Ollama speeds up local AI on Macs with Apple M5: run models without the cloud
Ollama has released version 0.19 with hardware acceleration for Apple M5, M5 Pro, and M5 Max. Thanks to MLX and the chips' new accelerators, local models on Macs deliver the first token faster and generate noticeably quicker. Coding agents such as Claude Code and Codex will get faster too. There is one important catch: the new mode requires a computer with at least 32 GB of unified memory.
AI-processed from 3DNews AI; edited by Hamidun News
Ollama has added support for local AI on Apple's M5, M5 Pro, and M5 Max chips, using their built-in hardware acceleration to run models on macOS noticeably faster.
How do you run a local model on Apple M5?
Use Ollama 0.19 on an Apple M5, M5 Pro, or M5 Max with at least 32 GB of memory. The tool taps hardware acceleration through Apple's MLX framework to run language models faster.
How do you run a model locally on a Mac?
With Ollama, a tool for running language models locally. Version 0.19 adds support for Apple M5 chips with hardware acceleration for faster performance.
Can you use local AI on an M5 Mac?
Yes. Ollama 0.19 now supports Apple M5 and requires at least 32 GB of unified memory to run.
- Oct 29, 2026Claude Code Edits Video From a Transcript: How the video-use Skill With 30 000 Stars Works
- Oct 29, 2026Stanford AI tool verifies part of Signal's code in half a day for under $500, versus five months of expert work
- Oct 29, 2026Liquid AI releases LFM3: six multimodal 2B models with a 256K context window
- Oct 29, 20268B iOS agent beats Gemini-3.5-Flash on UINavBench and matches Gemini-3.1-Pro
Key Questions Answered
How do you run a local model on Apple M5?
Use Ollama 0.19 on an Apple M5, M5 Pro, or M5 Max with at least 32 GB of memory. The tool taps hardware acceleration through Apple's MLX framework to run language models faster.
How do you run a model locally on a Mac?
With Ollama, a tool for running language models locally. Version 0.19 adds support for Apple M5 chips with hardware acceleration for faster performance.
Can you use local AI on an M5 Mac?
Yes. Ollama 0.19 now supports Apple M5 and requires at least 32 GB of unified memory to run.
Build & Ship Production AI Agents Without Boilerplate Code
Start your free 72-hour trial at Hamidun Academy (academy.hamidun.com) — interactive lessons on Claude Code & Cursor, live Tech Radar, and production agent templates.
The AI world, distilled — once a week
Seven stories that actually mattered, hand-picked. No noise, no reposts, no press releases.
Done! Check your inbox for a confirmation.