diff --git a/src/gui/render/renderMetal.h b/src/gui/render/renderMetal.h
index ed6219b3a..db927e594 100644
--- a/src/gui/render/renderMetal.h
+++ b/src/gui/render/renderMetal.h
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ struct FurnaceGUIRenderMetalPrivate;
 class FurnaceGUIRenderMetal: public FurnaceGUIRender {
   SDL_Renderer* sdlRend;
   FurnaceGUIRenderMetalPrivate* priv;
-  bool swapIntervalSet;
+  bool swapIntervalSet, bigTextures;
+  String vendorName, deviceName, apiVersion;
   public:
     ImTextureID getTextureID(FurnaceGUITexture* which);
     bool lockTexture(FurnaceGUITexture* which, void** data, int* pitch);
@@ -44,6 +45,12 @@ class FurnaceGUIRenderMetal: public FurnaceGUIRender {
     void present();
     bool getOutputSize(int& w, int& h);
     int getWindowFlags();
+    int getMaxTextureWidth();
+    int getMaxTextureHeight();
+    const char* getBackendName();
+    const char* getVendorName();
+    const char* getDeviceName();
+    const char* getAPIVersion();
     void setSwapInterval(int swapInterval);
     void preInit();
     bool init(SDL_Window* win, int swapInterval);
@@ -53,5 +60,9 @@ class FurnaceGUIRenderMetal: public FurnaceGUIRender {
     FurnaceGUIRenderMetal():
       sdlRend(NULL),
       priv(NULL),
-      swapIntervalSet(false) {}
+      swapIntervalSet(false),
+      bigTextures(false),
+      vendorName("Unknown"),
+      deviceName("Unknown Graphics Device"),
+      apiVersion("???") {}
 };
diff --git a/src/gui/render/renderMetal.mm b/src/gui/render/renderMetal.mm
index 48da7278d..4ee88592c 100644
--- a/src/gui/render/renderMetal.mm
+++ b/src/gui/render/renderMetal.mm
@@ -185,6 +185,30 @@ int FurnaceGUIRenderMetal::getWindowFlags() {
   return 0;
 }
 
+int FurnaceGUIRenderMetal::getMaxTextureWidth() {
+  return bigTextures?16384:8192;
+}
+
+int FurnaceGUIRenderMetal::getMaxTextureHeight() {
+  return bigTextures?16384:8192;
+}
+
+const char* FurnaceGUIRenderMetal::getBackendName() {
+  return "Metal";
+}
+
+const char* FurnaceGUIRenderMetal::getVendorName() {
+  return vendorName.c_str();
+}
+
+const char* FurnaceGUIRenderMetal::getDeviceName() {
+  return deviceName.c_str();
+}
+
+const char* FurnaceGUIRenderMetal::getAPIVersion() {
+  return apiVersion.c_str();
+}
+
 void FurnaceGUIRenderMetal::setSwapInterval(int swapInterval) {
   if (SDL_RenderSetVSync(sdlRend,(swapInterval>=0)?1:0)!=0) {
     swapIntervalSet=false;
@@ -199,6 +223,33 @@ void FurnaceGUIRenderMetal::preInit() {
   priv=new FurnaceGUIRenderMetalPrivate;
 }
 
+static const char* metalFamilyNames[]={
+  "Apple1",
+  "Apple2",
+  "Apple3",
+  "Apple4",
+  "Apple5",
+  "Apple6",
+  "Apple7",
+  "Apple8",
+  "Apple9",
+  "Mac1",
+  "Mac2",
+  "Common1",
+  "Common2",
+  "Common3",
+  "Metal3",
+  NULL
+};
+
+static const NSInteger metalFamilies[]={
+  1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, // Apple
+  2001, 2002, // Mac
+  3001, 3002, 3003, // Common
+  5001, // Metal3
+  0
+};
+
 bool FurnaceGUIRenderMetal::init(SDL_Window* win, int swapInterval) {
   SDL_SetHint(SDL_HINT_RENDER_DRIVER,"metal");
 
@@ -222,6 +273,24 @@ bool FurnaceGUIRenderMetal::init(SDL_Window* win, int swapInterval) {
     return false;
   }
 
+  vendorName=[priv->context.device.architecture.name UTF8String];
+  deviceName=[priv->context.device.name UTF8String];
+  apiVersion="";
+
+  bool comma=false;
+  for (int i=0; metalFamilies[i]; i++) {
+    const char* familyName=metalFamilyNames[i];
+    MTLGPUFamily family=(MTLGPUFamily)metalFamilies[i];
+
+    if ([priv->context.device supportsFamily:family]) {
+      if (comma) {
+        apiVersion+=", ";
+      }
+      apiVersion+=familyName;
+      comma=true;
+    }
+  }
+
   priv->context.pixelFormat=MTLPixelFormatBGRA8Unorm;
 
   priv->cmdQueue=[priv->context.device newCommandQueue];