Apple's Claris Testing 'Harbor' App for Local AI on Macs

Apple's Claris Testing 'Harbor' App for Local AI on Macs

Apple's Claris subsidiary is testing an app called Harbor, which turns Apple silicon Macs into a private AI server. Harbor works with a single Apple silicon Mac, but it also supports connecting multiple Mac computers over Thunderbolt 5 to pool unified memory for larger models. Apple added RDMA over Thunderbolt 5 with macOS Tahoe 26.2, making clustering faster. Harbor detects devices connected over Thunderbolt 5 and lets users browse for, downloa…

Apple has new Mac app coming to make running local AI models easy

Leaker Aaron Perris has discovered evidence of a new Mac app in the works at Apple called Harbor, which makes it easy to run local AI models across one or more Macs. more…

Apple's Harbor app would let Macs run local AI models together

Harbor is tied to Claris, Apple's FileMaker unit, and its sign-up page asks for company details, which points at businesses rather than casual users. The reported draw is linking Thunderbolt 5 Macs to pool memory, something Ollama and LM Studio do not offer.

Apple Harbor App Runs Local AI Across Macs Over Thunderbolt 5

The Harbor app from Apple subsidiary Claris turns a Mac into a private AI inference server that runs open-weight models on Apple silicon. Two or more Macs with Thunderbolt 5 can pool their unified memory, so a cluster can load... Read more at Apple’s Harbor App Turns a Mac Into a Private AI Server