Installing Tensorflow on Mac M1 Pro & M1 Max
Last Updated on July 26, 2023 by Editorial Team
Author(s): Nikos Kafritsas
Originally published on Towards AI.
1. Problem installing tensorflow-deps (e.g. the grpcio package)
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Works on regular Mac M1 too!
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The advent of Apple’s M1 chip has revolutionized the field of Deep Learning for the MacOS community. The M1 chip contains a built-in graphics processor that enables GPU acceleration. This in turn makes the Apple computer suitable for deep learning tasks.
One year later, Apple released its new M1 variants. These are called M1 Pro and M1 Max. They are far superior to the original M1 release, with M1 Max being the best among them: It has more CPU… Read the full blog for free on Medium.
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