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llama.cpp MacOS menu bar app using blobs instead of GGUF files

Recently started using the MacOS menu bar app for llama.cpp available at https://llama.app When you use the UI to download a model, it seems to do an Ollama-esque hashing instead of just saving the GGUF. Even if you put a GGUF in the Model directory folder, neither the menu bar UI nor the web UI re…

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  1. 2026-09-28 03:05 · r/LocalLLaMA
    llama.cpp MacOS menu bar app using blobs instead of GGUF files

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