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 "title": "Run large Llama-style models on a Mac with AirLLM",
 "page_title": "How to run large Llama-style models on a Mac with AirLLM with Airllm",
 "summary": "Install mlx and torch and run AirLLM on Apple Silicon for supported model architectures.",
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 "outcome": "A Llama-style model running on your Mac through AirLLM's macOS support.",
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  "Install mlx and torch on your Mac",
  "Run `pip install airllm`",
  "Pick a Llama-style model; only LlamaForCausalLM and MistralForCausalLM run on macOS for now",
  "Follow the run_on_macos example notebook from the README",
  "Generate text and check memory use while it runs"
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 "difficulty": "Intermediate",
 "time": "1 hour",
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 "caveat": "Other architectures raise an error on macOS before anything is downloaded.",
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  "Software and DevOps"
 ],
 "lang": "jupyter notebook",
 "requirements": [
  "Python and pip",
  "A CUDA GPU (a few GB of VRAM) or a Mac with mlx and torch for Llama-style models",
  "Lots of disk for split layer shards; some models need specific transformers versions",
  "Optional: bitsandbytes for compression"
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