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Step-by-step guides for running local AI on Apple Silicon Macs: Ollama, LM Studio, Whisper, Mac mini M4 setups, private workflows, APIs and realistic memory recommendations.
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macOS 27 Golden Gate compatibility: Does it run on your Mac? Intel support ends
macOS 27 Golden Gate drops every Intel Mac. Check the complete compatible Mac list, learn what M1 and M2 owners still receive, and understand the M3 plus 12GB Siri AI feature limit.
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Ministral 3 on Mac: 3B, 8B and 14B with Ollama
Ministral 3 locally on Apple Silicon: Ollama, 3B/8B/14B, vision, tool calling and RAM limits.
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Moondream2 on Mac: 1.7 GB Vision Without Cloud
Run Moondream2 locally on Apple Silicon: Ollama setup, image analysis, RAM limits, benchmarks, Moondream3 Preview and real limits.
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Gemma 3 on Mac: Which Variant Fits Your Setup?
Gemma 3 on Apple Silicon: Which model for which Mac, Ollama setup, and the truth about vision and 128K context.
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Gemma 4 on Mac: Which Variant Fits Your Setup?
Gemma 4 on Apple Silicon: E2B, E4B, 26B or 31B — which model for which Mac.
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Qwen3.6 on Mac: 27B, 35B-A3B, Vision and Ollama
Run Qwen3.6 locally on Apple Silicon: 27B vs 35B-A3B, Ollama and MLX tags, vision, benchmarks and realistic RAM limits.
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Whisper on Mac: Local Transcription Without Cloud
Whisper locally on Apple Silicon: mlx-whisper, WhisperKit, privacy and speaker diarization.
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Ollama on Mac mini M4: local AI setup, memory limits and the cloud trap
Set up Ollama on Mac mini M4 the right way: installation, model choices for 16/24/32/48/64 GB unified memory, local API, Open WebUI, context length, cloud models and privacy.