Question: Where is GenAI ollama models are stored in Mac OS when we run ollama run model name
Answer: Default Locations: on macOS: ~/.ollama/models/blobs ,
here ~ defines the default home of the user is logged in to the system as.
Example:
bash-3.2$ cd /Users/neerajsingh/.ollama/models/blobs
Mahchine Name:
bash-3.2$ uname -a
Darwin Neerajs-MacBook-Pro.local 24.6.0 Darwin Kernel Version 24.6.0: Mon Jul 14 11:30:30 PDT 2025; root:xnu-11417.140.69~1/RELEASE_ARM64_T6020 arm64
bash-3.2$ pwd
/Users/neerajsingh/.ollama/models/blobs
bash-3.2$ ls -lrt | head
total 8030800
-rw-r--r--@ 1 neerajsingh staff 2019377376 11 May 21:54 sha256-dde5aa3fc5ffc17176b5e8bdc82f587b24b2678c6c66101bf7da77af9f7ccdff
-rw-r--r--@ 1 neerajsingh staff 1429 11 May 21:54 sha256-966de95ca8a62200913e3f8bfbf84c8494536f1b94b49166851e76644e966396
-rw-r--r--@ 1 neerajsingh staff 7711 11 May 21:54 sha256-fcc5a6bec9daf9b561a68827b67ab6088e1dba9d1fa2a50d7bbcc8384e0a265d
-rw-r--r--@ 1 neerajsingh staff 6016 11 May 21:54 sha256-a70ff7e570d97baaf4e62ac6e6ad9975e04caa6d900d3742d37698494479e0cd
-rw-r--r--@ 1 neerajsingh staff 96 11 May 21:54 sha256-56bb8bd477a519ffa694fc449c2413c6f0e1d3b1c88fa7e3c9d88d3ae49d4dcb
-rw-r--r--@ 1 neerajsingh staff 561 11 May 21:54 sha256-34bb5ab01051a11372a91f95f3fbbc51173eed8e7f13ec395b9ae9b8bd0e242b
-rw-r--r--@ 1 neerajsingh staff 1678447520 25 May 22:36 sha256-c1864a5eb19305c40519da12cc543519e48a0697ecd30e15d5ac228644957d12
-rw-r--r--@ 1 neerajsingh staff 8433 25 May 22:36 sha256-097a36493f718248845233af1d3fefe7a303f864fae13bc31a3a9704229378ca
-rw-r--r--@ 1 neerajsingh staff 136 25 May 22:36 sha256-109037bec39c0becc8221222ae23557559bc594290945a2c4221ab4f303b8871
bash-3.2$
