Introduction#
If you’ve recently acquired an M2 Mac and you’re eager to explore ComfyUI, you’re in the right place. ComfyUI offers a seamless user interface experience, and setting it up on your M2 Mac is a straightforward process. Let’s dive into the steps required to get ComfyUI up and running on your system.
Setting Up the Environment#
Firstly, let’s create a directory where ComfyUI will reside. You can name this directory anything you like, but for clarity, let’s call it AI.
mkdir AI
cd AI
Next, let’s install Homebrew, a powerful package manager tailored for macOS. Visit the official Homebrew website to learn more about its features and benefits.
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
After Homebrew is installed we now need to install python3.11. We can check for current version first then if it is not installed we can install it:
python3 --version
brew install [email protected]
Now that Python3.11 is install we need to upgrade pip and setuptools
pip3 install --upgrade pip setuptools
Installing PyTorch#
PyTorch is a crucial library for machine learning tasks, and we’ll need it for ComfyUI. Visit pytorch.org to get the installation command. After visiting the link, execute the following command:
pip3 install --pre torch torchvision torchaudio --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/nightly/cpu
Cloning and Installing ComfyUI#
Now that we have the necessary dependencies set up, let’s clone the ComfyUI repository into our AI directory.
git clone https://github.com/comfyanonymous/ComfyUI.git
cd ComfyUI
Install the required dependencies for ComfyUI.
pip3 install -r requirements.txt
Running ComfyUI#
To run ComfyUI, navigate to the directory where it’s located.
cd ../ComfyUI
Execute the following command to start ComfyUI.
python3.11 main.py
Exiting ComfyUI#
To exit ComfyUI at any time, you can press either CTRL+C or CMD+C in your terminal window.
Restarting ComfyUI#
If you restart your computer, you’ll need to navigate back to the directory where ComfyUI is installed and rerun the command to start it.
That’s it! You’ve successfully installed and set up ComfyUI on your M2 Mac. Enjoy exploring its features and capabilities.