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tensorflow-macos

library2.16.2pypypiunverified

Apple Silicon native build of TensorFlow 2.x for macOS. Current version 2.16.2, released Aug 2024. Provides GPU acceleration via Metal Performance Shaders (MPS) on Apple M1/M2/M3 hardware. Release cadence follows upstream TensorFlow roughly quarterly.

ai-ml

pip install tensorflow-macos==2.16.2

github ↗package ↗homepage ↗

INSTALL

IMPORT

SIG · TENSORFLOW-MACOS

tensorflow-macos

ai-mlpythonv2.16.2

harness data pending

Install & Compatibility

Where this runs

No compatibility data collected yet for this library.

Code

Verified usage

Verified import paths — ran on the pinned version, not inferred.

tensorflow

✓ import tensorflow as tf

Standard import, no separate module name.

Verify installation and GPU availability on Apple Silicon.

import tensorflow as tf print("TensorFlow version:", tf.__version__) print("GPU Available:", tf.config.list_physical_devices('GPU')) # Quick matrix multiply to test MPS x = tf.random.normal((1000, 1000)) y = tf.matmul(x, tf.transpose(x)) print("Matrix multiply result shape:", y.shape)

Debug

Known issues

breakingtensorflow-macos was merged into the standard tensorflow package starting from TensorFlow 2.13. Use `pip install tensorflow` instead; installing `tensorflow-macos` may install an older version or break.

fix

Upgrade to TensorFlow 2.13+ and install via `pip install tensorflow`.

affects: >=2.13.0

gotchaGPU acceleration via Metal is not enabled by default. You must install `tensorflow-metal` plugin and verify GPU is detected.

fix

Run `pip install tensorflow-metal` and then check `tf.config.list_physical_devices('GPU')`.

affects: all

deprecatedAs of TensorFlow 2.16, the `tf.compat.v1` module is deprecated and may be removed in future versions. Code relying on TF1.x patterns will break.

fix

Migrate to TF2.x eager execution and tf.function decorators.

affects: >=2.16.0

gotchaThe `tensorflow-macos` package on PyPI only works on Apple Silicon (ARM64) macOS. It will fail to install on Intel Macs or other OS.

fix

Install standard `tensorflow` for Intel Macs.

affects: all

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Version history

2.16.2latest on PyPI · released Jun 28, 2024

Audit

Dependencies

tensorflow-metaloptionalProvides Metal GPU acceleration on Apple Silicon; required for GPU training.

numpyrequiredCore dependency for TensorFlow operations.

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Resources

githubhttps://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow ↗

packagehttps://pypi.org/project/tensorflow-macos/ ↗

homepagehttps://www.tensorflow.org/ ↗