Kokuthunyelwe kwangaphambilini, uzakwethu uPedro Rodas usevele ubeke amazwana ukwethulwa kwe-Metal ku-OS X ukuze thuthukisa ukusebenza okuphelele kwawo wonke ama-Mac Uma kukhulunywa ngokusebenza kwezicelo, noma kunjalo kule ndatshana sizochaza ngokuningiliziwe ukuthi i-API yehluzo lena imayelana nani, ikakhulukazi ebhekiswe kuma-chip A7, A8 ne-A8X, eyethulwa ngonyaka owedlule ku-iOS 8 futhi kuguquka kube yindinganiso kulolu hlelo lokusebenza futhi okuthiwa kuzoba ku-OS X.
Njengoba iningi lenu lazi, i-OS X ne-iOS kusekelwe Vula imitapo yolwazi ye-GL yokucubungula ihluzo nokuthi bahlose ukubhekana nezinye izixazululo ezifana nemitapo yolwazi ye-Microsoft Direct3D 12 ngokwenza ngcono i-GPGPU (General-purpose computing on graphics processing units) ngangokunokwenzeka futhi manje nge-Metal, besebenzisa ubuchwepheshe beCompute Shaders. Isinyathelo sonke esiya phambili esizokwenza ama-Mac amadala akwazi ukuxhasa i-OS X El Capitan isebenze ngokushesha nangokushelela kune-OS X Yosemite.
Isibonelo, Imidlalo yama-Epic, umdali we-Unreal Engine edumile esetshenziswa kabanzi ku-console naku-PC Ngenxa yokusebenza kwayo okuhle nemidwebo engaphezu kwemukelekile, ikhombise iMetro ngesihloko esisha abasakhulayo esibizwa ngeFortnight futhi esizotholakala ngokuhamba konyaka kulo lonke iMac nePC. Ukusetshenziswa kwensimbi kuvumele, ngokwamazwi ka-Epic uqobo, ukuthi imidwebo esezingeni eliphakeme kakhulu ingadalwa kunalokho obekuzotholakala ngaphandle kwale API.
IMac ngokomlando "ibinganakwa" yizinkampani eziningi zemidlalo, okuyi ubeke iWindows kuqala esikhundleni salokho. Lokho kuqhathaniswa nendawo ye-iOS ebangeni lamadivayisi eselula, okuthi, yize inesabelo esincane semakethe kune-Android, iseyipulatifomu enenzuzo enkulu kakhulu kubathuthukisi bemidlalo eminingi yeselula ehamba phambili emhlabeni.
Nge-Metal on Mac, i-Apple inethemba lokukhulisa i-OS X kule ndawo futhi ithole okuningi ngamakhono wohlelo lwayo lwedeskithophu ngaphakathi kwemidlalo. Kunoma ikuphi, uCraig Federighi (SVP wobunjiniyela besoftware kwa-Apple) usekuqinisekisile lokho bobabili abasebenzisi abamaphakathi njengochwepheshe izohlomula kuwo wonke amathuba we-Metal.
