#Mac

Building a Local OCR Hot Folder for Confidential Documents with ScanSnap + NDLOCR-Lite

A folder-watching script that automatically OCRs images scanned by ScanSnap and runs LLM-based correction. Includes air-gap security design.

OCR Correction on Showa-Era Documents with NDLOCR-Lite and Local LLMs

Set up the CLI version of NDLOCR-Lite on Apple Silicon Mac, then tested OCR result correction with Qwen 3.5 and Swallow. Includes experiments with direct image reading and the anchoring effect.

13 Failed LoRA Training Runs on Mac M1 Max, Then Success on RunPod

Went 0-for-13 trying to train an Illustrious-XL LoRA on a Mac Studio M1 Max 64GB. With help from multiple AI agents, pinpointed the root causes and finally succeeded on a RunPod RTX 4090. The full record: three fatal parameters and the sd-scripts trap.

Running FLUX.2 Klein 9B on Apple Silicon Macs

Overview of Black Forest Labs' FLUX.2 Klein 9B model and how it performs on M1/M2/M3/M4 Macs. Covers the key factors behind the CUDA vs MPS performance gap, including memory bandwidth and FP8 quantization.

RAG: Building an Internal Help Desk with Mac mini M4 Pro + Dify (2025, Part 1)

A plan to build an internal help desk RAG system using a Mac mini M4 Pro and Dify. Highlights what's new in Dify circa 2025 and tips for running local LLMs.

Setting Up LLM/RAG for Work, So I Tried LoRA Training on the Side (Part 1)

Introducing a Mac mini M4 Pro to build an in-house RAG system. A plan for setting up a LoRA training environment during downtime while waiting for specs to be finalized.