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v3.2.4 — Ideogram runs on slower Apple GPUs

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@mrbizarro mrbizarro released this 14 Jun 18:14

Ideogram 4 now runs on M1 / M2 Macs

Big thanks to @cocktailpeanut, who tracked down exactly what it took to get Ideogram 4 running on an M1 Max and sent the fix.

Fixes

  • No more crash on slower Apple GPUs. Ideogram was tripping the macOS Metal command-buffer watchdog (kIOGPUCommandBufferCallbackErrorImpactingInteractivity, SIGABRT). The Ideogram subprocess now runs with MLX_DISABLE_COMPILE + MLX_METAL_FAST_SYNCH, so MLX submits shorter Metal command buffers that stay under the watchdog.
  • Much faster by default. Default quantize is now -q 6 instead of raw fp8 (which was extremely slow). Fast mode (-q 4) is still there for low-RAM Macs.
  • Sane default candidate count. Generates 1 image by default instead of 4 (~4x the time and RAM). Raise it whenever you want.
  • Real progress. Image generation shows live denoise steps instead of sitting on "Loading pipeline".
  • Reveal-in-Finder works. The outputs-folder button now opens the actual folder with your latest render selected.
  • Smaller image sizes. New 768×432 / 512×512 / 432×768 options for weaker machines.

Also bundled (since v3.2.1)

  • Ideogram works out of the box — un-gated mirror, no token, mflux included.
  • Quieter installer (uv — no scary pip dependency-resolver block).
  • Completed the Q4 video "mosaic" fix.

Update from Pinokio to get it.