Would a MacBook M5 Pro Max be able to run Copernicus? I’m reading conflicting feedback on the inter webs.

Thanks!

Terence Ziegler
Would a MacBook M5 Pro Max be able to run Copernicus?

Since Houdini 21, yes.
Copernicus runs fine on Apple Silicon Macs.

Earlier builds had some macOS specific issues. Mainly preview material & refresh. But those are mostly resolved now.
There’s no general OptiX dependency in Copernicus.
The main exception is AI denoising with OptiX which is NVIDIA only. On a Mac we just use OIDN instead and it works just fine (I use it in Karma as well).