Buzz 1.4.5 (Intel Mac)

Buzz 1.4.5 — Intel Mac (x86_64)

Ready-to-run .dmg for Intel Macs on the current chidiwilliams/buzz codebase (upstream dropped Intel after the Python 3.13 / torch upgrade).

Download

• Buzz-1.4.5-mac-intel-X64.dmg — drag Buzz.app to Applications
  Unsigned build: on first open, right-click → Open.

First launch

Cold start can take a while: on first run the app may download extra plugin dependencies (e.g. speech-extraction / DeepFilterNet) into ~/Library/Caches/Buzz/. Later launches are much faster. Whisper models are downloaded separately when you select them, not on every startup.

What’s in this release

• Restored Intel (x86_64) macOS support on the modern Buzz tree
• Build env via pixi + conda-forge (PyPI has no torch wheels for darwin/x86_64)
• Dependencies bundled with PyInstaller (Buzz.app → unsigned DMG)
• Automatic OpenMP workaround (KMP_DUPLICATE_LIB_OK) so Faster Whisper works without manual env vars
• Fixed scipy / transformers import failure in the frozen app
• Removed the Faster Whisper UI gate on Intel

Build stack

Component	Role
Python 3.13 (conda-forge via pixi)	runtime
torch / torchaudio / torchcodec (conda-forge)	Whisper / audio
PySide6 / Qt	UI
faster-whisper, openai-whisper, whisper.cpp	transcription backends
ffmpeg	audio/video decode
llvmlite / numba	stack dependencies
PyInstaller + create-dmg	.app / .dmg packaging

Windows / Linux / Apple Silicon packages remain available from upstream.