
Vendor: Intel
Device ID: 0x0d26
Metal Support: Metal 2
WebGL broken
WebGL works