MacOS Tahoe ships with a 3B parameter LLM (AI), apfel,
which gives you CLI access with one brew install. No model
downloads, no API keys, no configuration needed, just works.
1. Download and Install Homebrew from the Mac Terminal
xcode-select install
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
2. Install apfel (using Homebrew) from the Mac Terminal
/opt/homebrew/bin/brew install apfel
3. To launch interactively in the Terminal
/opt/homebrew/bin/apfel --chat -s "You are a coding assistant"
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