{"id":618,"date":"2025-09-12T11:41:37","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T18:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paultcottey.com\/Blog2021\/?p=618"},"modified":"2025-09-12T11:41:38","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T18:41:38","slug":"first-mac-app-i-can-live-without","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paultcottey.com\/Blog2021\/2025\/09\/12\/first-mac-app-i-can-live-without\/","title":{"rendered":"First Mac App I can live without"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/paultcottey.com\/Blog2021\/2025\/09\/08\/four-mac-apps-i-can-live-without-and-seven-that-i-cant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Last time<\/a> we looked at two apps I can\u2019t live without, MacUpdater and AppCleaner.\u00a0\u00a0This time we\u2019ll look at the first app that I can live without, #4 ChatGPT.\u00a0\u00a0Now, before haters hate, it is the app that I am talking about, not the capability.\u00a0\u00a0I still use ChatGPT in a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/chatgpt.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">browser<\/a>, but when I ask the ChatGPT app the question, &#8220;How much of you is downloaded and usable without an internet connection?&#8221;, it responds with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Essentially,&nbsp;<strong>none of \u201cme\u201d (the actual language model)<\/strong>&nbsp;is downloaded to your device.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>What\u2019s on your device when you install the ChatGPT app or use the web app is just:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>The\u00a0<strong>interface<\/strong>\u00a0(buttons, settings, cached chat history).<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Blah blah blah TL;DR&#8230;<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>So, if I truly want a local LLM, I use <a href=\"https:\/\/lmstudio.ai\/\">LM <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/lmstudio.ai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Studio<\/a>.  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