Yesterday, the Unsloth dev actually responded to my question over in r/unsloth and confirmed that MLX fine-tuning support is expected sometime early next month in unsloth studio. If they actually nail this and ship it properly, it’s going to be a pretty huge moment for anyone doing local AI work on MacBooks and Mac Studios.
Up until now, those of us on Apple Silicon have mostly been stuck doing inference and complicated mlx training demos. Proper training and fine-tuning has always felt like the missing layer on these machines, which is a shame considering how much raw unified memory and efficiency they pack.
If this lands well, it feels like it could unlock a true end-to-end local workflow.
Obviously, this isn't going to suddenly replace serious NVIDIA setups for large-scale training. The interesting shift is just how much more we'll realistically be able to do locally. Less dependency on cloud compute, and a lot more freedom to just build and experiment.
Personally, I’m running 2× M3 Ultra 96GB machines, so I am especially eager to see how this plays out in practice. If Unsloth makes this smooth and genuinely usable, it feels like one of those updates a lot of us in the local AI space have been waiting for without fully realizing it.
Curious what you all think. Do you see this as a real unlock for local AI on Macs, or is it one of those things that sounds exciting on paper but won't change much in day-to-day use?
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