Subbed for any updates as well. Just had some changes in workflow and now the Octane X support is very important in my Houdini pipeline. Is there any way we can help troubleshoot? Does Apple still work with Otoy from time to time to lend dev support?

Just want to share my experience - coming from a MacBook Pro 13-inch setup (2020) with eGPU Vega 64.

I've used both Blender plugin and Studio standalone and have experienced very few crashes . Octane X on macOS 10.15.6 is extremely fast, smooth, and capable . I've had far more crashes in the past ...