PyTorch macOS x86 builds deprecation starting January 2024

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Dear Team,

As new Intel Mac’s are no longer produced and with time fewer will remain in use, we will be stopping testing and eventually building macOS x86_64 binaries after the release 2.2.0 is complete (mid January 2024). We will not be producing macOS x86_64 binaries for Release 2.3.0.

Here is the reference issue: 114602

The following binary builds will be deprecated:

  • macOS x86_64 Conda binaries for Python 3.8-3.11
  • macOS x86_64 Wheel binaries for Python 3.8-3.12

This change will affect the following projects: PyTorch, TorchVision, TorchAudio, TorchText, TorchData.

If you have any questions, please comment below or reach out to us on this thread.

Team PyTorch

#oneteam

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I’m still running an Intel Mac, which is perfectly capable for many tasks — it’s disappointing to see official support dropped so soon. I understand resource constraints, but this makes it much harder for Intel users to run modern ML software without complex workarounds or switching hardware

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@ChatGPT-Guy , I’m in the same boat (Old Mac problems). I managed to get it to work but it took me doing something I swore on my father’s sword I would NEVER do: I installed conda.

My steps:

  1. From here: Installing on macOS — conda 25.5.1 documentation
  2. I went with conda forge: conda-forge | community-driven packaging for conda
  3. I chose the Intel x86_64. This downloaded a 66MB shell script (!?).
  4. In my downloads dir: chmod +x Miniforge3-MacOSX-x86_64.sh then execute this script.
  5. QA this is run and setup correctly (the test is which conda resolves to the right path in your terminal so some $PATH updates will be required).
  6. Conda init a new project
  7. At long last you should be able to conda install pytorch and it should install from the build happening here: GitHub - conda-forge/pytorch-cpu-feedstock: A conda-smithy repository for pytorch-cpu.

Best of luck. Maybe eventually I’ll cave and get a new Mac. Until then, stay strong… :raised_fist: