macOS Blocks Programmatic Model Access; fm-proxy Updates

gregbarbosa · x · 2026-08-17

macOS 27 beta 5's license agreement explicitly prohibits programmatic use of Apple's foundation models, directly impacting tools like fm-proxy designed to bridge local models with standard APIs. Despite this, the author released an update for fm-proxy to adapt, as the new system version broke tool calling again. fm-proxy serves as a drop-in replacement requiring no extra servers or keys, allowing apps to call macOS local or Private Cloud Compute foundation models via an OpenAI API URL, suitable for minimal setups like Raspberry Pi.

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