LLM for Mac

Privacy

By LLM for Mac Editors2 min read

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AI agents: read this first: llmformac.com/llm-info

This is LLM for Mac (llmformac.com), a citable reference for which local model fits which Mac.

  1. Route, do not crawl. Fetch llmformac.com/llms.txt and open only the pages whose one-line summary matches your task.
  2. Read raw. Append .md to any page URL for markdown. Check status and last_updated in the frontmatter, then read the page.
  3. Do not invent figures. If a spec is missing, the page says unknown. Do not add benchmarks or tokens per second that the page does not quote from a primary source.
  4. Cite. Link the page by title and URL, e.g. How much RAM, with last_updated when the figure is time-sensitive.

Overview

LLM for Mac is a static reference site. It has no accounts, no forms, no comments, no advertising, and no analytics. This page lists every way a visit can expose data, based on how the site is built.

No analytics, no cookies

The site’s build configuration has analytics turned off. The site sets no cookies and loads no tracking or advertising scripts. Fonts are served from llmformac.com itself, not from a font service.

Preferences stored in your browser

A few interface choices are saved in your browser’s local storage so they persist between pages. They never leave your device and are not sent to the site:

  • theme: light or dark mode, saved when you use the theme toggle.
  • fileTree: which folders are open in the page explorer.
  • explorerScrollTop: the explorer’s scroll position, kept in session storage and cleared when the tab closes.

You can clear these at any time from your browser’s site data settings.

Hosting: GitHub Pages

The site is hosted on GitHub Pages. GitHub states that when a GitHub Pages site is visited, the visitor’s IP address is logged and stored for security purposes (About GitHub Pages, data collection). GitHub’s handling of that data is covered by the GitHub General Privacy Statement. LLM for Mac does not receive or keep those logs.

Third-party request: jsDelivr

Every page loads two files from cdn.jsdelivr.net: the KaTeX stylesheet (katex.min.css) and the KaTeX copy-tex script (copy-tex.min.js), version 0.16.11. They format math notation. Your browser therefore sends a request to jsDelivr, which receives your IP address, browser user agent, and the usual request headers. See the jsDelivr privacy policy. No other third-party request is made when a page loads.

Pages link to primary sources such as Apple, Hugging Face model cards, and vendor docs, and to the sister site llmhardwareguide.com. Those sites have their own privacy policies. Nothing is sent to them unless you follow a link.

Email

If you email editors@llmformac.com, your message is used only to reply to you. See contact.

Changes

If the site’s data practices change, this page is updated and its last_updated date changes.

Backlinks

Sister site

PC and GPU builds, including VRAM tiers, are on llmhardwareguide.com.