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.\ollama.exe pull qwen3.6:27b-mxfp8 pulling manifest Error: pull model manifest: 412: this model requires macOS F:\software\ollama\ollama-windows-amd64-mlx> dir

Directory: F:\software\ollama\ollama-windows-amd64-mlx

Mode LastWriteTime Length Name

d---- 5/14/2026 6:00 PM lib -a--- 5/14/2026 5:57 PM 42560392 ollama.exe -a--- 5/14/2026 6:00 PM 93 README_MLX.txt -a--- 5/14/2026 5:57 PM 25633448 vc_redist.x64.exe

Root Cause

I downloaded ollama-windows-amd64-mlx.zip sha256:8c8da4ebd663ed1ee8beb5508968ab2016308fbcf029e36af08f9dc88b95da4d and ollama-windows-amd64.zip sha256:f248475a81a7dcd841a32e1f6c06c83310c893c49c4bdf7da8c10f3eef27231a and put the two together. When I try to pull MLX models, I am denied because the Ollama model catalog is gating model access based on the operating system header in the request, not on Ollama's engine support.

Code Example

.\ollama.exe pull qwen3.6:27b-mxfp8
pulling manifest
Error: pull model manifest: 412: this model requires macOS
F:\software\ollama\ollama-windows-amd64-mlx> dir

    Directory: F:\software\ollama\ollama-windows-amd64-mlx

Mode                 LastWriteTime         Length Name
----                 -------------         ------ ----
d----           5/14/2026  6:00 PM                lib
-a---           5/14/2026  5:57 PM       42560392 ollama.exe
-a---           5/14/2026  6:00 PM             93 README_MLX.txt
-a---           5/14/2026  5:57 PM       25633448 vc_redist.x64.exe

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What is the issue?

I downloaded ollama-windows-amd64-mlx.zip sha256:8c8da4ebd663ed1ee8beb5508968ab2016308fbcf029e36af08f9dc88b95da4d and ollama-windows-amd64.zip sha256:f248475a81a7dcd841a32e1f6c06c83310c893c49c4bdf7da8c10f3eef27231a and put the two together. When I try to pull MLX models, I am denied because the Ollama model catalog is gating model access based on the operating system header in the request, not on Ollama's engine support.

 .\ollama.exe pull qwen3.6:27b-mxfp8
pulling manifest
Error: pull model manifest: 412: this model requires macOS
F:\software\ollama\ollama-windows-amd64-mlx> dir

    Directory: F:\software\ollama\ollama-windows-amd64-mlx

Mode                 LastWriteTime         Length Name
----                 -------------         ------ ----
d----           5/14/2026  6:00 PM                lib
-a---           5/14/2026  5:57 PM       42560392 ollama.exe
-a---           5/14/2026  6:00 PM             93 README_MLX.txt
-a---           5/14/2026  5:57 PM       25633448 vc_redist.x64.exe

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