Running local models on Macs gets faster with Ollama's MLX support

Ars Technica
By Samuel AxonMar 31, 2026, 7:00 pm189 ptsTrending
Ollama, a runtime system for operating large language models on a local computer, has introduced support for Apple's open source MLX framework for machine learning. Additionally, Ollama says it has improved caching performance and now supports Nvidia's NVFP4 format for model compression, making for much more…

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