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April 2026 TLDR setup for Ollama + Gemma 4 on a Mac mini (Apple Silicon) — auto-start, preload, and keep-alive

April 2026 TLDR Setup for Ollama + Gemma 4 on a Mac mini (Apple Silicon)

Programming in general:

Web-based programming:

I typically wrap all these commands into a shell script that I can reuse, but here they are in steps.

Please read through all the instructions before actually performing the commands, just to avoid any surprises

Requirements:

Acquire an Intel Compute Stick with Atom CPU and 2GB of RAM, 32GB of storage.

The product code I got is BOXSTCK1A32WFC.

You'll also need:

	#/usr/bin/env bash
	set -euo pipefail

	exit 1

	# Need the SystemAdministrator AWS SSO / IAM PermissionSet

	for region in $(aws ec2 describe-regions --query 'Regions[].RegionName' --output text); do

	echo "* Region ${region}"

	#! /usr/local/bin/bash
	#
	# Calomel.org
	# https://calomel.org/zfs_health_check_script.html
	# FreeBSD 9.1 ZFS Health Check script
	# zfs_health.sh @ Version 0.15

	# Check health of ZFS volumes and drives. On any faults send email. In FreeBSD
	# 10 there is supposed to be a ZFSd daemon to monitor the health of the ZFS
	# pools. For now, in FreeBSD 9, we will make our own checks and run this script

	# Ubuntu Server automated installation
	# by Scott Lowe (scott.lowe@scottlowe.org)

	d-i debian-installer/locale string en_US
	d-i console-setup/ask_detect boolean false
	d-i keyboard-configuration/layoutcode string us
	d-i netcfg/choose_interface select eth0
	d-i netcfg/get_hostname string hostname
	d-i netcfg/get_domain string domain.com
	d-i netcfg/wireless_wep string

	# Edit your /etc/pf/pf.conf
	# If you are connected via ssh, make sure you allow connection to your ssh port!
	vi /etc/pf/pf.conf

	# Enable pf on your system
	sysrc pf_enable="YES"
	sysrc pf_rules="/etc/pf/pf.conf"

	# Start pf service/daemon
	# If you are connected via SSH, you may be disconnected

	(da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): READ(10). CDB: 28 00 00 00 28 70 00 00 08 00
	(da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): CAM status: CCB request completed with an error
	(da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Retrying command
	(da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): READ(10). CDB: 28 00 00 00 28 70 00 00 08 00
	(da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): CAM status: CCB request completed with an error
	(da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Retrying command
	(da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): READ(10). CDB: 28 00 00 00 28 70 00 00 08 00
	(da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): CAM status: CCB request completed with an error
	(da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Retrying command
	(da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): READ(10). CDB: 28 00 00 00 28 70 00 00 08 00