Google’s Gemma 4 12B just dropped - here’s how to run it locally on your Mac

Google released Gemma 4 12B today. It’s a solid open-source model (Apache 2.0) that’s multimodal and runs really well on Macs with 16GB or unified memory. Good at reasoning, coding, and agent stuff. Quick Mac-friendly info • 12B parameters, fits nicely on M2/M3/M4 Macs (especially with Q4/Q5 quant) • 256K context • Text + vision + audio Easiest way to run it: Ollama 1. Download and install Ollama from ollama.com (the Mac app is super simple). Or use Homebrew if you prefer. 2. Open Terminal and pull the model: ollama pull gemma4:12b 3. Run it: ollama run gemma4:12b That’s it.