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Running Llama 3 Locally on Apple Silicon With Ollama

A complete walkthrough for running Llama 3 locally on your Mac with Ollama.

Mireille Okonkwo9 min read

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Local LLM Deployment

Everyday text tasks call for Llama 3.1 8B or, on a machine with enough memory, Llama 3.3 70B.
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