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Ollama stopped working on a new macbook
This Reddit thread from r/ollama discusses a user experiencing Ollama suddenly failing to function on a new MacBook, a problem that has been widely reported across the community. Common causes in such
This Reddit thread from r/ollama discusses a user experiencing Ollama suddenly failing to function on a new MacBook, a problem that has been widely reported across the community. Common causes in such cases include Metal GPU backend incompatibilities on newer Apple Silicon chips (such as M4/M5), macOS version conflicts, or Ollama version regressions that cause the runner process to crash or hang. Users typically troubleshoot by reinstalling Ollama, checking Metal shader compilation errors, or rolling back to a previously working Ollama version.
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Source: r/ollama | 2026-04-11