[GH-ISSUE #8789] Apple M1 Max could not run ollama 0.5.7 with mac OS Sequoia version 15.3 #31468

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opened 2026-04-22 11:55:37 -05:00 by GiteaMirror · 2 comments
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Originally created by @xayangjing on GitHub (Feb 3, 2025).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/issues/8789

What is the issue?

Hello team,

When I run Ollama with mac OS Sequoia version 15.3 on Apple M1 Max and get the below error then failed.

I tried the below solutions but not working well

  1. allow apps downloaded from anywhere in Mac but it is not working.
  2. brew install ollama
You can’t open the application “Ollama” because this application is not supported on this Mac.

Could you help to investigate and fix ?

OS

macOS

GPU

Apple

CPU

Apple

Ollama version

0.5.7

Originally created by @xayangjing on GitHub (Feb 3, 2025). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/issues/8789 ### What is the issue? Hello team, When I run Ollama with mac OS Sequoia version 15.3 on Apple M1 Max and get the below error then failed. I tried the below solutions but not working well 1. allow apps downloaded from anywhere in Mac but it is not working. 2. brew install ollama ```code You can’t open the application “Ollama” because this application is not supported on this Mac. ``` Could you help to investigate and fix ? ### OS macOS ### GPU Apple ### CPU Apple ### Ollama version 0.5.7
GiteaMirror added the bugmacos labels 2026-04-22 11:55:37 -05:00
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@xuanzhec commented on GitHub (Feb 20, 2025):

hi hopeful you've already solved the issue here, actually you may unintall and install ollama to the newest version and then restart Mac to see whether it is working. It seems that You can’t open the application “Ollama” because this application is not supported on this Mac. is pushed from the mac system. Again, I am not sure which brew you are currently using, (by default apple silicon mac is about arm brew.) I believe the ollama shall be ok to run under either arm brew or x86 brew, but maybe something combined with ollama going wrong came from compatibility if you using x86 one.

<!-- gh-comment-id:2670337803 --> @xuanzhec commented on GitHub (Feb 20, 2025): hi hopeful you've already solved the issue here, actually you may unintall and install ollama to the newest version and then restart Mac to see whether it is working. It seems that ```You can’t open the application “Ollama” because this application is not supported on this Mac.``` is pushed from the mac system. Again, I am not sure which brew you are currently using, (by default apple silicon mac is about arm brew.) I believe the ollama shall be ok to run under either arm brew or x86 brew, but maybe something combined with ollama going wrong came from compatibility if you using x86 one.
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@dhiltgen commented on GitHub (Jul 4, 2025):

The brew formulae for Ollama isn't managed by the Ollama maintainers. I'm not sure where to file issues, but you're still having problems with the brew based install, perhaps https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/issues is the right place to report it. Presumably the binary was compiled with the wrong flags for OS compatibility.

The official Ollama Mac Binaries can be downloaded from https://ollama.com/download/Ollama.dmg and we verify the binaries are compiled for MacOS v12 and up, so this shouldn't be a problem.

<!-- gh-comment-id:3037277465 --> @dhiltgen commented on GitHub (Jul 4, 2025): The [brew formulae](https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/ollama) for Ollama isn't managed by the Ollama maintainers. I'm not sure where to file issues, but you're still having problems with the brew based install, perhaps https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/issues is the right place to report it. Presumably the binary was compiled with the wrong flags for OS compatibility. The official Ollama Mac Binaries can be downloaded from https://ollama.com/download/Ollama.dmg and we verify the binaries are compiled for MacOS v12 and up, so this shouldn't be a problem.
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Reference: github-starred/ollama#31468