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title: "Discussion on \"Ollama Just Got 93% Faster on Mac. Here's How to Enable It.\" | Hashnode"
description: "Discussion on \"Ollama Just Got 93% Faster on Mac. Here's How to Enable It.\". Ollama 0.19 ships with an MLX backend preview that nearly doubles decode speed on Apple Silicon. Step-by-step guide to enabling it, benchmarking before and after, hardware requirements, and an honest look at what works and what doesn't yet."
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# [Ollama Just Got 93% Faster on Mac. Here's How to Enable It.](https://alan-west.hashnode.dev/ollama-just-got-93-faster-on-mac-heres-how-to-enable-it?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Ollama 0.19 ships with an MLX backend preview that nearly doubles decode speed on Apple Silicon. Step-by-step guide to enabling it, benchmarking before and after, hardware requirements, and an honest look at what works and what doesn't yet.

Apr 6 · 5 min read · alan-west.hashnode.dev  
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