Installing Tensorflow on Silicon Macs

Created: Feb 28, 2023 · Updated: Sep 18, 2026 30 words

#how-to

To install Tensorflow on a Silicon Mac, do the following in a virtual environment:

pip install tensorflow-macos
pip install tensorflow-metal

Ensure the version of tensorflow-metal matches with the tensorflow-macos version

Origin

https://makeoptim.com/en/deep-learning/tensorflow-metal#install-tensorflow-dependencies

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