Apple is preparing Harbor, a Mac app that turns the device into a private AI inference server
Leaker Aaron Perris found evidence of Harbor, a new Apple Mac app that turns the computer into a private AI inference server. According to the shared information, it lets users run open-weight models locally on Apple silicon, with data never leaving the hardware or reaching the cloud, and connect multiple Macs over Thunderbolt 5 to pool unified memory. Harbor is in private preview under Apple's Claris brand.
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- Harbor runs open-weight models locally on Apple silicon without sending data to the cloud
- It can connect two or more Macs over Thunderbolt 5 to pool unified memory and run larger models
- The app automatically detects devices and manages model downloads and loading from within the app
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