set-egpu Possibly a better way to set eGPU

@mayankk2308 If you ever decide to optimize this script, I suggest you take a look at this PLIST file: ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices/com.apple.LaunchServices.plist has a collection named "LSeGPUIsPreferred". Opening this collection we see a list of all app bundles.

For each app bundle we have two items. "Item 1" is a number. Prefer eGPU Selected = 3 Prefer eGPU Not Selected = 2

I think this would be the safest way to modify this via a script and also allow backing up this file if needed.

Example PLIST as XML:

The "data" field is BASE64 encoded.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
	<key>LSeGPUIsPreferred</key>
	<dict>
		<key>com.apple.BluetoothExplorer</key>
		<array>
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			<integer>3</integer>
		</array>
		<key>com.apple.Notes</key>
		<array>
			<data>Ym9va6ACAAAAAAQQMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAnAEAAAQAAAADAwAAAAAAIAYAAAABAQAAU3lzdGVtAAAMAAAAAQEAAEFwcGxpY2F0aW9ucwkAAAABAQAATm90ZXMuYXBwAAAADAAAAAEGAAAQAAAAIAAAADQAAAAIAAAABAMAAORYAAD///8PCAAAAAQDAAB2zwYA////DwgAAAAEAwAAS4YHAP///w8MAAAAAQYAAFwAAABsAAAAfAAAAAgAAAAABAAAQcGsHSKAAAAYAAAAAQIAAAIAAAAAAAAADwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAgAAAABCQAAZmlsZTovLy8MAAAAAQEAAE1hY2ludG9zaCBIRAgAAAAEAwAAAKAgaHQAAAAIAAAAAAQAAEHBzOSKUFO7JAAAAAEBAAAxNDU0Q0Y1Ny0xQTRGLTQ4QzEtODVEMS0yMjQxNTI0RThFMTEYAAAAAQIAAIEAAAABAAAA7xMAAAEAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAEAAAABAQAALwAAAAAAAAABBQAAHgAAAAEBAAAvU3lzdGVtL0FwcGxpY2F0aW9ucy9Ob3Rlcy5hcHAAAMwAAAD+////AQAAAAAAAAAQAAAABBAAAEgAAAAAAAAABRAAAIwAAAAAAAAAEBAAALAAAAAAAAAAIBAAADQAAAAAAAAAMBAAAHwAAAAAAAAAQBAAAKAAAAAAAAAAAiAAAGABAAAAAAAABSAAANAAAAAAAAAAECAAAOAAAAAAAAAAESAAABQBAAAAAAAAEiAAAPQAAAAAAAAAEyAAAAQBAAAAAAAAICAAAEABAAAAAAAAMCAAAGwBAAAAAAAAENAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAP8AAHQBAAAAAAAA</data>
			<integer>3</integer>
		</array>
		<key>com.apple.DVDPlayer</key>
		<array>
			<data>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</data>
			<integer>3</integer>
		</array>
		<key>com.mowglii.ItsycalApp</key>
		<array>
			<data>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</data>
			<integer>3</integer>
		</array>
		<key>com.apple.Safari</key>
		<array>
			<data>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</data>
			<integer>3</integer>
		</array>
	</dict>
</dict>
</plist>