Claude helped hack macOS beta's kernel power system to overclock M4 Max GPU
A developer asked Claude to help fix scheduler and instability in the . Within a day, they gained direct control over the kernel's power management system (CPMS), letting them remove the thermal limit and manually set the thermal budget and power target for their M4 Max GPU. Achieving this requires injecting code into a host process with the correct , and the core code has been published as a GitHub gist.
Key points
- Used Claude to debug scheduler and issues in the
- Gained direct control over the kernel's power management system (CPMS)
- Removed the thermal limit and manually set thermal budget/power target for the M4 Max GPU
- Requires injecting code into a host process with the correct
- Core code published as a GitHub gist